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Beijing Fuke 1958 Watch Review

Beijing Watch Box

What is “Fuke” in this title? It is not a series of Beijing Watch, Fuke is not an english word, it is “复刻” in Chinese Pinyin, it has two meanings, but here it means the watches that pay tribute to those vintage models made by Beijing Watch Factory in old times, just like the special edition or limited edition or anniversary edition made by those Swiss brands. I like this Beijing watch more than the dress watches from other Chinese brands, its design features give me enough room to imagine how the first Beijing watch look like. Sea-gull and Beijing Watch are two my favorite Chinese watches, Sea-gull is more international, while Beijing Watch is more Chinese-style.

Beijing 1958 Watch in Box
Beijing Watch with Card

This Beijing watch is a special edition made to pay tribute to the first watch made in 1958, it has a case diameter of 38mm and a case thickness of 10.5mm, only 38mm in diameter, that’s very normal for a dress watch, and for the watches made in the old times, they usually have a smaller size than modern watches, 37mm, 38mm and 39mm are more common. The case does not look like the one you usually see on modern watches, it looks larger than it should be because more case, lugs and bezel are exposed, not like those modern dress watches that have narrowed down the case and bezel to make the dial look larger, that’s the main difference between those vintage watches and modern watches. Actually I love its case design, it looks more solid and we can appreciate the beauty of the case line. The case, bezel and lugs are all polished, it has a solid case back that features a big “BJ” engraving in satin finish. The crown has a Tian An Men sculpture on the face.

Beijing 1958 Watch
Beijing 1958 Case Back

The dial is under the protection of a domed acrylic crystal, this is a classic feature for vintage watches whether from Sea-gull or Beijing, it is a little strange that the watch is stainless steel made, the dial is silver but the hour markers and hands are using golden color. Well, I like this style, the silver dial with golden hour markers and hands, it is first time for me to see such a combination, this is also the uniqueness of the dial designs. The sunray sand brushing finish on the dial is completed very well, there is a golden Tian An Men logo in tridimensional at 12 o’clock.

Beijing 1958 Wrist Shot

At last, the watch is equipped with a B16ZR automatic movement, which has 27 jewels and can beat 21,600 times per hour, once being fully winded, it can continue to work 40 hours. The watch comes with a black calfskin leather strap with a stainless steel buckle, well, I think a brown alligator leather band will look better on this watch. By the way, after having had it for two weeks, the watch gains ten seconds each day.

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Beijing Pilot Watch Review

Beijing Pilot Chrono Watch
Beijing Pilot Chrono Case Back
Beijing Pilot Chrono Wrist Shot

After seeing my watch bought from Beijing Watch Factory, my friend Rahul showed his interest in Beijing watch, just three weeks ago, he bought one, it is a Beijing watch made with bronze material, the watch looks nice, it is also the pilot watch I like, the watch has a big case that also features large crown and chrono buttons. It has a similar outlook to the design of Zenith Pilot, I like the big 5-pointed star decoration on the band that looks a little old, he told me that the watch uses a Swiss ETA 7750 movement, I can not believe, that’s crazy, but the watch cost is also a little high.

Beijing Pilot Watch Unboxing

His watch is so impressive and I can not hold back my the urge in my heart, so I bought this pilot watch from Beijing, it is a standard pilot watch and does not have chronograph function, the watch has a big case, but it is not as big as my friend’s watch, my watch only has a 41mm case diameter, not including the crown, the case is also much thinner, which is 11mm. The entire case has pvd black coating processed in matt finish. The screw-in crown is big and in pumpkin shape, which somewhat refers to the crown design on Zenith Pilot Type 20, so does the hour hand and minute hand. You can see a five-pointed star logo on the crown and on the band in black, it seems like Sea-gull and Beijing Watch Factory are very like to use the five-pointed star logo on some of their pilot watch and diver’s watches, I do not see there is a necessary association between their watches and Chinese Army.

