Category: Fiyta

I have always been looking for a diver’s watch with a real ceramic bezel at a reasonable cost, actually I have several pieces of diver’s watches bought from Chinese watch market, but few of them have a ceramic bezel. I looked into Fiyta and found a very unique model that attracted me immediately, it is a Dragon Hole special edition from Fiyta, it is a classic diving watch, with black, blue and green color options, it is the most simple diver’s watch I have seen, but most impressive one in my collection. I chose the blue one, the watch looks very nice and has a very similar outlook to the Tudor Black Bay blue, I love it.

It is the most authentic China brand diver’s watch I have bought, whether the Sea-gull Green diving watch or San Martin homages I reviewed before, they can not be compared with this Fiyta, especially the homage diving watches supplied by San Martin, they are too big and look too roughly made, lace of some elegance. Another reason why I chose this Fiyta as my next tool watch is the dragon you see on the crown and case back, it looks very cool.

The watch is made with solid 316L stainless steel, it has a diameter up to 43mm and measured to be 13mm in thickness. The case is fully brushed with a solid back that features a dragon engraving. The “Dragon Hole” letterings with latitude and longitude is a deep hole in the sea of Sansha city of Hainan province in China. There is also a dragon logo in matt finish on the polished surface of the screw-in crown. The blue bezel is a big selling point, it is made with real ceramic material, it features a lume pearl at 12 o’clock and is uni-directional rotating. One thing I do not understand is that why Fiyta uses different logo on the crown, on some models, it is a letter “F”, while it is a peace dove on some watches.

The blue dial features big hour markers and wide hands that are applied with lume material. Central hour hand and minute hand are sword-shaped with skeleton stem. A date window with silver frame is positioned next to the 3:00 marker, featuring a black date font in white background. It saying “30m” water resistant on the dial, yes, a great depth, I do not think people will choose this watch and dive to a depth of 300m underwater, anyway, I believe that Fiyta has done a strict waterproofing test on each of their watches.

I have no idea about the movement inside, I tried to ask the sales person of Fiyta, she told me this is a secret, I did not open the case back yet and I am fraid the watch can not keep such a great deep water resistance after opening it. I love the finish on the bracelet, the middle links are brushed, while the links on two sides are polished, this forms a high visual contrast. The watch feels a little heavy because it is fully made with solid stainless steel, and the bracelet has wide links, you can change a rubber band on by yourself, that will be a better fit especially when you do something under water.

When people get together, probably the watches they mostly talk about are those diving-style models that look very impressive at first glance, with a big size and unique bezel design. While these watches are never your first choice when you are really considering to get a watch to wear. Yes, a diver’s watch will always be in your wishlist, but it not your first need, a mechanical watch that looks more normal and elegant is usually your first choice. Stainless steel case, black or blue dial with silver markers, sword-shaped hour hand and minute hand, these are standard features of an elegant dress watch. Every brand has such type of watches, they are also one of the best sellers, for this Fiyta watch I am going to review, it is the most elegant watch I have in my collection, actually I have several watches like this from Sea-gull or other homage brands, but no one can be compared with this Fiyta. Its stainless steel case, blue dial, slender sweeping second hand and crystal back make me love it deeply. Fiyta sent this watch in a black brand box with one extra black leather strap.

The watch is completely made with 316L stainless steel, the case has a diameter up to 40mm, that’s a size I like, very suitable and not big like some diving-style or pilot watches, the case is measured to be 11.3mm in thickness, it is polished with naturally curved lugs that could better fit your hand, the screw-in crown has a peace dove logo, together with the screw-down crystal back, they guarantee a 50m water resistance of the watch.

The dial is blue, black color also available for this watch, but I think blue is a better fit for such a dress watch, it looks more eye-catching, black looks a bit bored. The radial sunray texture of the dial is very attractive, it is the most important reason for me to chooce this watch. Hour markers are a bit raised from the dial because they are three-dimensional, there are multiple cutting faces on each of these markers, just like the finish of the hour hand and minute hand. At 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock, the hour marker adopts Rome numbers. On the top of the hour hand and minute hand, there is a straight line applied with lume material, the slender second hand is very long and sweeping across the dial smoothly. The date window positioned at 3 o’clock also has a good finish, the window has a silver frame, a black date font in background, the date font is exactly in the middle of the window, such simple dial with every element finished in an elegant way is my favorite.

From the see-through back, the movement is a 21-jeweled automatic movement, it is a Citizen automatic movement, I guess, the auto rotor has a simple decoration, with brand name and jewels numbers engraved. Once having a full winding, the watch can work 40 hours continuously. The stainless steel band is ok, it consists of wide and narrow links that are all polished, the buckle has a peace dove logo in matt finish. Actually if the links are brushed and polished alternately, the bracelet finish may look better visually.

About Fiyta, you guys are more familiar with it than me, it is also more famous than other watches I introduced on my blog, certainly except Sea-gull, after this is the greatest national brand of China. Fiyta has a long history, it was founded in 1987 in Shenzhen of China, it is the only one listed watch company in China. Fiyta watches use movements supplied by Sea-gull, their watches have a very close style to the design of Swiss watches. I have several Sea-gull watches, but I never bought one Fiyta watch before, so this pilot’s watch is my first Fiyta watch, it has a price higher than that of the other watches in my collection.

I do not know if it is the J-20 model that made me decide to buy this watch, the J-20 fighter model sent with the watch is really attractive, certainly the watch is also a solid timepiece, the iron box is specially made for this special edition watch, Fiyta also shipped on extra band inside the box. There are black and blue models for this watch to choose, and I select the blue one, which comes with a blue dial and blue leather band.

On this Fiyta, its case profile and dial style describe a classic pilot’s watch. The case is made of 316L stainless steel, with a diameter of 42mm and 12mm thickness, the case and bezel are smoothly polished, versus two brushed sides, seeing from the side, the case has a beautiful arc with round and smooth corners that are perfectly polished. The screw-down crown feautres a sanded finish star logo on the polished face. On the solid case back that is fixed by star-shaped screws, there are a few engravings with their meanings. When take a closer look at its case and dial, I found this Fiyta has a similar outlook to IWC Big Pilot.

The blue radial dial has a delicate finish, there are three small dials, each has their own useful purpose. The big numeral hour markers refer to the design of IWC Big Pilot, they have been applied with lume material, so are the broad hour hand and minute hand in sword shape. Fiyta claims that the lume light can glow more than 4 hours in dark environments after absorbing enough light. The subdial at 6 o’clock is for time display in 24-hour display, the 3:00 subdial features a small hand pointing at currect month, its opposite subdial at 9 o’clock is week display. Each small hand on these subdials has a red tip, just like the central second hand. You can adjust the month by pushing the button at 2 o’clock, other features like time, week and date can be adjusted via the screw-in crown.

The blue leather band is made with calfskin leather, it feels with soft to wear, two loops help to fasten the end of the band, the pin buckle in stainless steel also looks very distinguished, I like it.