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Sea-gull “Wuxing” Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date April 19, 2023
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Sometimes, a lot of Swiss brands will re-produce the models that were published in old times to pay tribute to these great works, so will some Chinese watches, and Sea-gull is one of them. Sea-gull has a long history in Chinese watch-making industry, they also have a gorgeous and repectable past, the biggest contribution made in the development of Chinese watch industry, absolutely belongs to Sea-gull, there is no doubt. I have some Sea-gull watches in various styles, including dress watches, diving styles, pilot’s watches and even a trourbillon model, they all look great, perhaps Sea-gull is not my most favorite brand, but it must be the most reliable Chinese watch I trust. Today, I want to introduce a good-looking watch from Sea-gull, it is a very classic watch to pay tribute to the first batch of watches made by Tianjin Watch Factory in the past, the watch may look new to you because there is no “SEA-GULL” brand name on the dial, and it is hard to buy this watch online, I asked my friend in China to get it for me.

The watch is only limited to 1000 pieces, it has a special meaning to those watch fans who really love Chinese watches. The watch has a stainless steel case that is measured to be 38mm in diameter and 11mm thick. The polished case has a round smooth bezel, both case and bezel are molded into one piece with curved lugs, so the entire case has a very natural arc shape when you checking from the side, it can fit your fit your wrist in a more comfortable way. The screw-in crown has a arched high-glossy face. The most special place on the watch lies in its case back, which is screw-down and has unique engravings in Chinese, they are the names of Sea-gull watch designers.

The white dial is extremely simple. There is a silver five-pointed star at 12 o’clock, also called “Wuxing” in Chinese. Hour markers are combinations of Arabic numbers and arrow-shaped markers, the central hour hand and minute hand are sword-shaped with multi-cutting face that look three-dimensional. The Chinese words “17占防水表” and “中国制” mean “17 Jeweled Water Resistant” and “China Made”. The date window is opened at 3 o’clock, there is thin date font in black on the white background. The dial looks nothing special, but those nostalgic people who have a special feeling on the Chinese watches made in the old times will be interested in.

The movement is the standard Sea-gull ST2130 automatic movement, which has 26 jewels, 36-hour power reserve and 28,800VPH. The movement is developed by Sea-gull and has been used by a lot of other brands abroad, I trust its quality, the stability and accuracy of ST21 series movement from Sea-gull are better than the average.

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Sea-gull 362 Black Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date September 15, 2022
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When there is enough time, I want to make a summary of the top-selling Chinese dress watches in the market, Sea-gull must be in this list and it should rank on the top. Sea-gull deserves your attention because they really offer high quality watches at very reasonable prices. I have several Sea-gull timepieces, they are my most favorite wrist partners when I go out with my friends, each is with the in-house Sea-gull movement, I trust their quality more than other brand watches made in China. Among all Sea-gull watches in my collection, I have diving styles, vintage pilot’s watches and regular small-second model, but that’s not enough, the most common dress watch in full stainless steel is lacked, so I decided to buy this Sea-gull watch several days ago, also to prepare the top-selling list article I am going to write soon.

I received the watch in a blue hard leather box, with a manual book and link remove tool, there is no extra leather band offered. Sea-gull offers three dial color options, black, white and blue, I chose the black one. I also like the blue dial, but I found there are too many blue watches in my collection, the black is a very calm color and looks more classic to some people.

The watch has a case diameter of 40mm, it is about 10mm thick, a very ideal size and thickness for such a dress watch. The case has a very classic design and the narrow bezel makes the dial look large, a wide round dial is a common feature of this type of dress watches. Two ends of the bracelet are perfectly integrated with the case, which looks seamless. The case side has a beautiful streamlined arc shape, together with the slightly curved lugs, to ensure a very comfortable fit for your wrist. On the edge of the case back, there are engravings such as case material, water resistant depth and watch reference, the central crystal shows an engine inside, which is a ST2130 automatic movement that features golden Sea-gull logo on the auto rotor and gorgeous fish-scale decoration on the plates.

