My first subsidiary second Chinese watch is from Sea-gull, I have had it for almost one month now, and the watch still works very well. You guys must buy one small-second automatic watch, it is one of the most elegant dress watches I have seen with a clean dial design. For such a small-second watch, it is not expensive even you choose a Swiss-originated one, but one with more affordable price is the Nomos, which comes from Germany with Bauhaus style, it is a great option to choose a small-second watch, which has a good quality. However, if you are searching online, you will find some small-second watches made in China too, with much lower price and moderate quality, they may be better choices and can save you a lot at the same time. Borman, I found this watch several days ago, it is a germany originated watch, whether it is true or not, I like their watches’ design, which is in line with the aesthetics of Swiss or German watches. This rose gold Borman is the second watch I bought from them, it has a small-second feature and a very solid quality.
The rose gold case is made with inner 316L stainless steel material, not a solid rose gold watch, there is only a layer of rose gold coating on the surface, not sure how thick it is, but it will certainly fade after some days of wearing, we won’t know how long the gold will last before fading, but I suggest you take a very good care of your watch if you want it to keep its original rose gold tone for a long time. The rose gold case, the golden tone on dial, as well as the brown color on the leather band and hand stitching, they are formed a seamless “gold’ style on the watch. The case has a diameter up to 40mm, it is measured to be 9.7mm in thickness, a little thick than I expect, for such type of small-second mechanical watch from the Switzerland or Germany, they will be no thicker than 9mm.
I like its white dial, which features bar-shaped hour markers and hands in rose gold tone. Each hour marker has a three-dimensional finish, so are the central hour hand and minute hand, which are more obvious. There is a small dial at 6 o’clock with a small golden second hand, a date window is opened at 3 o’clock, it features black date font, clearly readable on the white background. By the way, the date window has a multi-level three-dimensional structure, it is nicely finished. The dial is under protection of a highly scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
About the movement, at this price point, the only option is to choose an automatic movement made in China, I do not know which factory the movement comes from, but its finish displayed via the transparent crystal back looks ok, and the accuracy is about 10 seconds faster each day, which is acceptable for most people after all the watch has a low price. The brown leather band is made with soft and durable calfskin leather, which features embossed crocodile textures on the surface, together with the rose gold case, they enhance the luxury temperament of the entire watch.
