This Sea-gull ultra-thin is a combination of elegance of quality, it is the best dress watch I like among my Chinese watches collection.
Sea-gull is the most famous Chinese watch brand, it was established in 1955 in Tianjin of China, during the sixty-six years of development, Sea-gull has laid a solid foundation for the watch-making industry of China and also made a huge contribution, Sea-gull is one of the few watch companies in China that can develop movements by themselves, they are also one of the biggest movement manufacturers in the world, many luxury brands now also buy movements from Sea-gull. I always think Sea-gull is the boss among so many Chinese watch brands, it is the only watch manufacturer in China that owns watchmaking techniques of tourbillon, perpetual calendar and minute repeater. If you want to buy a Chinese watch, I will recommend Sea-gull first.
The Sea-gull watch I am going to review here has a classic Bauhaus style, with an ultra-thin case design, the watch reveals the superior watch-making craftsmanship of Sea-gull. I received this watch in a Sea-gull box, there is also a manual book in Chinese comes with in the box, I immediately decided to use this Sea-gull watch as my first dress watch choice when I opened the package, I love it very much.
The watch has a reference of 819.17.6004, its case has a diameter of 39mm and is measured to be only 8mm in thickness, the silver case is fully polished and made with 316L stainless steel, round bezel, angular lugs with smooth corners, the case has a classic Bauhaus design style. The crown has a “S” logo in sanded finish, which looks very nice, the crown is very small but I found no inconvenience when rotating it to adjust time. The case back has engraving info about waterproof depth, model number and case material, the case back is screwed down and integrated with the case seamlessly.
The dial is white in matte, the dial looks familiar and has somewhat a similar design with Nomos. Each hour marker, including the numbers 3, 9 and 12, uses black and has a big size, with the central hour and minute hand, it is very easy to read time, just need a glance. A sunken small dial at 6 o’clock features a small seconds hand, also in blue color, this blue color used on the watch highlights the entire watch.
The movement uses Sea-gull in-house ST17, which is manual winding and has a beat frequency of 21,600 times per hour. The thickness of movement is about 3.22mm, so it achieves an ultra-thin case that is only 8mm. I have this watch for more than 11 days since I received it, the watch still works very accurate, only 4 seconds faster each day. By the way, the watch can work about 40 hours continuously once giving it a full winding. The Sea-gull Ultra-thin is my first hand-winding mechanical watch.
I chose a black leather band for this watch, the band feels a little stiff at the first time, but it became soft and comfortable to wear in next days. For this watch, Sea-gull also offers a stainless steel bracelet option. Besides, if you are interested in other Sea-gull watches, please check their official site, there you can find a lot of styles, including dress, military, diving or tourbillon.