I love the design on the black dial, everything looks simple but classic, the radial dial finish is completed delicately, the completion of hands and hour markers are superb, looks high end, the hour markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12 are thicker, there is a very thin groove in the middle of these four markers. Slender second hand is sweeping across the wide dial smoothly, you can not feel the “stop” or “tick” on the top of the hand. Square date window with silver frame has a black font in white background, the date is easily catchable. Printing “SEA-GULL” looks official, while the “Automatic” below has a more elegant font.

The bracelet feels very comfortable, the edge of the bracelet is smoothly polished with no sharp corners, the five-link bracelet looks more stylish. By the way, the sapphire crystal has a very important feature, it was added with anti-reflective coating so the dial still has a very high readability even under the sun light.

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Sea-gull Diver’s 100m Green Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date July 27, 2022
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Unfortunately the green bezel insert is not ceramic made, I think many people will decide to buy this watch if it uses ceramic to make the green bezel. Now, a ceramic bezel is a necessary feature for many modern diving watches, perhaps to save the cost, Sea-gull did not decide to use a ceramic bezel on this watch. Ocean Star is a diver’s watch series from Sea-gull, but I am not sure if this watch is from its Ocean Star series, because I do not see a star logo on the dial. This Sea-gull is the diver’s watch I have owned with the most simple designs. There are only hours, minutes and seconds display, there are even no date, it is ok for me, simple things always keep in fashion.

I received the watch three days ago, the seller sent me one pair of black rubber band and one wrist band as a gift. Like the watch, the Sea-gull box looks more high-end than those niche brands from China.

The watch has a big case that is made with solid 316L stainless steel, the case diameter is measured up to 44mm, which is bigger than most diver’s watches in the market, the case is about 13mm in thickness, together with the solid stainless steel bracelet, this big watch feels a little heavy on my wrist. The bezel tooth has a similar design to that of Submariner, the bezel is uni-directional rotating, there is a “S” logo in satin finish on the crown face. The first link of the bracelet is perfectly connected with the case head, and keep in the horizontal line with the curved lugs, so the entire case can fit your hand more comfortable.

The dial is simple, but it has all necessary conditions that make it a good diver’s watch. Big hour markers, wide hand design and strong lume. And we can read from the dial that the watch is water resistant to 100 meters, so you can wear the watch when swimming, surfing and diving. The green dial looks special, it is not pure green, it looks a little black on the edge of the dial, while greener on the center. The lume on the hour markers hand hands is green in dark conditions, so is the triangle bezel marker at 12 o’clock.

We can see the movement through the crystal back, it is a ST25 automatic movement developed by Sea-gull, there are beautiful fish-scale decoration on the auto rotor and movement plate, words “SEA-GULL” and its logo are also engraved. Sea-gull claims the movement has a power reserve of 45 hours, 25 jewels and 21,600BPH, after 3-day wearing, the watch is about 10 seconds faster each day, well, this is under the inaccuracy range of the movement. The stainless steel bracelet has a different finish from that of other watches, the middle links are brushed, while the links at both sides are polished, the contrast in finish is strong. The bracelet has a great quality, first it is solid made, second, the gap between each section of links is very small. Well, I like the watch to be fitted with the rubber band, it is not that heavy.

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Sea-gull Multi-function Rose Gold Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date July 12, 2022
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I am very glad to share my new watch with you guys, two days ago, it was my birthday, I received this special gift from my wife, it is a really beautiful watch, I love it very much. Actually I was looking for such a watch before with multi functions like month, date and week, I bought a Guanqin watch that also features a lot of functions, but after receiving this watch, I realized that Sea-gull has a much better quality than some other niche brands from China. Sea-gull is a traditional big watch factory in China, it is the most famous Chinese watch brand because of their movement and watch-making technology, Sea-gull is always my first choice when I am considering a watch made in China.

