Tag: ST2130

It is another vintage watch from Sea-gull Watch Company, I introduced a lot of Sea-gull watches on my blog, but I found the ones I love most are not these diving-style models, some vintage watches and those models made to pay tribute to old Sea-gull watches are actually more attractive to me. Today, the watch I will show you guys is a vintage Sea-gull watch which now you can not find on the official website of Sea-gull, but some distributors may have it in stock. I love these vintage watches from the big three from China like Sea-gull, Shanghai and Beijing, having been tired of seeing repeated designs on so many modern watches, the designs of these Chinese vintage models sometimes look more classic.

The watch has a very unique case shape, which you can hardly see on modern watches, the case is only measured to be 39mm in diameter, but it looks large because of the fat and wide lugs, the whole piece of case has an arched shape that can fit your hand in a more comfortable way, the watch will be suitable for people who usually love to wear the watches whose size is range from 38mm to 41mm. By the way, the case is about 12mm in thickness. The front of the case is polished, while it is brushed on both sides. Both crown and solid case back are screwed down, the back has a big sculpture of Sea-gull bird in polishing on a sanded background.

I think this watch will fit people with small wrist size better. The silver dial is a big selling point of the Sea-gull watch, especially the red color usage, which highlights the entire watch. The second hand on the center has a red dot on the top, which echoes with the red font in the date window set at 3 o’clock, this design also enhances the readability of the whole silver dial. The three-dimensional Sea-gull logo has a blue background, this type of logo now can be hardly found on modern Sea-gull watches, and it looks very beautiful.

The Sea-gull watch is equipped with a ST2130 automatic movement, which has 28 jewels, 28800BPH and 42-hour power reserve. The watch comes with a smooth black leather band with black stitching, Sea-gull also offers one stainless steel bracelet for it, both look great on the watch.

Today, except these big Swiss brands, there are also a lot of other micro brands in watch industry, when searching on the internet or browsing watch forums or reddit, you will find many niche brands, many of them are created by a small team who have contacts in China to help them find factories to make watch parts, well, among these niche brands, a lot of them are making diver’s watches, yes, many are sub styles, I have to admit that I have been tired to see these watches, the sub-style homage watches are everywhere, especially these homage brands made in China, now I feel boring when see these watches, no creativity, no imagination and only replicating. So, sometimes you will feel so fresh when see a good-looking casual watch, which is considered to be a necessary model for every brands. If you need a casual watch and want to buy from China, the first option I recommend is those traditional watch factories in China, for example, Sea-gull. Today, I want to introduce a new model from Sea-gull, it is ref. 6165 with a frozen dial.

Whenever it is, the best-selling watch of every brand must be those casual watches, I do not know how to call them, or watches that can be worn with mens formal business suits. Well, I do not think this Sea-gull watch is good for formal occasions or to match your business suits, the watch has a ice floe dial, it looks unique and I still have not see any watches using this texture on the dial, but for formal watches, a purely clean dial is more popular, I also introduced good-looking Sea-gull formal watches on my blog before. The watch has a stainless steel case that is measured to be 40mm in diameter and 10mm in thickness, that’s a very good case for a casual watch, the case is polished with a round thin bezel, so it makes the dial looks larger than it should be, the arched lugs are also narrowed down so that they won’t affect the aesthetics of the entire case design. The crown has a letter “S” logo in satin finish. The dial has an ice frozen effect, but not obvious, that’s good because this won’t affect dial readability, everything on the dial looks perfect, especially hour markers and hands, they are perfectly cut and have perfect bevelling. Square window is small enough to show the grande dial design. By the way, the watch has a see-through crystal back, I love the crystal back more than a solid one, the movement inside is a ST2130 that is independently developed by Sea-gull. There is a Sea-gull logo in gold tone on the auto rotor and beautiful fish-scale decoration on the plates. The watch has a stainless steel bracelet, but you can also prepare one pair of black alligator leather band, which will look nice on the watch.

When there is enough time, I want to make a summary of the top-selling Chinese dress watches in the market, Sea-gull must be in this list and it should rank on the top. Sea-gull deserves your attention because they really offer high quality watches at very reasonable prices. I have several Sea-gull timepieces, they are my most favorite wrist partners when I go out with my friends, each is with the in-house Sea-gull movement, I trust their quality more than other brand watches made in China. Among all Sea-gull watches in my collection, I have diving styles, vintage pilot’s watches and regular small-second model, but that’s not enough, the most common dress watch in full stainless steel is lacked, so I decided to buy this Sea-gull watch several days ago, also to prepare the top-selling list article I am going to write soon.

I received the watch in a blue hard leather box, with a manual book and link remove tool, there is no extra leather band offered. Sea-gull offers three dial color options, black, white and blue, I chose the black one. I also like the blue dial, but I found there are too many blue watches in my collection, the black is a very calm color and looks more classic to some people.

The watch has a case diameter of 40mm, it is about 10mm thick, a very ideal size and thickness for such a dress watch. The case has a very classic design and the narrow bezel makes the dial look large, a wide round dial is a common feature of this type of dress watches. Two ends of the bracelet are perfectly integrated with the case, which looks seamless. The case side has a beautiful streamlined arc shape, together with the slightly curved lugs, to ensure a very comfortable fit for your wrist. On the edge of the case back, there are engravings such as case material, water resistant depth and watch reference, the central crystal shows an engine inside, which is a ST2130 automatic movement that features golden Sea-gull logo on the auto rotor and gorgeous fish-scale decoration on the plates.

I love the design on the black dial, everything looks simple but classic, the radial dial finish is completed delicately, the completion of hands and hour markers are superb, looks high end, the hour markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12 are thicker, there is a very thin groove in the middle of these four markers. Slender second hand is sweeping across the wide dial smoothly, you can not feel the “stop” or “tick” on the top of the hand. Square date window with silver frame has a black font in white background, the date is easily catchable. Printing “SEA-GULL” looks official, while the “Automatic” below has a more elegant font.

The bracelet feels very comfortable, the edge of the bracelet is smoothly polished with no sharp corners, the five-link bracelet looks more stylish. By the way, the sapphire crystal has a very important feature, it was added with anti-reflective coating so the dial still has a very high readability even under the sun light.