Sometimes, a lot of Swiss brands will re-produce the models that were published in old times to pay tribute to these great works, so will some Chinese watches, and Sea-gull is one of them. Sea-gull has a long history in Chinese watch-making industry, they also have a gorgeous and repectable past, the biggest contribution made in the development of Chinese watch industry, absolutely belongs to Sea-gull, there is no doubt. I have some Sea-gull watches in various styles, including dress watches, diving styles, pilot’s watches and even a trourbillon model, they all look great, perhaps Sea-gull is not my most favorite brand, but it must be the most reliable Chinese watch I trust. Today, I want to introduce a good-looking watch from Sea-gull, it is a very classic watch to pay tribute to the first batch of watches made by Tianjin Watch Factory in the past, the watch may look new to you because there is no “SEA-GULL” brand name on the dial, and it is hard to buy this watch online, I asked my friend in China to get it for me.
The watch is only limited to 1000 pieces, it has a special meaning to those watch fans who really love Chinese watches. The watch has a stainless steel case that is measured to be 38mm in diameter and 11mm thick. The polished case has a round smooth bezel, both case and bezel are molded into one piece with curved lugs, so the entire case has a very natural arc shape when you checking from the side, it can fit your fit your wrist in a more comfortable way. The screw-in crown has a arched high-glossy face. The most special place on the watch lies in its case back, which is screw-down and has unique engravings in Chinese, they are the names of Sea-gull watch designers.
The white dial is extremely simple. There is a silver five-pointed star at 12 o’clock, also called “Wuxing” in Chinese. Hour markers are combinations of Arabic numbers and arrow-shaped markers, the central hour hand and minute hand are sword-shaped with multi-cutting face that look three-dimensional. The Chinese words “17占防水表” and “中国制” mean “17 Jeweled Water Resistant” and “China Made”. The date window is opened at 3 o’clock, there is thin date font in black on the white background. The dial looks nothing special, but those nostalgic people who have a special feeling on the Chinese watches made in the old times will be interested in.
The movement is the standard Sea-gull ST2130 automatic movement, which has 26 jewels, 36-hour power reserve and 28,800VPH. The movement is developed by Sea-gull and has been used by a lot of other brands abroad, I trust its quality, the stability and accuracy of ST21 series movement from Sea-gull are better than the average.