The Sea-gull watch has a black pvd case with a rose gold bezel, it looks nice, I like this color combination, black and gold, it looks better than the one with black case and stainless steel bezel. The case has a big diameter, which is up to 44mm, it is measured to be 13mm in thickness. The crown is black with a “S” logo in sanded finish. The case back has a see-through crystal on the center, the rim features a 12 holes, I do not know what purpose these hole are used for, maybe for a special tool to open the back.

The black dial shows each function clearly, I think you has noticed the window opened at 6 o’clock, it is not a tourbillon device, we can see a working balance wheel inside, the entire is fixed by two blue steel screws on the dial, so that the movement can have a better stability. Each hour marker and all hands on the black dial are in rose gold tone, which is exactly in line with the rose gold bezel. The month is displayed on the small dial at 9 o’clock, the week from MON to SUN is shown on the subdial at 3 o’clock, the date is displayed in two separate windows set at 12 o’clock, with black font in white background, very easy to read.

The movement inside is a ST2625 that is developed by Sea-gull themselves. The movement beats 21,600 times per hour, it has 29 jewels and 45 hours power reserve. About accuracy, still needs to be tested, because I only got this watch two days ago, and it is only about 5 seconds faster. By the way, ST2625 has a hacking mechanism.

About the buttons on the case, each of them has different purpose. The pusher at 10 o’clock is for date adjustment, the pusher at 8 o’clock can be used to adjust month, the button at 4 o’clock is for week adjustment.

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Sea-gull 6099 Small-Seconds Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date July 6, 2022
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Simple and Bauhaus-style mechanical watches are very popular, in Sea-gull catalog, there are some models with Bauhaus style. Born in China and as the biggest watch manufacturer, Sea-gull not only makes watches with features of old Chinese military watches, they are also keeping up with the latest watch trend and publish the models that are more recognized by customers abroad. Among all Chinese watches I have bought, Sea-gull is the only one that gives me a feeling that such watch can compete with other famous Swiss brands. Today, the Sea-gull watch I am going to review is exactly a bauhaus-style model, it completely fits the aesthetic standard of most people, and can let Sea-gull really go to the world.

The watch is made with 316L stainless steel, its case is measured to be 39mm in diameter and 10.5mm in thickness, a very thin case with narrow round bezel that is polished, four lugs are slender and narrow, classic Bauhaus style in case design. Due to the thin bezel design, the dial looks very big and so offers the wearer a better readability. The crown is screwed in, there is a big “S” logo on the face, which is sand-finished on polished face. Seeing from the side, the case has a beautiful streamline design with naturally curved lugs to fit your wrist more comfortable. The case back is see-through crystal, with reference number engraved on the rim.

The dial is under the protection of sapphire crystal, it has a simple design, maybe there are no other Chinese elements on the dial except the printings of “CHINA MADE”, but the design inspiration of the dial indeed comes from a traditional item of China – Jade Button Shape Mascot, which means peace. The gray circle on the center has Arabic numbers for hours display, the sunken subdial features a small second hand in orange color that is obviously eye-catching. Both the big dial and small-second subdial have a delicate sand texture. By the way, on Sea-gull website, the circle on the dial has three color options, gray, blue and green.

The watch is powered by ST17 automatic movement developed by Sea-gull, now Sea-gull has become one of the biggest movement suppliers in the world, I trust the quality of their movements. ST17 beats at 21,600VPH and has 40-hour power reserve. To achieve a thin and light case, it is a wise choice to use this movement. By the way, the watch uses a brown leather band with pin buckle, the company will also send one nylon strap for free.

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Sea-gull Green Military Watch Made for Chinese Army

Post author By Bob
Post date July 4, 2022
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Sea-gull must be your first choice if you want to know the background and development history of Chinese watches, for most people, the Chinese brand they are most familiar with is Sea-gull, which is formerly known as Tianjin Watch Factory. Now, Sea-gull has grown to be a very big watch company, they have a very full watch series, and their movements are now being used in watches of many big brands in the world. So, if you are considering a very good quality Chinese watch as a start, I recommend Sea-gull.

