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San Martin

San Martin 39mm Vintage Explorer 1016 Homage Watch Review

San Martin 39mm Explorer

Now, San Martin has become a high-end custom made watch brand in China, they have a successful development model, many brands now learn the way but none of them have been as successful as San Martin. If you have ever visited the official website of San Martin, you will know many of their watches are homages of Rolex, while San Martin watches are still sold very well abroad, it seems like a lot of watch fans in the world still like this brand. By the way, if you do not like the name “San Martin”, you can ask them to leave it empty or print another name on the dial, after all, San Martin is a custom made brand, they can do this job for you.

San Martin Explorer Crown
San Martin Explorer Crystal
San Martin Logo on Bracelet

I like San Martin, I have always been on their website to search something interesting, sometimes I saw specific models which I did not see before, so I will search on google and find all details about them, to find the original model behind the homage watch. This San Martin watch is exactly such type of watch I have not seen before, I know it is a homage watch of Rolex when I first saw this watch on San Martin website, but I did not know which exactly Rolex model, I googled and found there is an old Rolex Explorer whose reference is 1016, yes, this San Martin watch is very similar to it. The Explorer 1016 has some features which can not be found on modern Rolex, let’s see if the San Martin has kept these features, this is a very interesting learning process.

San Martin Wrist Shot

The San Martin Explorer homage is made with 316L stainless steel, the case and bracelet are fully brushed, round and smooth bezel is polished, which forms a sharp contrast with the brushed finish on case and bracelet. The case has a diameter of 39mm, not including the crown, it is bigger than the vintage Rolex Explorer 1016, which is only 36mm, however, the 39mm is a more popular size for men. The case is 12.5mm in thickness, including the crystal, which is arched, so it makes the entire case thicker, by the way, San Martin used a sapphire crystal, it is an upgradation from the plexiglass on the vintage Explorer 1016. The lug width is about 20mm, now you can buy one nato band for this watch after knowing this data.

The black dial is very simple, it does not have a window to show the date, all you can see from the dial are hands and hour markers. Certainly, the retro yellow luminous material applied on hour markers and hands is the most eye-catching place of the watch, the San Martin recreates the classic 3-6-9 dial design of Explorer 1016. At night, you will see a strong green lume light emitting from the dial.

San Martin Explorer Bracelet

Inside the case, it is a Japan Epson YN55 automatic movement, which has 22 jewels and 40-hour power reserve, it is the first time for me to know this movement, it has a beat frequency of 21,600 times per hour. It is said that the inaccuracy of this movement is between 25 seconds to 35 seconds per day, this accuracy rate is acceptable to me, I did not spend too much for the watch, so I can not expect too much, the watch now is about 2 minutes faster after wearing it two weeks. Now, San Martin sells this watch at 35% discount off.

San Martin Explorer Buckle
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Proxima

Proxima Scuba Master 300m Meteorolite Diver’s Watch Review

Proxima Box

Only the word “big” can be used to describe this watch, every diver’s watch coming from Proxima has this feature. As one of the most popular custom-made Chinese brands, Proxima mainly produces diving watches, most of them are homages of Seiko Tuna, which look very big and robust, several years ago, many people like such type of diving watches, I do not know now, but a lot of Chinese brands like Proxima have appeared in our watch market in recent years. This watch I bought from Proxima has a stainless steel bracelet, I changed one blue rubber band one and it looks nice.

Proxima Meteorite Watch
Proxima Meteorite with Blue Rubber Strap

The Proxima watch has a case whose diameter is 44mm and case thickness is 15.6mm. The watch is fully made of stainless steel and is equipped with a stainless steel bracelet, it feels heavy on hand, so I replace the steel bracelet with a blue rubber band, and the watch feels more comfortable to wear. The case is fully brushed with a crown positioned at 4 o’clock, the bezel features a black ceramic insert with diving scales, the big triangle is white, while looks a bit cyan when in weak light conditions because it has been applied with luminous material, like the hour markers and hands on the dial.

