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Sugess Breitling Top Time Homage Watch Review

Sugess Breitling Homage

What is Sugess? I never heard this watch before, after checking its website, I know it is another customized watch brand in China, currently I do not know which city this brand is created in, I will write posts to do background survey on these homage watch brands created in China, at that time, I think you guys will have a full understanding of these homage watches. Not like other custom-made watch brands in China, most watches made by Sugess are not diving styles, so I guess this brand is not from the same company as Proxima, San Martin and Steeldive. This Sugess watch I am going to review today has a very similar outlook to the Breitling Top Time, which I knew this watch from its replica, it is very popular, the watch is a big watch, its case diameter is up to 40mm, that does not include the crown and chrono buttons, such size is exactly in line with the trend of big watches. This Sugess watch is made with high grade stainless steel material, it uses sapphire and is equipped with Sea-gull movement, the watch has a working chrono function, so its price is a little higher than the other same type of watches made in China, but still very affordable.

Sugess Breitling Top Time

All selling points of the watch lie in its dial and movement. The dial is blue and has two subdials in white color. The two small dials have square design but with round corners, that look different from most other chrono watches, the center of the two subdials is sunken, this design enhances the spacing sense of the dial and makes it look more tridimensional. The dial also has a very high readability, it uses five different colors, that’s the dial with most colors I have seen, but it does not affect readability of the dial at all, even make a very lively dial. The central second-chronograph hand has a lightning shape, which exactly meets the artistic font style of Sugess. Both small dials have different functions that are real, the one with a yellow small hand at 9 o’clock is displaying the seconds, the small dial with an orange hand at 3 o’clock is a 30-minute chronograph counter. The central lightning second hand is usually fixed, once you push the chrono button at 2 o’clock, it will count, you can also let this hand working all the time, but the energy of the watch will last long. About the movement, I am very happy that the Sugess adopts a see-through crystal back, so that I can see the movement clearly, it is a manual winding movement from Sea-gull, the exact movement model is ST1901, from the back, you can see the machine beauty of the movement. By the way, the watch comes with a blue leather band, you can also order one pair of genuine aligator leather straps from China, there are stores in Guangzhou watch market can do this job.

Sugess Manual Winding
Sugess Wrist Shot

Conclusion:

A fashionable pilot’s watch with highly-readable dial and a very stable Sea-gull movement. The watch has a real chronograph function and features a see-through crystal back that allows you to appreciate the beauty of the working machine inside. A very good-looking pilot’s watch for the young people, and it is very popular watch on the aliexpress, Sugess offers several dial color options and different leather bands for this watch, you can always find your favorite style.

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Sea-gull Pilot Chrono Watch 6156 – a tribut to H-6 bomber aircraft

Sea-gull Pilot Stainless Steel Watch

Sea-gull is the first brand you should think of when going to buy a Chinese watch, they are the most powerful watch manufacturer in China, also one of the few movement manufacturers. I have bought several Sea-gull watches, some are simple casual watches, some are pilot-style models and some are diver’s watches, I like them, not like most other homage watches made in China, these watches have their own designs, some have historical origins with Chinese military watches whose Chinese elements designs really attract me. Today, I want to introduce a new Sea-gull watch, this is s Pilot watch that has chronograph function, the watch is designed mainly to pay tribute to the H-6 bomber aircraft.

Sea-gull Pilot on Box

The watch is made with 316L stainless steel, it has a black bezel but is not made with ceramic, the red color usage on the silver dial enhances the readability of the whole dial, but also brings life to the boring stainless steel black watch. The watch is a little heavy, about 201 grams.

Sea-gull Pilot Chrono Watch

The case has a 44mm diameter and is measured to be 14mm in thickness, for a manual-winding watch, such case thickness is acceptable, the case is brushed, while the edge of the lugs has a smooth and mirror polishing finish that forms a high contrast with the brushed front, this gives the wearer a visual enjoyment. The screw-down crown has a “S” logo in sand finish, the other two buttons locked by screws are used to control the chronograph.

Sea-gull Pilot Fuke
Sea-gull Pilot Hong 6

The dial looks more like silver, with delicate sun-ray finish, two small dials in black just like the two eyes of Panda. Small seconds hand works smoothly on the subdial at 9 o’clock, the subdial at 3 o’clock with a red hand is used as a 30-minute chronograph counter. Besides a polished Sea-Gull logo at 12 o’clock, there is an unique logo at 6 o’clock, above the black letterings “Chronograph”, this logo was firstly used on the Pilot chrono watch 304 that was produced by Tianjin Watch Factory, now this new Sea-Gull watch just paid a tribute to this oldest Pilot chrono watch in Chinese watch-making history. The red number “6” has a special meaning that is related to Hong 6 bomber aircraft.

Sea-gull Pilot Movement

The case back is see-through crystal, the beautiful machine inside is a ST1901 engine from Sea-gull, it is said that the movement is independently developed by Sea-gull itself, but I see it is very similar to another manual winding movement Venus 75. Sea-gull said the movement has a 42-hour power reserve, I have used the watch for 4 days, now it still keeps an accurate timing, will lose 7 seconds each day. I am going to buy an extra nylon band for this watch.

Sea-gull Pilot Wrist Shot
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Sea-gull

Sea-gull 21 Zuan D304 Pilot Chrono Watch Review

Sea-Gull 1963 21 Zuan
Sea-Gull 1963 Unboxing

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.

Sea-Gull 1963 Unboxing

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.

Sea-Gull 1963 Case Back

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.

Sea-Gull 1964 Black Leather Strap