Besides Parnis, Sea-gull is my most favorite Chinese watch, I have bought several timepieces from them and want to buy more in future, Sea-gull is also the Chinese brand whose watches’ design have close styles to that of Swiss watches, whether the dress watches or diver’s watches made by Sea-gull, you can always see similar designs that could be found on Swiss watches. I like diver’s watches and I have some from Sea-gull and other Chinese homage brands, but I think the best-looking diver’s watch is from Sea-gull Ocean Star, it has a good name, by the way the watches also look nice, it refers to the design of Swiss diving watches but also add their own features in the watch, that’s one important factor that makes Sea-gull more popular abroad. Today, the watch I am going to review is a new model from Ocean Star made by Sea-gull, it is white and blue color, with a special ice crystal dial, I think it will be a very nice timepiece for you to wear in a snowy weather, or wearing it when going skiing.
I introduced one Ocean Star diver’s watch before, it is a blue model, many people shown their interest and asked me the price. Now this new model is a white snow one, it is a diver’s watch but does not look that tough like other diving-style models, do you like this style? But I like its color and the dial display, as a diver’s watch, it is 300m waterproof, that’s a big depth, well, it you want to make it look more tough and like a diver’s watch for men, you can change a smooth black calf leather band on, the watch still looks nice on a black leather strap.
The case is made with 316L stainless steel, it has a diameter of 44mm and measured to be 13mm in thickness, a little thick I think, but for a diver’s watch it is acceptable. The watch comes with a white box, absolutely it is customized by Sea-gull for this special edition watch, look at the lugs, its arc shape is very nice for the wearer and the finish has brushing on the front and polishing on the edge, this finish not only gives the user a strong visual effect, but also feels more comfortable to wear. The bezel uses a sapphire crystal cover, the blue and orange markers under are not luminous except the big “N”. I like the design of crown guards, they have delicate finish of brushing and polishing, and the crown is totally under the protection of the guards.
The dial is the most unique place of the watch, it has a special texture that looks like the ice crystal, not like other diver’s watches, the lume on this watch not only appears on the hour markers and hands, but also applied on the main dial, the blue lume light looks beautiful in the dark. The dial has a very good readability, not only because of its strong lume light in the dark conditions, but also the blue and orange color usage forms a high contrast with the main white background. The inner minute-scale bezel is a little straight, the entire bezel will look better if it is a little oblique.
The watch is powered by a ST2130 automatic movement, which is independently developed by Sea-gull Watch Company. The movement beats 28800 times per hour, it has 28 jewels and 42-hour power reserve. The watch comes with a white nylon band, but the stainless steel bracelet version is also available. At last, I think the dial lume is a little too strong and too much, this slightly affect reading time from the dial.