Proxima Meteorite Blue Rubber Band

The dial is under protection of a sapphire crystal, the dial uses meteorolite material that has unique textures, there are round and square hour markers, each of them is big and filled with luminous coating, the hour hand and minute hand also have a wide design so that can be applied with enough C3 Superlume, Proxima uses a red embellishment on the tip of the second hand, which highlights the entire dial and also increases the readability. This dial has a classic design of diver’s watch, but it also looks unique because of its meteorolite texture.

Proxima Scuba Master Black

The Proxima Scuba Master is equipped with a Japanese NH35, which is a very common automatic movement, not a high-end one, but has been widely used by such type of custom-made Chinese watch brands, the movement is very affordable and has a considerable accuracy, we know that Japanese automatic movements usually have fewer issues. I have had the watch for almost four weeks, it still keeps a great time, but now it is 3 minutes faster, that’s ok, it is very easy to be adjusted in a jewelry store.

Proxima Scuba Master Black Watch
Proxima Case Back

This Proxima watch is ok, I usually wear it when going to a beach with my friends, there were no problems when I swim with it in the sea, the rubber band is a perfect match for this watch, Proxima does not offer free rubber straps for the watch, so just ask them if they can customize one rubber band for the watch when you placing the order.

Proxima Wrist Shot with Meteorite Dial
Proxima in Box
Proxima with Stainless Steel Band
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Parnis

Parnis Commander 47mm Military Watch Review

Parnis Watch in Box
Parnis Watch with Extra Black Leather Strap

The Commander is a series of Parnis, we know Parnis is one of the earliest watch brands in China that make homage watches, but the Commander is not homage watch and it has their own design features, look at this Parnis Commander watch, it is a very big military watch, I like its style.

Parnis Military 47mm on Desk

The black case, not ceramic made, is made with 316L stainless steel and has pvd black coating, the case has a diameter of 47mm and is measured to be about 14mm in thickness. The entire case, including the bezel, is black and has brushing finish, two crown guards are also very big protecting the crown that features a letter “P”. The crown is big and has flutes, so it is very easy for you to rotate to adjust time and date.

Parnis 47mm Crown

The watch has a big dial with large numeral hour markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12. The black dial has a simple design but its readability is enhanced by the big hour markers and white minutes scales. The markers of 3, 6, 9 and 12 are applied with brown luminous material, so are the hands, they will emit a strong green lume light in dark conditions. Because the lume is so strong, it can illuminate the entire dial. White printings “PARNIS” is in the central circle, the words “21 Jewels” and “Automatic”, I do not like its font, which seems not to match the tough style which this Parnis Commander military watch wants to present.

Parnis 47mm Black Watch

From the crystal back, you can see the movement and read some information about it, the movement comes from Japan and is a Miyota automatic movement, I can not believe it will use a Miyota movement because the watch’s price is very reasonable, few Chinese watches at this price level will choose a Japanese Miyota movement, which is more stable but has a higher cost. The installation of a Miyota movement in this Parnis makes the watch have fewer issues in future.

Parnis Military 47mm Movement

The brown leather band looks old, just like the ASSO leather band used on some Panerai watches. I like the band, the back side that contacts your skin uses leather material that is sofer to wear, the band features a pvd blackened pin buckle. At last, Parnis also offers stainless steel bracelet option for this watch.

Parnis Military 47mm Watch
Parnis 47mm Wrist Shot
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Merkur

Merkur Pierre Paulin Panda Style Watch Review

Merkur Pierre Paulin

Merkur, which is a young Chinese watch brand, now has owned a great reputation abroad. I usually visited their website and found that many people bought their watches, at the same time they left good feedback. About their sales store on aliexpress, they have an almost ninety-eight percent of positive feedback, a lot of other Chinese brands can not achieve such a high rate. Each watch Merkur has produced has their own features that make them different from other Chinese watches, I like them so much, I want to choose one at least from each of their series, now this Pierre Paulin is the second watch I bought from Merkur.