I like the military watch made by Sea-gull, some of the elements on these watches look unique, I like the mysterious symbols. This watch is a special edition from Sea-gull, it is made to pay tribute to those military watches produced for the Chinese Army by Tianjin Watch Factory, the watch has a military green color, it comes in a green box, which looks very special. On the case and dial, there are also several elements related to the Chinese Army, each of them has unique meaning, which is attractive to me.

The case is made with solid 316L stainless steel, it has a diameter of 43mm and is measured to be 13mm in thickness. The case is brushed with angular crown guards, on the left case side, there is a piece of metal attached, and it is engraved with “陸軍1號”, which means Army No. 1 in English. Two crown guards look special, they are in ladder-shaped. The case back has special engravings, with a big five star on the center. Looking from the pictures, the screw-in back absolutely adds thickness of the entire case, but it makes the watch look stronger and more reliable.

The dial is green, which is in line with the green color on the nylon band. The dial has every necessary detail that makes the watch become a good military watch. Simple design, big hour markers, wide hands and strong lume. The slender second hand on the center has a red tip and a five star in silver on the end, both hour hand and minute hand are in sword-shaped, they have a wide design so that can be applied with more luminous material on the stem. There is a medal in the shape of a coin at 6 o’clock, I do not know what special meaning it has, the Chinese words under the medal are “五四式”.

The Sea-gull watch is equipped with an in-house automatic movement, which is ST2500. This movement beats at 21,600VPH and has a power reserve of 45h to 48h, the accuracy of ST2500 is ok for me, I have worn it for six weeks, the watch is about 18 seconds faster each day, for a basic automatic movement Sea-gull, such accuracy is normal. By the way, the green army green nylon band also meets the military theme the watch wants to present.

Not only this green, the watch also has black and sand color options on Sea-gull’s website, and the one in sand color looks more interesting.

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Sea-gull Moon Phase Power Reserve Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 20, 2022
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This is my most favorite Sea-gull watch, I have always been wanting a casual watch with multi functions because such type of watch is very popular among office workers, so I also want one. I bought so many Chinese watches before, I like them, not only due to their low cost, but some of them also have classic designs and acceptable quality, especially the Sea-gull, this is my seventh watch I bought from Sea-gull, the watch has functions of hours, minutes, seconds, date, power reserve and moon phase display, if one of any Swiss watches has so many functions, you know, its price must be thousands of dollars, but this Sea-gull only costed me less than 360 US Dollars, very reasonable.

I received the package four days ago, inside the Sea-gull box, there come with the watch, fountain pen, screw driver, sticky planets tape and a cosmonaut doll. These accessories are galaxy exploration themed, I am not sure if there is any relation between galaxy exploration and this watch. This Sea-gull looks similar to one Breguet Classique watch I have seen before, I do not know exact model, but Breguet must have a much higher price, this Sea-gull has beautiful finish with a very reasonable price.

The dial design is outstanding, all functions shown through the dial are real. First, the fan-shaped indicator positioned between 10 o’clock and 11 o’clock shows the remaining the power reserve of the watch, it is a true power reserve indicator, which tells you that the watch has a 42-hour power reserve capacity. The moon phase indicator with blue background is set at 2 o’clock, the small hand on the subdial at 6 o’clock is pointing at current date. All hands on the dial are blued steel, which look classy. The classy dial is a good addition to the first-class case finish, both accomplish this elegant watch together.

Here is an instruction on how to operate the crown. Pull out the crown to the first click position, rotate it clockwise to wind the watch. Pull out the crown to the second click position, the second hand will stop, then you can adjust the time. The button on the case at 2 o’clock can be pushed down to adjust moon phase, while the button at 4 o’clock is used to adjust date.

