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Breaking Down Tech Magnate Sungjae Lee’s Watch Collection

Founder, chairman and CEO of magic tech company, StarLabs, shares part of his impressive collection of timepieces with Spellbound.

In this exclusive feature, British businessman Sungjae Lee briefly let us in on his favorite luxury watches, from the ultra exclusive custom-made Astronomia Solar Zodiac by Jacob & Co, which was personalized to reflect Lee’s style sensibilities, to the Summit 5.2 Smartwatch from his company’s recent collaboration with the muggle German luxury good manufacturer Montblac. 

Jacob & Co’s Astronomia Solar Zodiac Custom-Made Watch 

Part of a limited edition of just 101 pieces worldwide, the Astronomia Solar Zodiac is a unique and captivating design replicating the solar system on the dial with a variety of gemstones such as amethysts, sapphires, peridots, rhodonite, and red jasper. Lee’s custom piece features aquamarine and bloodstone — his birthstones — as well as a nod to his relationship to French businesswoman and style icon Minah Delacroix — a design of her birth’s constellation serves as the base of the exclusive timepiece.

Vacheron Constantin’s 6694 35 mm yellow gold, “The Batman” 

A highly coveted and rare watch, the Vacheron Constantin 6694, best known as “The Batman,” is considered among the brand’s finest products. A quirky nod to his longtime fascination with the pop culture fictional icon Batman, this yellow gold watch is one of Lee’s favored timepieces. The magic tech creator's “The Batman” watch flaunts rare features that set it apart from the regular pieces available in the market — diamond hour markers and an original Vacheron Constantin chronometer rating certificate. As Lee shared with Spellbound, “The Batman” is his go-to piece on regular days and one of his most worn timepieces. 

A. Lange & Söhne’s Saxonia Thin Limited Edition 

Another well-loved and frequently used piece in Lee’s collection is the rather underrated Saxonia Thin by A. Lange & Söhne. The watch delivers a minimalist, but elegant design focusing on essential functions. Lee’s timepiece belongs to a limited edition range of just 50 pieces of the Saxonia Thin with a touch of night sky on a solid silver dial coated with blue gold flux. Leaning on his affinity with stars and space imagery, this German watch is on rotation in Lee’s wrist wardrobe and, he tells us, is a reminder of his family ties as the piece was a gift from his father. 

Patek Philippe’s Golden Ellipse

Fitting for his signature aesthetics and minimalist wardrobe, the Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse is Lee’s next watch of choice. Refined, luxurious and timeless, this design is a an everyday essential that matches nearly any occasion. 

"I focus on the design and functionality," Lee tells Spellbound. "I look for watches that double as accessories, suitable for daily wear, work, or special occasions." The Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse surely fits the bill.

StarLabs x Montblanc Summit 5.2 Smartwatch

Luxe meets top-notch tech in the latest collaboration between StarLabs and Montcblac: the Summit 5.2 Smartwatch. This design combines advanced technology with the craft of classic watchmaking, resulting in an innovative companion that can be worn on the wrist and linked to magic tech apps, social media services and a suite of health and security monitoring sensors.

Lee shares with Spellbound, “Although this watch can easily be mistaken for a classical analogue watch at first glance, it is equipped with advanced magic tech technologies including an Augmented Reality system and security features.” For added personalization, the timepiece comes with both an elegant leather strap and a sporty rubber strap. Alternatively, you can purchase any of Montblanc’s many stylish smartwatch straps to suit your look. 

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[Image Description: eight digital drawings of the Crystal Gems gathering around the play Dungeons and Dragons.

The first image is a colored drawing of a set of seven dice scattered across the table, each colored for each of the Crystal Gems. The D4 is green, the D6 is grey with rainbow numbers, the D8 is pale-blue, the D10 is dark-blue, the D10(percentile) is purple, the D12 is pink, and the D20 is maroon.

The rest of the images are in black and white.

Steven leans forwards, setting his hands on the table as he says "I can't believe you guys actually agreed to play D&D with me and Connie. This is gonna be great! Did anyone need help making their character?"

Pearl grins confidently, holding up the D&D guidebook and a stack of papers as she responds "Don't worry Steven! I've already read the rulebook several times and I'm certain my character is going to be mechanically flawless in battle and backstory. For anyone interested, I've prepared and printed a 13-page long explanation of her history and why she became a paladin."