Merkur Pierre Paulin Stainless Steel Case
Merkur Pierre Paulin Chrono

The watch I bought from Merkur watch company is a sub-brand, which has a name “Pierre Paulin”. I like this watch because it shows the elegance to the maximum, but keeps a little sporty feature and retro flavor. The watch is a chronograph model, the chronograph function works, it uses a Sea-gull TY2901 movement that offers a working chrono. You can push the two buttons on the case to operate the chronograph, when the button at 2 o’clock is pressed down, the central silver second hand will move, if you want to stop the second, press down this button again. When the button at 4 o’clock is pushed, the central second-chronograph hand will be reset to zero, which is precisely at 12 o’clock on the big dial.

Merkur Pierre Paulin White Dial

I like its white dial, the two black small dials like the two eyes of a Panda, I remember Rolex also has the Panda Daytona, just like this design. Two small dials, one is for small seconds display at 9 o’clock, the 30-minute chronograph counter is positioned at 3 o’clock. The dial has a high readability because it only uses white and black color, all hands and hour markers are in silver tone. The printings of “PIERRE PAULIN” indicates the designer name of the watch. The panda dial has white tachymetre scales on the outermost circle in black.

Merkur Pierre Paulin Movement

The Merkur Pierre Paulin is equipped with a Sea-gull TY2901 movement, it is hand-winding and looks like a copy of the Venus 75 movement. Usually this movement is used by most Chinese brand watches that has a chrono feature but with very reasonable prices. The movement has 21 rubines and a frequency of 21,600 times per hour. The Sea-gull TY2901 is a perfect match for this retro-style Pierre Paulin Panda watch. Besides the manual winding movement and panda dial, the third retro element on the watch is shown through its arched acrylic face.

Merkur White Wrist Shot

The watch has a black leather band that features fabric textures and white stitching. For this white panda dial version, Merkur also offers one stainless steel bracelet option.

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Heimdallr

Heimdallr MarineMaster Bronze Diver’s Watch Review

Heimdallr SDBX

Diver’s watches can always attract my attention due to their unique design features, they have been very popular in recent ten years, many people are willing to get a diver’s watch when they are going to buy their first watch. Almost each Swiss brand has their own diver’s watch product line, and many micro brands in China also make diving watches, but lots of them are homages of Swiss watches. Heimdallr is one of these Chinese micro brands that provide custom-made watches, other brands like Heimdallr that are doing the same job include Proxima, San Martin, Steeldive, etc., some of them really make good quality homage watches at very reasonable prices, I like the watches made by Heimdallr, because it really offers watch fans a lot of diver’s watches in different styles, on Heimdallr’s official store, you can also find a lot of watch bands in various styles, which gives the wearer a lot of fun to play with the watch.

Heimdallr Bronze Watch
Heimdallr Crystal Bezel

The Heimdallr watch is made with bronze material, it is the first bronze watch I bought, looks great, some of my friends said that the bronze is easily oxidized, and the watch will look ugly then, that’s right, but you can use ketchup to refurbish, very convenient. The watch is a MarineMaster model from Heimdallr, it is absolutely made for divers, on its black dial, Heimdallr saying “PROFESSIONAL 300m”, does it mean the watch for professional diving and 300m waterproof? I do not think so, few Chinese watches can be water resistant to 300 meters, especially for such a micro brand, this is a great depth under water, I do not think that this Heimdallr watch has passed through the 300m waterproof test. However, the watch is completely water resistant to 10m, you can wear it when swimming.

Heimdallr Bronze Crown

The bronze case is measured to be about 44mm in diameter and 15.5mm in thickness, it is brushed. Seeing from the side, the case has a graceful arc, the middle case is forged one-piece bronze with screw-down bronze bezel that features a black insert, the color of bezel markers is the same as bronze.

