Hing WA Lee
Hing WA Lee
1569 S. Fairway Dr., #228
Walnut, CA 91789
1569 S. Fairway Dr., #228
Walnut, CA 91789
Toll Free Number: (888) 388-8688
Phone Number: (909) 831-8888
Fax Number: (909) 595-0032
Web Address: www.hwljewelers.com
Phone Number: (909) 831-8888
Fax Number: (909) 595-0032
Web Address: www.hwljewelers.com
Categories: Crystal Goods, Jewelers Retail, Jewelry, Jewelry, Clock, Watch Repair, Leather Goods, Watches
Mission Statement
Hing Wa Lee Group started on a unique promise; providing great value for vast variety of high quality merchandise and excellent service to our culturally diverse clientele in a luxury setting.
Quality Products & Service
We carry a wide variety of fine jewelry, timepieces, leathergoods, eyewear, crystals, and other accessories from all over the world. In addition, we are authorized dealers to over 60 brand name products including: Cartier, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, Breitling, Ferrari by Panerai, Blancpain, Franck Muller, Girard Perregaux, Tag Heuer, Chanel, Mont Blanc, Vertu, Corum, Baume & Mercier, Dior, Dunhill, Charriol, Fendi, Gucci, Hamilton, Movado, Swiss Army, Salvatore Ferragamo, Moschino, Celine, Baccarat, Lalique, Daum, Swarovski,and much much more. Furthermore, our highly trained salespeople attend regular seminars hosted by our vendors to keep current with the latest products and trends. Several of our staff are graduates from the Gemologists Institute of America (GIA). To facilitate faster service, we have jewelers/watch makers on site and we do custom design work too.
Note: Due to agreements with vendors, some of the products we offer at our retail locations cannot be purchased through our website.
Unique Setting
When we began in the early 90's, we knew right away that atmosphere and ambiance are very important in a high-class luxury store. Before we launched our stores we scouted out different jewelry stores all over the world. Our stores include cultural elements native to the area and also included decorative elements from Geneve, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Cultural Diversification
We emphasize our marketing to a variety of different cultures and backgrounds. To accomplish this, we have retail stores strategically located in key culturally diverse locations in Southern California. Our sales staff combined are fluent in 10 different languages to better serve you.
Company Background & Expansion
Hong Kong, China
In 1963, Hing Wa Lee started his manufacturing gemstone carvings and fine jewelry which he wholesaled to the United States and to the Far East. He ran a staff of 200 apprentices and was the lifetime chairman of the Hong Kong Carving Association.
Bethesda, Maryland
In 1975, Hing Wa Lee started his United States wholesale operations on the East Coast. Hing Wa Lee Gallery supplied our U.S. jewelers with rare jewelry and gem carvings from our Hong Kong manufacturing facilities.
Los Angeles, California
In 1980, Hing Wa Lee Gallery opened its West Coast wholesale operation in the illustrious Jewelry District of Los Angeles. There we were able to closely serve our fastest growing retailers for the next 20 years.
San Gabriel, California
In 1993, after David, Hing Wa Lee's eldest son joined the family business, we branched out into the affluent area of the San Gabriel, Los Angeles County. Hing Wa Lee Jewelers was born. We occupied a brand new 3,000 square feet showroom decorated in luxurious green marble and wood veneer walls locating in the San Gabriel Square in the old city of San Gabriel. This store marked our transition to the luxury retail market.
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Rowland Heights, California
In 1997, the second Hing Wa Lee Jewelers was opened in the Hong Kong Plaza in the City of Rowland Heights, Los Angeles County. The new store occupied 8,000 square feet of showroom and continued the taste of luxury. This store was later relocated to the newly built Hing Wa Lee Plaza in 2004.
Pasadena, California
In 1997, a third Hing Wa Lee Jewelers store, HWL Jewelers was opened in the Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel in the city of Pasadena, Los Angeles County. This store was later to relocate to the ultra popular Old Town Pasadena in 2005 and renamed Le Bijou Luxury Jewelers.
Irvine, California
In 2001, the forth Hing Wa Lee Jewelers was open in Culver Plaza in the City of Irvine, Orange County. We are finally able to better serve our friends and customers living in the Orange County area. This 3,000 square feet store has everything to offer from exquisite jewelry to the biggest collection of fine timepieces in California. This store was later renamed David Lee Jewelers in 2007.
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Walnut, California
Hing Wa Lee Plaza
In 2004, Hing Wa Lee Plaza was born and built. This plaza stretched out to 60,000 square feet of retail spaces along with 3 levels of parking. Obviously, this would be the new home of our flagship store. This Flagship Hing Wa Lee Jewelers occupied 15,000 square feet of showroom on two floors offering the biggest selections of timepieces, jewelry, and accessories in the United States. 