Pearl blinks as Garnet says "Which we will never know about if you don't roll high enough to survive the plot twist."

"Garnet, that's cheating! You can't predict things that will happen in the story!" Steven protests.

Garnet adjusts her visor with a coy smile and says "Actually, it's in character because I'm multiclassing as a divination wizard and a fighter."

"Wha...(ellipses)? How did that...(ellipses)?"

"It's a surprise."

Steven asks Amethyst "Okay...Amethyst what are you playing as and where is your character sheet? Did you even roll one?"

"Imma 'bout to."

Amethyst sticks out her tongue, shapeshifted to be extra long, and the dice fall out of her mouth as she says "Fhow'sh zhish?"(How's this?)

"Ewww....(ellipses) er, right," Steven stammers. "So a barbarian then."

Steven starts to say Peridot's name as she interrupts him, holding up her iPad with stars in her eyes. "I'm so glad you asked! I'm playing artificer, which is objectively the best class ever! I've done research and I have all of my stats logged here. If I follow my carefully constructed plan, by level 20 none of you will be able to stop me from becoming the next game master!"

"That's not how....(ellipses) nevermind."

Steven moves on to Lapis. "Lapis, what are you going to be?"

Lapis leans against her elbow with a nonchalant expression. "I have no idea what most of this means but according to my character sheet, I get to stab people. A lot."

"A rogue then...(ellipses)?" Steven says.

"I don't know what this is about either, I'm just here to have a good time with my friends," Bismuth says with a casual shrug.

"That's a great way to look at it, Bismuth!" Steven remarks.

"But I'm also gonna play a forge cleric so you better hope those enemies you're cooking up can take our beefed up armor classes."

"You actually read cover to cover like Pearl?"

Steven sighs, turning to Connie and asking "Connie, do you think this'll be okay? I'm not sure how-"

She grins, steepling her fingers behind a DM sheet labeled "Diamonds and Danger", saying "Don't worry Steven. Nothing they do can surprise me. And I'm more than ready to take a bit of revenge for all the emotional baggage they burdened you with."

Steven looks at Connie with a nervous smile and an ellipses above his head. His thought bubble reads "Oh no. This may have been a mistake."

Then, Greg bursts in through the door holding his guitar, saying "Did someone say D&D? Then you better get ready for some bardic inspiration!"

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Steven Let’s play a fun game about adventure and mortal peril! What could possibly go wrong? Universe is playing a Warlock who thinks he’s a Sorcerer. 

Why not Bard? you ask

Well…

There was another contender for the position.

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For the fic author meme (different one from the other I sent), I would ask 12, 5, 6

12. What punctuation do you hate with a passion?

Hm… I kinda have a bizarre relationship with all forms of them, but in terms of general contempt, I really hate semicolons and ellipses. Both of which I regularly abuse, but I hate them because they’re usually the ones that give me the most pause when I feel like I’ve fucked up a sentence. 

For the longest time in my life, I didn’t use semicolons at all; I don’t believe I ever formally learned what they were for in class. I don’t remember how I even learned they were a thing. That’s probably the root of my contempt, because when I do use them, I’m never 100% sure if it’s warranted. This past year I’ve gone over paragraphs where it felt like every other sentence had one and kinda subconsciously retooled it to take the semicolon out because it suddenly rubbed me the wrong way. They’re very odd creatures.

Ellipses are obviously something I inherently know what they are and what they’re for. I just have a bit of a habit of leaving them where they shouldn’t be, or at least don’t need to be. I’m thinking it’s a case where my own cognitive narrative is trailing off that I feel the subconscious urge to put an ellipsis in, even if the story itself would be just fine or better off without it. So, it’s very representative of my struggle to separate my jumbled thoughts into a proper final product that everyone else can see. 

5. How do you know when a story is “done”?

Not something I really struggle with very often, honestly. Before I even start writing, I usually have a clear Point A and Point B. How I get to Point B often deviates from the path I envision and very often takes longer than I project to reach it, but once I’ve established everything on my mental checklist, I know it’s time to start winding down. This applies to ending chapters and overall stories. Since my MO is all about putting characters through absolute hell in order to overcome and achieve what they’re going after, there’s always been a pretty clear understanding between me and my writing on where to cut things off. The second I check the final task off my bucket list, I’m mentally prioritizing what kind of line to mark the ending. Sometimes it’s witty dialogue; sometimes it’s just the lemony narrative, but whatever it ends up being, I want it to really punctuate where everyone stands in the story compared to where they were when it began.

