Categories
Beijing Watch

Beijing Classic Series Watch Review

Beijing Classic White Watch

Beijing, most of you guys know it is the capital of China, but few know this name will be connected with a watch factory. Beijing Watch Factory, is one of the oldest watch factories founded in China, together with Shanghai Watch Factory and Sea-gull Watch Company, they are the big three in Chinese watch industry. Like the other two, Beijing Watch Factory also has a long watch-making history and it has the ability to develop movements by themselves, the first tourbillon movement made in China came from Beijing Watch Factory. I feel a little strange that Beijing Watch Factory never sell their movements to the public, which means they do not offer movements for other watch brands, the movements coming from Beijing Watch Factory are only used in their watches. This is a different strategy from Sea-gull. Every watch offered by Beijing has a strong Chinese style, I think few of you guys will like them.

Beijing Classic Watch

For Sea-gull, it is more international, so you will know Sea-gull better. But when people talking about Beijing, perhaps you have no idea about this brand, actually Beijing also offers a lot of classic watches that have good finish and also meet our design aesthetic standards, if you do not mind its unique logo, which is The Tian’Anmen Rostrum.

Beijing Classic White

This Beijing watch looks great and has a nice finish. It is a model from Classic series, the watch has a case diameter up to 40mm, not including the pumpkin-shaped crown, it is measured to be 11mm in thickness. 40mm is a very popular size, it is acceptable for most people, when choosing a dress watch, now I prefer a big size, not the one in 38mm or 39mm, by the way, the design of the lugs makes the watch looks bigger, I like it. The case is brushed, including the thin and round bezel, the crown is too big, but very easy to operate, I hate some watches with a very small crown, sometimes you need to use a big strength to pull out it.

Beijing Classic Stainless Steel Case

The dial is white, Beijing also offers a black dial version. The logo of The Tian’Anmen Rostrum is very unique, I think it has a special meaning to Beijing Watch Factory. The central second hand is in bright red that will immediately catches your eyes, minute markers are also red dots, Beijing very like using red color. The hour markers are delicately designed, at 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 and 12:00, the hour markers are stainless steel sticks, and the stainless steel marker at 12 o’clock has a pointed tip. Central hour hand and minute hand are in elegant willow shape. Due to the 40mm diameter, the dial still does not look crowded even these long hour markers have occupied a large space. The date window is opened in round with black font in white background, for me, the window looks too small.

Beijing Classic Movement

I am very happy that the watch adopts an exhibition case back, where you can see the engine inside, which is an automatic movement imported from Japan. I only know that this is not an in-house movement from Beijing. Its auto rotor is skeletonized and has The Tian’Anmen Rostrum stamp in red color, there are not too much decoration made on the movement plates, but seeing from the work made on the auto rotor, it is much better and delicate than all other Chinese micro watch brands.

The watch is equipped with a black leather band that is fitted with a stainless steel deployant clasp. Beijing focuses on details, you will see black stitching outside, while red stitching on the other side of the band. I just received the watch yesterday, its accuracy still needs to be tested, but I trust the quality of Japanese movement.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *