In my post that introduced the first Peacock watch, I did gave a short introduction of Peacock, which is a very famous watch brand in China, its predecessor is Liaoning Watch Factory that was established in 1957 in Dandong City, Peacock is one of the China’s earliest important watch manufacturers that could research and develop movements by themselves, the other threes are Shanghai, Sea-gull and Beijing. In all Chinese watches, Peacock watches are much more expensive because Peacock only makes high-end mechanical watches, you may know little about Peacock watches, but I guess a lot of watch fans have worn the watches with the movements made by Peacock, you know what I am saying.
This Peacock watch looks similar to one Sea-gull watch I introduced before, it is D304 Pilot watch, both watches’ design has paid a tribute to the Chinese military watches made in the 50s. This Peacock watch comes from the Perfection Classic 1950 series, the official chose the number 1950 because it is a highly significant year in China’s military history, in 1950, The Chinese People’s Volunteers crossed the Yalu River to participate in the “War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea”, so this Peacock watch paid a tribute to this military activity.
There are two models, one has a white dial, the other has a salmon color dial, both watches are powered by Peacock PAX8610 movement, which is a hand-winding mechanical movement.
The watch comes with a green box, which is the most high-end watch box I have ever seen in all China watches. Its watch case is made with 316L stainless steel, it is measured to be only in 38.5mm in diameter, not big, but the thin polished bezel just accentuates the big dial, which is covered by a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.
On the white dial, the Arabic hour markers are engraved, there is a certain depth you can see, very impressive, it is said that each number is hand-engraved by a watch master. All hands are stainless steel and are maintained in the same blue color. There are two sunken small dials, one is at 3 o’clock acting as a 30-minute chronograph counter, the other is at 9 o’clock, which displays the smooth moving of a small second hand. The dial contains two parts, the outermost tachymeter and center white dial.
Through the crystal back, we can see the hand-winding movement, which epitomizes horological artistry in its purest mechanical form. A man should have at least one watch with such a movement in his collection. The movement beats 21,600 times per hous and has a power reserve of 38 hours.
