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New Sea-gull Moon Phase 6170 – a homage watch of the Rolex Cellini?

It has been a long time for me not to introduce a new model from Sea-gull watch company, Sea-gull has always been the first choice for many people who are looking for the best Chinese watches. On my blog, the most watches I introduced are Sea-gull watches, the most watches readers asked all about are also Sea-gull watches, so it seems like many people are interested in this Chinese brand, I also own several Sea-gull watches, including dress models and some diver’s models, today, I am going to review another Sea-gull watch which I just received, it is a new watch Sea-gull just published. It is a good watch, but I do not think it is an outstanding homage.

The box of the big three watch companies, including Sea-gull, Shanghai and Beijing, always better and looks more official than that of other watches. This Sea-gull has a blue box that is hard, its inside has layered structure that allows you to put the watch and manual separately, the watch can be put in a place steady. Look at the Sea-gull, which watch it reminds you? Yes, when I first saw this new model on the website of Sea-gull, I remembered one Rolex Cellini watch with a moon phase indicator. I am very sure that Sea-gull refers the design of the Cellini watch on this new model. However, I do not like it very much.

First, I need to say this is a very high quality watch. But there are two parts I do not like, the stainless steel case and black leather band. The bezel and crown are in rose gold, I do not know why Sea-gull did not use rose gold on the case, it will look better if the entire case has a rose gold tone. Actually the black leather band is not a big issue, but a brown leather band will be a better fit for this watch if it has a full rose gold case. By the way, this Sea-gull watch is sold at nearly $470, I think they should use a full rose gold case under this price level.

The watch is sold at a high price because it has a real moon phase function, check the indicator at 6 o’clock on the dial, it shows the phases of the moon in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. On the white dial, there is a fork in blued steel that is pointing at current date on the outermost. The moon phase can be adjusted through the button on the case at 8 o’clock. The date can be adjusted through the button on the case at 4 o’clock. The crown, which has a satin-finished “S” logo, can be adjusted for winding and time adjustment. The hour hand, minute hand and those bar-shaped hour markers are all well cut and have perfect chamfer polishing.

The movement displayed through the crystal back is a ST2108 developed by Sea-gull, it has 28 jewels, 28800BPH and 42 hours power reserve. From the movement pictures shown below, we can see a beautiful decoration on the movement plates and auto rotor. It says the watch is 50m water resistant on the stainless steel rim of the case back.

The band is ok, not made with alligator leather, but calfskin leather, with embossed crocodile prints on the surface. There is a “SEA-GULL” engraving in satin on the buckle.

My advice:

If you are not a loyal fan of Sea-gull or just considering Sea-gull as your first Chinese watch, do not buy this moon phase watch because it is too expensive. There are a lot of other Sea-gull watches in casual style you can buy, they are very good, please see my reviews under Sea-gull category. If you are addicted to moon phase watches, then this watch can appear in your purchasing list.

Pagani Design Green Hulk Sub 116610LV Homage Review

It seems like that many micro brands in China have the homage of Rolex Submariner, whether the black sub or green hulk, they are very popular homages, a lot of people still bought them even they know it is not Rolex. Dozens of micro brand watches in Chinese watch industry know how to make a rapid success by creating homages of some popular Rolex models, Pagani Design is such a brand, and with the promotions of E-commerce platform Aliexpress, the watches designed by Pagani Design can be delivered to every corner of the world, and almost every person can get one Pagani Design watch because of their low price. The green watch from Pagani Design I am going to introduce today is a good homage of Rolex Submariner 116610LV, actually in my collection there are several pieces have a similar look to 116610LV Sub, but I love this Pagani watch most.

I have several Pagani Design watches, most of them are homages of Rolex and one Tag Heuer homage, but this green one is my best Sub homage I have ever bought. It has an excellent quality and a great value for money, the case and bracelet is solid stainless steel made, with a stable Japanese automatic movement, it is the best Chinese watch I have bought at this price point less than 90 US Dollars.

The case has a diameter of 40mm, case thickness is about 13mm, actually Pagani Design also makes the latest 41mm Sub homage, both 40mm and 41mm available in different dial and bezel color. The case is fully brushed, except two sides and the crown guards, which are polished. The crown is screw-down, compared with the Sub, the crown guards are little short. The bezel is good, it fits the middle case perfectly and there is no loose feeling, when rotating it, the bezel action is superb with a nice click, no backplay or movement otherwise. A little pity that the bezel insert is not made with green ceramic. The bezel pearl has a round and domed face, it has white lume coating filled and will emit a blue lume light in the dark.

The green dial is under protection of a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with lents 2.5x. Both hands and hour markers are applied with lume material, they will glow at night, the same blue lume light as the bezel pearl, the lume won’t last very long, but after absorbing enough light during the day, the lume still looks very strong. Benz hand is an exact clone, the innder bezel is empty without engravings, each hour marker stands a little higher on the dial, but not too high, if Pagani Design uses a 3D logo at 12 o’clock, the dial will have an enhanced sense of layering and look better. By the way, my friend has a super clone green Sub, after comparing it with this homage, I found there is slight difference in the green color.

The watch has a display case back with a good exhibition of the movement, which is NH35 of Seiko. I bought one Seiko five years ago, it still works fine, so I trust this movement quality. I have had this Pagani watch for three weeks, now the movement has a waste of about 10 seconds each day. The bracelet is all brushed with screws, its edges and corners are a little straight and sharp, that’s ok for me, I have the bracelet polished more smooth and round in a store. Any way, considering its price, the watch is a perfect homage, I give this watch an eight out of ten.

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