Sea-gull is the first brand you should think of when going to buy a Chinese watch, they are the most powerful watch manufacturer in China, also one of the few movement manufacturers. I have bought several Sea-gull watches, some are simple casual watches, some are pilot-style models and some are diver’s watches, I like them, not like most other homage watches made in China, these watches have their own designs, some have historical origins with Chinese military watches whose Chinese elements designs really attract me. Today, I want to introduce a new Sea-gull watch, this is s Pilot watch that has chronograph function, the watch is designed mainly to pay tribute to the H-6 bomber aircraft.
The watch is made with 316L stainless steel, it has a black bezel but is not made with ceramic, the red color usage on the silver dial enhances the readability of the whole dial, but also brings life to the boring stainless steel black watch. The watch is a little heavy, about 201 grams.
The case has a 44mm diameter and is measured to be 14mm in thickness, for a manual-winding watch, such case thickness is acceptable, the case is brushed, while the edge of the lugs has a smooth and mirror polishing finish that forms a high contrast with the brushed front, this gives the wearer a visual enjoyment. The screw-down crown has a “S” logo in sand finish, the other two buttons locked by screws are used to control the chronograph.
The dial looks more like silver, with delicate sun-ray finish, two small dials in black just like the two eyes of Panda. Small seconds hand works smoothly on the subdial at 9 o’clock, the subdial at 3 o’clock with a red hand is used as a 30-minute chronograph counter. Besides a polished Sea-Gull logo at 12 o’clock, there is an unique logo at 6 o’clock, above the black letterings “Chronograph”, this logo was firstly used on the Pilot chrono watch 304 that was produced by Tianjin Watch Factory, now this new Sea-Gull watch just paid a tribute to this oldest Pilot chrono watch in Chinese watch-making history. The red number “6” has a special meaning that is related to Hong 6 bomber aircraft.
The case back is see-through crystal, the beautiful machine inside is a ST1901 engine from Sea-gull, it is said that the movement is independently developed by Sea-gull itself, but I see it is very similar to another manual winding movement Venus 75. Sea-gull said the movement has a 42-hour power reserve, I have used the watch for 4 days, now it still keeps an accurate timing, will lose 7 seconds each day. I am going to buy an extra nylon band for this watch.