The watch is equipped with a ST2153 automatic movement, which features 32 jewels and 28,800VPH, to test its power reserve, I gave the watch a full winding and then put it on the desk, the watch worked continuously for 28 hours. The watch is fitted with black leather strap, which features dense texture, I do not like this band, I will buy another alligator leather strap to replace it. By the way, besides this stainless steel model, there is also a golden version of this Sea-gull watch.

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Review of a Very Classic Sea-gull Tourbillon Watch

Post author By Bob
Post date June 17, 2022
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I always wanted to buy a tourbillon watch, for me, the tourbillon device is really beautiful, however, a tourbillon watch is a lot of money, in order to buy one, I already have saved money for two years, but still not able to buy a Swiss brand tourbillon watch, whose price is too high, so I chose a very popular Chinese brand Sea-gull, which is also my most favorite Chinese watch brand. I know Sea-gull a little, it is one of the biggest movement manufacturers in the world, Sea-gull also makes complicated watches like tourbillon, minutes repeater, moon phase, perpetual calendar and chronograph, as an independent watch manufacturer, I think Sea-gull will place more and more important rules in the world’s watch industry. By the way, this is my first tourbillon watch, I love it.

This is a classic Sea-gull tourbillon watch, polished stainless steel case with 41mm diameter, which is a size most people are fond of, the case is also slim, only 13mm in thickness, considering the automatic tourbillon movement inside, the case thickness is acceptable. The entire case, including the round bezel and curved lugs, is totally polished, the case finish feels smooth and has a solid texture. The big crown has flutes with a “S” logo in sanded finish. The watch has a weight of about 99 grams, very light. The sapphire crystal is installed perfectly, it is in a correct position, not too high above the bezel like on some other Chinese watches.

The white dial is a combination of classic and simpleness. All my focus is on the tourbillon device inside the window that is opened at 6 o’clock, it is a real tourbillon, some Chinese brands like Binger opens a window on the dial to show the working balance wheel and claims it is a tourbillon, Sea-gull won’t do like this, Sea-gull is a big brand and it is our proud. The way the tourbillon works is attractive, I can watch it all day, touch the crystal face on your ear and listen the working sound of tourbillon, this makes me excited. The watch has rome hour markers in black that look classic, there is also a small arrow-shaped marker corresponding to each of these rome numbers.

Seeing from the crystal back, the movement inside has beautiful fish-scale patterns decoration on the auto rotor and plates. The movement is ST8002 from Sea-gull, you can see the golden engravings “CAL. ST8002” on the plate. This tourbillon movement has 27 jewels, 42-hour power reserve and 21,600VPH. Sea-gull claims that the inaccuracy of this tourbillon movement is controlled within twenty seconds, I just received the watch two days ago, it works fine, for accuracy and stability of the movement, it still needs time to be tested. I trust Sea-gull’s quality. By the way, I love this pair of black alligator leather straps, the crocodile texture makes the watch look more luxury.

Two models available for this tourbillon watch, one features this Rome hour markers, the other has long stick hour markers that also look very elegant.

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Sea-gull Tonneau-shaped Skeleton Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 16, 2022
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When people talk about Chinese watches, the first one they usually think of is Sea-gull, it is the pride of our national brand. Sea-gull has produced many watches which almost cover every type, including dress watch, military watch, diver’s watch, tourbillon watch and others, Sea-gull is one of the few Chinese brands that could produce all types of mechanical watches, it is also one of the biggest movement suppliers in the world, which offers movements for many Swiss brands since ETA does not supply movements for them. I have several Sea-gull watches and I am going to buy more.

This Sea-gull watch I am going to review is a new model that was published in 2022. It is a very big watch that meets current watch brand and has a bold design, the watch looks very handsome on my wrist. We can see a great creativity on the design of this Sea-gull watch, it is exactly the spirit which other Chinese watches need during their development.