Heimdallr Black Dial

The dial has every essential detail that makes it a perfect diver’s watch. First, the shark logo you see under 12 o’clock marker has a special meaning to Heimdallr, which means that this brand mainly produces diver’s watches. Second, every hour marker is very big and has white luminous material that looks a little cyan, when at night or in dark conditions, the dial has a super lume light that looks green, it seems like that all diver’s watches made by middle or high-end micro brands in China focus on the usage of superlume on the dial. Both hour hand and minute hand are so special to me, they seem to be wider than the hands of other diving watches I have, so more super lume can be applied on the hands, together with the big hour markers, they all enhance the readability of the dial when at night.

Heimdallr Bronze Case Back
Heimdallr Engraving on Buckle

The Heimdallr MarineMaster Bronze watch is equipped with a Japan NH35 automatic movement, its inaccuracy is supposed to be 10 seconds each day, well, the watch still works good since I got it three weeks ago, I have to admit that the watches in my collection that use Japanese movements have fewer issues. The watch has a black rubber band with a bronze pin buckle, it also looks very good on a brown leather strap, if you are interested in this watch and want to know more about this Chinese brand, please contact me.

Heimdallr Bronze Watch Lume
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Guanqin

Guanqin Black Water Ghost Quartz Watch Review

Guanqin Black Sub in Box

This watch from Guanqin is a very cheap quartz watch but has a charming outlook.

I seldom introduced quartz watches before, in most cases, I do not think a quartz watch is a real watch, it is like a toy, but sometimes a quartz watch can save you a lot of troubles, you do not need to wind the watch every day, so you won’t find the watch has stopped when waking up in the morning, A quartz watch is also much thinner than an automatic watch, so it gives a better wearing comfort. By the way, a quartz watch is more accurate, you do not need to correct the inaccuracy once in a while.

The Guanqin watch is a very practical quartz watch with a good looking, I think everyone who love a diving-style watch will like this watch too, its outlook is very similar to black Submariner 116610LN, but I can not say it is completely a homage watch of black sub. Its bezel, dial and bracelet have different design from that of Submariner.

Guanqin Leather Box
Guanqin Black Bezel

This Guanqin watch has a very cheap price, on their official website, it is sold at less than 30 USD. For such a kind of quartz watch that is made with 316L stainless steel, the price is very affordable, but that does not mean its quality is very low, for me, the quality is acceptable, worth the money I paid. The case has a diameter of 40mm and is measured to be only 9mm in thickness, you noticed two different finish on the case, just like its bracelet, the polishing finish on lugs and crown guards, while the other part of the case is brushed, on the stainless steel bracelet, the middle links are polished, which is highly contrast with the brushed links on both sides, I can not imagine that Guangqin will focus on the finish of the case and bracelet even they sell the watch at a very low price, just to give the wearer a better experience.

Guanqin Bag
Guanqin Submariner SS Bracelet

The black bezel is not ceramic made, the white pearl set at 12 o’clock is not luminous, I think these are two main shortcomings of this watch, I will like it more if Guanqin can use a lume pearl like the black sub on the bezel. Black dial is under protection of a mineral crystal face, it is ok for me, I think a sapphire crystal is just a waste for this kind of quartz watch. Every hour marker and central hands are applied with white luminous material, the green lume light I see from the dial surprises me, it is very strong. The date window opened at 3 o’clock has a white background, very easy to read through the magnifier on the crystal, you can adjust the date by operating the crown.

Guanqin Black Sub with Black Leather Strap

Anyway, I like this Guanqin watch even though it uses a quartz movement, I can not imagine how high quality a watch will be if you only pay less than 30 USD to get it, I am very satisfied with the finish, it is one of my most favorite quartz watch that features a mechanical outlook. Guanqin also offers green, blue and two tone styles for this watch.