6. Where do your titles come from?

AHAHAHA. I have made an entire goddamn post on this very subject for my 3-act Gem Ascension series, which has 25 chapter titles plus three act names and the overall GA title itself. I have also made several stories since then, so I’ll properly answer this. Titles are very weird for me because they can come from just about anywhere. When in doubt, I’ll likely go with song titles or a certain lyric. But I’ve also gone the route of using some paraphrased quotes from video games, wrestling, anime, you name it. 

And then are are some times when I just whip up a title all by myself. And a little quirk especially with my self-made titles is that they inadvertently end up holding a lot more meaning to them by the time I’m finished with the story than they did when it began. 

Gem Ascension, for example. As a Steven Universe story where SU itself often has episodes that start with “Gem”, I did the same. Ascension referred to Peridot’s role “ascending” from kidlike comic relief to a legit leader protagonist. Then in later acts, the ascension refers to where Peridot evolves after proving her worth as a leader; she ends up becoming far more than that, and she literally ascends to a level far beyond what any gem has ever gone before, and never will again. When I started GA, I did not plan for Peridot to go that far. But when it came to mind, it was just eerie how it gave the overall title more meaning to it. 

Same can be said for Travels of the Trifecta, actually: I deliberately made the title something the dubbers of the Pokemon anime would come up with, but it was also centered on three characters: the family of Brandon, Reggie, and Paul. As the story expanded, it established that Brandon in his youth traveled with a pair of friends much in Ash-like fashion; said friends were Byron and Palmer. All three of which are significant characters who all achieved some degree of success and fame. The story’s second arc is planned for Paul to be in his own little Ash-esque travel trio of him, Conway, and Barry. Those three would be the centric focus of Arc II, and all three have had time to shine and interact with one another (save for Barry and Paul; I haven’t gotten that far yet, but I’m going along with canon where it did happen). While Paul is ultimately the protagonist of Trifecta, the story itself has a lot of heavy focus on three sets of trios where there is some degree of overlap happening across all three groups in terms of members. I was set to make a separate Trifecta prequel that would focus on Brandon, Byron, and Palmer as well. 

So, yeah. My titles come from every friggin’ direction. I can be equally creative and unique as I can be a total hack. :P

And that’s that! Hopefully those are satisfactory answers worth the wait. Just in case it slipped through the cracks, I answered your other meme ask late last night.

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[Image Description: three digital drawings of Peridot, Lapis, and Steven.

The first drawing is colored, depicting Peridot wearing an oversized, blue parka, pink gloves and boots, and tennis rackets tied to her feet. She proudly shouts "Behold!"

The second drawing is sketches in black lineart. Peridot declares "my invention" and proceeds to attempt to run in her makeshift-snowshoes(emphasis on attempt) as Lapis watches from behind with a question mark above her head. Peridot's "nyehehehe" laugh is drawn above her own head. A close-up on Lapis' face shows her frowning as Peridot's flailing throws snow in her face.

The third drawing is color, depicting Peridot frozen in a cube of ice. Steven nervously asks "um...(ellipses) Lapis shouldn't you let her out?" Lapis dryly responds "she's fine," sitting atop the ice cube while calmly reading a book.

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it is wintertime again

(sequel to this)

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Taglist - Eyes

Eye Shape #big circle #blade #circle #ellipse #golden star #heart #moon #needle #pink heart #red heart #ring #ripple

Eye Color #amethyst  #aquamarine #carnelian #chaledony #charoite #chrysoberyl #citrine #dioptase #garnet #kunzite #peridot #rhodocrosite #ruby #smoky quartz #tanzanite #topaz #turquoise

Eye Shape & Color - Listed alphabetically under shape #big circle garnet #big circle ruby #blade chrysoberyl #blade tanzanite #circle amethyst  #circle dipotase #circle garnet #circle kunzite #circle ruby #circle topaz #circle turquoise #ellipse chaledony #ellipse chrysoberyl #ellipse peridot #golden sparkle #golden star charoite #golden star ruby #moon carnelian #needle topaz #pink heart rhodocrosite #red heart chaledony #ring aquamarine #ripple citrine

Two colors #heterochromia