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Walnut, California
Hing Wa Lee Plaza II
Hing Wa Lee Group's HWL Real Estate Commercial Development Company acquired a property across the street to Hing Wa Lee Plaza establishing an even greater shopping experience for our customers.
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Walnut, California
In 2005, Europe Crystal Boutique was opened to feature European's most famous crystal companies-Daum, Lalique, Baccarat, and Swarvoski. This beautiful boutique high lights very well the artistic marvels of these glimmering crystal work of arts.
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Old Town Pasadena, California
In 2005, Le Bijou Luxury Jewelers was named and relocated from Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel to the trendy and ultra popular Old Town Pasadena, Los Angeles County. With a new European & Contempory design store and delivery, we can serve the great Pasadena and West Los Angeles client even better.
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San Gabriel, California
In late 2008, the long awaited new Hing Wa Lee Plaza in San Gabriel is about to break ground. This plaza will be crowned the landmark building for the city of San Gabriel. This 80,000 square feet mixed-used (luxury commerical & residential) plaza has the design elements of a true Geneve style building. We are proud to add designs from various areas of Geneve to give our clientelle the experience of being in Switzerland. We are slated to complete the plaza in 2010.
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Background/History
The Lee family tradition of crafting fine gemstone carvings dates back several generations to the final days of Imperial China, when Hing Wa Lee's father honed his formidable skills while serving as Imperial gem carver for the royal family. During that country's violent post-WWII Cultural Revolution, however, he perished under the regime of Mao Tse Tung and he was spirited away to Hong Kong for safety. It was there that the 14 year old Hing Wa Lee was taken under the wing of one of his father's proteges and taught the skills that would one day establish him as one of the world's most acclaimed gem carvers and jewelry creator.
Hing Wa Lee later formed a wholesale jewelry company in Hong Kong and soon became a leading expert in the industry with more than 200 apprentices working under his tutelage. Among them was his eldest son, David, who began demonstrating a prodigious aptitude for gem carving as well an intuitive business sense at an early age.
A pivotal moment in the family history came in the mid-1970s during which the Smithsonian Institutes collection of antique and historically significant gem carvings were severely damaged due to staff mis-handling while moving them around. A team was assembled and sent out to all corners of the far east in search of a person whom can repair these irreplacible pieces of art. Hing Wa Lee was found and hired by this prestigious organization to restore the works. He then brought his family to America to undertake the project -- a task that garnered him a modicum of celebrity status after numerous appearances on such prominent television programs as "Good Morning America." As part of Hing Wa Lee's artistic nature, he loved teaching his art of gem stone carvings. He began teaching this art in a class to students at the University of Virginia and eventually across the United States. He also wrote a book titled, "How to carve Jade and Gems."
In 1980, Hing Wa Lee relocated his family to Southern California. After settling in Southern California, Hing Wa Lee decided to permanently establish his corporate headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
With his father's wholesale business firmly in place, David Lee began contemplating how he could successfully branch out on his own. Having spent his entire life learning every facet of the highly competitive jewelry industry and earning his business degree from USC, he formed a retail establishment that set new standards for excellence, service, price and selection. In honor of his father, he opened Hing Wa Lee Jewelers in San Gabriel in 1993 with jewelry designed and manufactured by him and his family. In an effort to expand his product line, he began nurturing relationships with some of the world's most respected luxury goods companies and, before long, he became the authorized dealer for brands such as Rolex and Cartier within just a few years of starting the business -- a feat unparalleled in the jewelry retail industry.
David Lee, CEO of Hing Wa Lee Group, is a third-generation gemstone carver and entrepreneur who has earned international acclaim for being a market leader in the luxury retail industry. His clients include celebrities, dignitaries and other fashion- and style-conscious consumers from around the world. In 2005, he founded an affluent lifestyle magazine called Vivid which targeted the affluent Chinese-Americans residing the U.S. Currently, it is still the only affluent lifestyle magazine catering to the affluent Chinese-Americans..
Hing Wa Lee, Chairman of Hing Wa Lee Group, spends his time investing and developing real estate projects in California, Hong Kong, and Mainland China. As he reflects back to his days of humble beginnings after the passing of his father in mainland China, he is grateful for all he had accomplished today. Not only was he able to bring his art of gemstone carving to the United State but to also bring his family, his mother, and his siblings to a better place to live-the United States of America, a land of opportunity.
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