Guanqin Black Sub Wrist Shot
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CIGA Design

CIGA Design Z Series DLC Skeleton Watch Review

CIGA Design PVD Black Watch with Box

This is my second CIGA Design watch I received several days ago, it looks very cool and is my most favorite tonneau-shaped Chinese watch.

The history of CIGA Design is very young, but this brand has made a lot of amazing models which we are very pround of, some CIGA Design watches even received important awards from abroad, many people are talking this Chinese brand now. I like CIGA Design, this is the second watch I bought from them, the first one is the X Series Gorilla model. This CIGA Design watch has a full black outlook, I love it, the design of its case and dial is a highlight of the entire watch. I think every one who likes sports style watches will choose it.

CIGA Design PVD Black
CIGA Design Box

The case is made with 316L stainless steel, its surface has a thick DLC black coating, which not only increases the hardness of the case, but also enhances its corrosion resistance. The case has a width of 40.8mm, not including the crown, its height is 48mm, case thickness is 12.3mm, the DLC coating is thick and black color can last a long time, so that the entire watch can keep a cool black outlook for a long time.

CIGA Design Skeleton Dial

The arc-shaped crystal is sapphire that is highly scratch-resistant and is perfectly installed. Under the sapphire crystal, it is the skeleton dial, where you can the golden balance wheel and gears and other machine parts, it looks like skeleton is a big feature of al. most all popular CIGA Design watches. The red color usage on central hands makes the dial more readable. There are white hour markers and minutes scales on the beveled inner bezel, together with the skeletonized dial structure, they give the entire dial a three-dimensional visual effect.

CIGA Design See-through Case Back

CIGA Design claims that they use a Sea-gull automatic movement in this watch, I am not sure if they use a real Sea-gull, I do not know the model of the movement, maybe it is a basic Sea-gull movement, which has a beating frequency of 21,600 times per hour and 40-hour power reserve, well, maybe the watch can not work 40 hours continuously after being fully winded, I tested it, about 32 hours, that’s ok, I suggest you wind it every morning.

CIGA Design Black Watch in Box

The CIGA Design watch has a black rubber band, which feels very soft, the rubber band also suitable to wear in hot summer, it does not have a bad smell and also dust proof. By the way, the watch comes with one pair of black leather straps, which is free. Besides this DLC black version, CIGA Design also offers three stainless steel models with rubber straps in different colors, there are black, red and blue.

CIGA Design Watch Wrist Shot
CIGA Design Rubber Strap
CIGA Design Pin Buckle
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Binger

Binger “Moon Phase” Mesh Bracelet Watch Review

Binger Tourbillon in Box

I like this Binger watch, I bought it one week ago, the watch has a very good finish on case and bracelet, which looks much better than that of other Chinese watches at same price level.

Binger Tourbillon Blue Mesh Bracelet

You may know little about Binger, I gave a brief introduction of it in my another post at https://www.bobswatchstore.com/2022/04/06/binger-double-tourbillon-moon-phase-watch-review/. The Binger watch I am going to review today, three things I need to explain, first, it does not have date function, the black numbers from 1 to 31 you see on the dial, they are just decoration, there is no window or a small hand to show current date. Second, about the moon phase, it is fake, actually it is a day and night indicator, which rotate automatically. Third, on the lower blue part of the dial, there is a big opening window, it is not a tourbillon decice, so do not believe the word “TOURBILLON” on its left.

Binger Tourbillon Date
Binger Tourbillon Blue Mesh

It is a fake tourbillon with false moon phase, whatever, that does not mean it is not a good watch, actually all watches made by Binger have a high quality, including this one, Binger also has their own designs, those homage brands can not be compared with Binger.