The dial is not that black like the case, it looks like dark gray more, there is The Tian’Anmen Rostrum in silver at 12 o’clock. There are big Arabic numeral hour markers and big hands that are applied with white lume material, the hour markers and hands are big and wide so that they can be applied with enough lume material, so the lume light can keep strong and long-lasting. By the way, the yellow color usage on 60-minute marker, date window frame and second hand tip enhances the readability of the entire dial. On the top of the second hand, the small yellow airplane tells you what purpose the watch was originally made for.

Beijing Pilot Watch
Beijing Pilot Case
Beijing Pilot Buckle

I did not open the case back yet, so still have not known its engine manufacturer. But from the cost of the watch, I guess it is a Japanese automatic movement. My watch can work about 36 hours without break once I give it a full winding, now it gains 10 seconds every day, I guess it is a movement from Citizen.

Beijing Pilot Lume

The brown leather band features brown stitching and has a black pvd pin buckle, the band has an old and rough face, but still feels soft and comfortable to wear because the leather on the back is smooth. Beijing Watch Factory claims that the watch is 50m water resistant, the watch was shipped in a black and red hard paper box.

Beijing Pilot Wrist Shot
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Beijing Classic Series Watch Review

Beijing Classic White Watch

Beijing, most of you guys know it is the capital of China, but few know this name will be connected with a watch factory. Beijing Watch Factory, is one of the oldest watch factories founded in China, together with Shanghai Watch Factory and Sea-gull Watch Company, they are the big three in Chinese watch industry. Like the other two, Beijing Watch Factory also has a long watch-making history and it has the ability to develop movements by themselves, the first tourbillon movement made in China came from Beijing Watch Factory. I feel a little strange that Beijing Watch Factory never sell their movements to the public, which means they do not offer movements for other watch brands, the movements coming from Beijing Watch Factory are only used in their watches. This is a different strategy from Sea-gull. Every watch offered by Beijing has a strong Chinese style, I think few of you guys will like them.

Beijing Classic Watch

For Sea-gull, it is more international, so you will know Sea-gull better. But when people talking about Beijing, perhaps you have no idea about this brand, actually Beijing also offers a lot of classic watches that have good finish and also meet our design aesthetic standards, if you do not mind its unique logo, which is The Tian’Anmen Rostrum.

Beijing Classic White

This Beijing watch looks great and has a nice finish. It is a model from Classic series, the watch has a case diameter up to 40mm, not including the pumpkin-shaped crown, it is measured to be 11mm in thickness. 40mm is a very popular size, it is acceptable for most people, when choosing a dress watch, now I prefer a big size, not the one in 38mm or 39mm, by the way, the design of the lugs makes the watch looks bigger, I like it. The case is brushed, including the thin and round bezel, the crown is too big, but very easy to operate, I hate some watches with a very small crown, sometimes you need to use a big strength to pull out it.

Beijing Classic Stainless Steel Case

The dial is white, Beijing also offers a black dial version. The logo of The Tian’Anmen Rostrum is very unique, I think it has a special meaning to Beijing Watch Factory. The central second hand is in bright red that will immediately catches your eyes, minute markers are also red dots, Beijing very like using red color. The hour markers are delicately designed, at 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 and 12:00, the hour markers are stainless steel sticks, and the stainless steel marker at 12 o’clock has a pointed tip. Central hour hand and minute hand are in elegant willow shape. Due to the 40mm diameter, the dial still does not look crowded even these long hour markers have occupied a large space. The date window is opened in round with black font in white background, for me, the window looks too small.

Beijing Classic Movement

I am very happy that the watch adopts an exhibition case back, where you can see the engine inside, which is an automatic movement imported from Japan. I only know that this is not an in-house movement from Beijing. Its auto rotor is skeletonized and has The Tian’Anmen Rostrum stamp in red color, there are not too much decoration made on the movement plates, but seeing from the work made on the auto rotor, it is much better and delicate than all other Chinese micro watch brands.

The watch is equipped with a black leather band that is fitted with a stainless steel deployant clasp. Beijing focuses on details, you will see black stitching outside, while red stitching on the other side of the band. I just received the watch yesterday, its accuracy still needs to be tested, but I trust the quality of Japanese movement.