The new Sea-gull watch has a tonneau-shaped case that is brushed and polished. The case is one piece formed, there is no bezel part, the case back is screwed down into the main case, thanks to this design, the watch has a better water resistant performance. Different finish on different part of the case gives me a strong visual effect. The entire case has a curved design so that it can fit your wrist more comfortably. By the way, the case has a diameter of 44mm and is 11mm thick, the watch weighs about 93 grams, which feels lightweight on the wrist. The crown is onion-shaped , which is more convenient for your finger to rotate, it features a sanded “S” logo on a polished face.

I like the dial, which is totally skeleton, we can see all working parts of the movement through the sapphire crystal. All hour markers, including the big Arabic numbers of 3-6-9-12 and the square markers, are filled with luminous material, so are hour hand and minute hand, at night, you can see a strong green lume light emitting from these places. White minutes markers are on the most outside track-style circle. “CHINA MADE” printings are on the track under big “6”. The skeleton design does not affect dial readability, I can easily read the time because of its big hour markers and long hands. Sea-gull did not add extra decorating plates and there are only movement parts on the dial, so the thickness of the entire case can be controlled to be less than 11mm.

The movement inside ia a Sea-gull ST2502, which consists of more than one hundreds of precise components. The Sea-gull ST25 is a very popular movement among a lot of Chinese watch brands, it has 25 jewels, 45-hour power reserve and 21,600BPH, the power reserve may vary from different batches of movement, but most can be up to 40 hours. At last, the watch is equipped with a brown leather strap, one free pair of nylon straps will be sent with the watch. There are two color options for this Sea-gull watch, stainless steel and pvd black, each has the same price.

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Sea-gull 21 Zuan D304 Pilot Chrono Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 2, 2022
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This watch is a retro pilot watch made in China, it is a great timepiece produced by Sea-gull to pay tribute to those old Chinese pilot watches made by Tianjin Watch factory before. We know the predecessor of Sea-gull is Tianjin Watch Factory, which has made a great contribution to Chinese watch industry. On this watch, I do not see the brand name Sea-gull but only Chinese words “中国” and “天津手表厂”, so I am sure this watch is an anniversary edition which Sea-gull unveiled to show respect to Tianjin Watch Factory. This is completely a vintage pilot watch with retro designs which you only see on some Chinese pilot watches made in old times, I like the mysterious letterings and symbol on the dial, they drive my interest to learn those military watches which Tianjin Watch Factory made for Chinese Army.

The Sea-gull watch is made with 316L stainless steel, the case is polished and has a diameter of 38mm, it is measured to be 13mm in thickness. The crown is screw-down, it tightly fits the case, both pushers can be pressed to operate the chronograph function. The lugs are naturally curved and bent well with the main case, they allow the case to fit your wrist more comfortably. On the case back, on the sunken center, there is a sculpture that consists of one 5-pointed star, one plane in the middle of one pair of wings and “中国.1963”, the sculpture is polished in a sanded background. On the outer edge, the reference of the watch “819.17.1963” is engraved.

The dial is the soul of the entire watch, it is white, but not that pure white, this white dial looks a bit old. The color usage highlights the watch, especially its red second-chronograph hand and the blue color on other hands. There are two small dials, which are positioned at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock separately, both dials have their own purpose and are in blue color, the small dial at 9 o’clock is small seconds display, the subdial at 3 o’clock is a 30-minute chronograph counter. All hour markers are in yellow gold, the five-pointed star at 12 o’clock also has a yellow gold frame, but has red filling. The printings “21 ZUAN” under the five-pointed star means “21 Jewels” of the movement. Any way, there are too many things worth talking about the dial, the color usage also greatly enhances the dial readability.

The movement inside is ST1901 that is independently developed by Sea-gull, it is a very famous manual winding movement that features 21 jewesl, 45-hour power reserve and 21,600bph. The watch comes with a black leather band, I was lucky, because Sea-gull sent me a military green nato band for free. The watch is not cheap, which is almost 700 USD on their store, but if you are really interested in a watch that was specially offered for the Chinese Air Force, this Sea-gull will be a good start. By the way, I found many brands are copying the designs of this Sea-gull pilot watch, but none of them can recover the flavor of this Sea-gull.

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