Binger Tourbillon Watch
Binger Tourbillon Movement

The Binger has a silver case that is made with 316L stainless steel and is fully polished, the case has a diameter of 42mm and is measured to be 15mm in thickness, actually it is a bit thick for such a dress watch. I always think that Binger has two big advantages, their superior case finish and sapphire crystal. Its case is really manufactured so well when I received the watch, I owned a lot of Chinese watches, only Binger’s case finish never let me disappointed. The round case of this Binger is polished so smooth like a mirror, I do care about the finish more than the function of a watch, this Binger gives me a very good impression at first glance. The sapphire crystal has always been a big selling point since the establishment of Binger, at the earliest stage of development, Binger advertised their watches with saying of the hardest and highly scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, and it succeeded. The crystal of this Binger is a domed sapphire with great transparency.

Binger Blue Tourbillon Wrist Shot

The dial has an unique design, which is divided into two parts by a silver metal with numbers 1-31. The upper part is silver with a small dial to display 24 hours and the day/night, it looks like an eye. The 24-hour display works automatically and does not need you to adjust, so does the day/night indicator. The lower part of the dial has a beautiful blue color, it has a big opending window to show you a working balance wheel that has its two ends fixed on the dial by screws, so that it can work stable and the movement can offer a more accurate time. The hands and hour markers are cut so well and each gives me a strong three-dimensional sense, the perfect craftmanship of this Binger watch is shown through these small details.

The heart of the watch is beaten by a Chinese automatic movement that is in golden color, you can see the beautiful decoration on movement auto rotor through the crystal back. This Chinese automatic movement is good and has a low cost, by the way, its inaccuracy is within my acceptable range, which is about 15 to 30 seconds faster each day. The watch features a mesh stainless steel bracelet, but it has black and brown leather stap options, the dial also has several choices. Binger never opened a store and they only sell watches online.

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STEELDIVE

STEELDIVE SD1953 – the most solid quality black Sub homage

Steeldive Diver 1953 Black

This STEELDIVE is a top quality diver’s watch, it is a popular homage of black Sub with individual design.

STEELDIVE is a custom-made watch brand coming from China, it was established in Guangzhou in 2008, yes, the brand history is very young, but almost a 15-year development history already means a lot for a homage watch brand. STEELDIVE is completely a Chinese watch brand, not from Italy or Australia, like the letters “DIVE” claim in its name, most watches STEELDIVE has made are diver’s models, and all of them are homages of Rolex Submariner, Omega Seamaster, Seiko Tuna, Zenith Pilot, Bell Ross, etc. Til now, STEELDIVE has developed three production lines, they are Military, Green Marine and Army Engineer, each has their own logo design that looks unique and professional. There are a few custom-made watch brands created in China that developed from a small workshop to a big watch company, and received good reputation in this field, the most popular ones among these brands are Heimdallr, San Martin and STEELDIVE, I hope they can provide us with more quality homage watches, and release some watches with their own designs in future.

Steeldive Black Diver Watch
Steeldive Diver 1953

The STEELDIVE watch is strong and solid made, it is a robust monster. The watch looks like a homage of black Submariner from Rolex, its outlook, dial and bezel all refer the design of Submariner 116610LN, yes, many custom-made homage brands in China have produced this similar model because Submariner is too popular. A homage watch does not mean it has a low quality, this STEELDIVE SD1953 I received is a perfect diver’s watch for men with fine quality.

Steeldive 1953 Date Cyclops
Steeldive 1953 Bezel

The case of this STEELDIVE watch is made with 316L stainless steel, it has a diameter of 41mm, not including the crown, the case thickness is about 13.5mm. The entire case has a fine brushing finish, two sides of the case, including the crown guards, are smoothly polished. The bezel uses a black ceramic insert, each marker engraved on the black bezel has the same depth and is filled with Swiss BGW9 SuperLuminova, the lume light you see in dark conditions is blue. There is no pearl set on the triangle mark at 12 o’clock. Both crown and case back have the iconic STEELDIVE logo, which is a combination design of diver gear-mask, flippers and oxygen tanks.

Steeldive 1953 Crown

STEELDIVE also uses Swiss BGW9 SuperLuminova on the hour marker, hour hand and minute hand, the lume light is blue, which is the same as that of bezel markers. Brand name STEELDIVE and its logo are printed in white on the black dial. The inner bezel ring is empty and has no engravings. STEELDIVE claims that the watch is 300m waterproof, but I do not think the watch has such a deep water resistance even the crown and case back has a screw-down construction, do not worry, you won’t have any problem when wearing it in a swimming pool.

Steeldive 1953 Bracelet
Steeldive 1953 Buckle

The engine inside is a Japanese NH35 automatic movement, which has a beating frequency of 21,600 times per hour, date function and hack mechanism. The power reserve capacity is good and can last about 32 hours after being fully wound. I have this watch for almost two months, every week I wore it to the beach and the watch has a great water resistant performance, two of my friends also want to buy one, by the way, the watch now 3 minutes faster each week, but that’s not a problem to me. STEELDIVE sells this watch on their official store, besides the black one, STEELDIVE also offers blue dial and green dial options for this watch, and you can choose a black rubber band with it.

Steeldive 1953 Diver Lume
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Starking

Starking diamond watch – the black pearl on your wrist

Starking Watch Wrist Shot

This Starking is a classic automatic watch with unique design and luxury temperament, with a top rated reliable Japanese movement, while sold at a very cheap price.

Starking is a Chinese watch brand and not young, according to their brand story, they entered the watch market in 1993, well, that’s a long time ago, I got some memories of this brand, they must advertise their watches when I was a child. Starking was founded in Shenzhen, Guangdong, it had some great moments in its history, they often opened watch exhibitions in Hong Kong, but this brand is not as popular as our old big threes of Beijing Watch, Shanghai Watch and Sea-gull. The quality of Starking is just fine, and most of their watches are very affordable, ok quality and cheap price, I think this is the biggest advantage of Starking. By the way, many best sellers on Starking’s official store are ladies watches, which are really attractive.

The Starking watch I am going to introduce today is a stainless steel model with black dial, which looks very common, but its unique dial design makes it different. The watch is made with solid 316L stainless steel, it has a case diameter of 41.5mm and is 11.8mm thick, which is a size just matches current big watch trend. The case finish is exquisite, both brushing and polishing are used to create a high-end visual effect, every side of the case, including every corner of the lugs, they are smoothly processed to make sure the watch have a comfortable wearing feeling. The screw-in crown has an engraved snowflake Starking logo.

I like its black dial, which looks unique and has an asymmetrical aesthetic. Among all watches I have seen before, this Starking is the first watch that features a small-second subdial between 4:00 and 6:00, under a low price, the watch has such a creative dial design, I think it already worths your money. Another silver small dial that is positioned at 9 o’clock is for 24-hour display, the small hand on that subdial is not showing the time in the second time zone, it is just a display of current time in a format of 24-hour. The dial has an multi-layer structure that looks obvious, the circle on the center is sunken and has white minutes from 5 to 60, the outer circle has silver hour markers and diamonds set at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock. “STARKING” and brand logo are three-diemensional, not printed, this is another place I like on its dial, you know, many Chinese watches that are sold at such price have their logo and brand name printed on the dial to save the cost.

Starking Black Dial
Starking Golden Movement

The movement I see from the crystal back is golden and has beautiful decoration. Starking uses a Miyota 82S7 automatic movement in this watch, it is a very regular automatic movement made in Japan, Miyota 82S7 has a beating frequency of 21,600 times per hour and 21 jewels, the power reserve is great, the watch can work about 35 hours every time when I gave it a full winding, about accuracy, I have this watch for almost three months, now it will be 3 or 4 minutes faster every two weeks, well, this is acceptable for me. At last, Starking offers four different styles for this watch, there are two tone model and full black model to choose.

Starking Watch Bracelet