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New Sea-gull Moon Phase 6170 – a homage watch of the Rolex Cellini?

Post author By Bob
Post date September 24, 2023
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It has been a long time for me not to introduce a new model from Sea-gull watch company, Sea-gull has always been the first choice for many people who are looking for the best Chinese watches. On my blog, the most watches I introduced are Sea-gull watches, the most watches readers asked all about are also Sea-gull watches, so it seems like many people are interested in this Chinese brand, I also own several Sea-gull watches, including dress models and some diver’s models, today, I am going to review another Sea-gull watch which I just received, it is a new watch Sea-gull just published. It is a good watch, but I do not think it is an outstanding homage.

The box of the big three watch companies, including Sea-gull, Shanghai and Beijing, always better and looks more official than that of other watches. This Sea-gull has a blue box that is hard, its inside has layered structure that allows you to put the watch and manual separately, the watch can be put in a place steady. Look at the Sea-gull, which watch it reminds you? Yes, when I first saw this new model on the website of Sea-gull, I remembered one Rolex Cellini watch with a moon phase indicator. I am very sure that Sea-gull refers the design of the Cellini watch on this new model. However, I do not like it very much.

First, I need to say this is a very high quality watch. But there are two parts I do not like, the stainless steel case and black leather band. The bezel and crown are in rose gold, I do not know why Sea-gull did not use rose gold on the case, it will look better if the entire case has a rose gold tone. Actually the black leather band is not a big issue, but a brown leather band will be a better fit for this watch if it has a full rose gold case. By the way, this Sea-gull watch is sold at nearly $470, I think they should use a full rose gold case under this price level.

The watch is sold at a high price because it has a real moon phase function, check the indicator at 6 o’clock on the dial, it shows the phases of the moon in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. On the white dial, there is a fork in blued steel that is pointing at current date on the outermost. The moon phase can be adjusted through the button on the case at 8 o’clock. The date can be adjusted through the button on the case at 4 o’clock. The crown, which has a satin-finished “S” logo, can be adjusted for winding and time adjustment. The hour hand, minute hand and those bar-shaped hour markers are all well cut and have perfect chamfer polishing.

The movement displayed through the crystal back is a ST2108 developed by Sea-gull, it has 28 jewels, 28800BPH and 42 hours power reserve. From the movement pictures shown below, we can see a beautiful decoration on the movement plates and auto rotor. It says the watch is 50m water resistant on the stainless steel rim of the case back.

The band is ok, not made with alligator leather, but calfskin leather, with embossed crocodile prints on the surface. There is a “SEA-GULL” engraving in satin on the buckle.

My advice:

If you are not a loyal fan of Sea-gull or just considering Sea-gull as your first Chinese watch, do not buy this moon phase watch because it is too expensive. There are a lot of other Sea-gull watches in casual style you can buy, they are very good, please see my reviews under Sea-gull category. If you are addicted to moon phase watches, then this watch can appear in your purchasing list.

Tags Cellini, Moon Phase, Rolex, Rose Gold, Sea-gull, ST2108

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Sugess Day-Date Ice Blue Homage Watch Review

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Post date September 10, 2023
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About Sugess, have you heard this brand? If having checked their watches on aliexpress, you will know they are totally a homage watch brand that was founded in Shenzhen of China. Many watches they are making have the exact models in Swiss watches. I only introduced one Sugess watch before on my blog, but their watches are really sold very well on aliexpress even with a bit high price, I decide to bring reviews on more Sugess watches in future, today, the Sugess watch I am going to share with you looks like a Day-Date model made by Rolex, with an ice blue dial, the watch looks nice, many people like the ice blue Day-Date from Rolex, and this Sugess watch is a great homage of the Day-Date.

The watch comes with a hard plastic box, just like the box of STEELDIVE and Parnis I introduced in reviews before. Inside the black box, there is a watch, a manual book, a screwdriver and a warranty card inside. On the card, the purchasing date, model number and other information are empty. The watch is under a good protection inside the box, we can see from the pictures.

The Sugess is made with 316L stainless steel, its case is measured to be 40.3mm in diameter and 12.2mm in thickness, the entire watch weighs about 123.9 grams, the screw-in crown has a satin-finished “S” logo on the mirror-polished face. The bezel is fluted and fits the middle case head perfectly, the gap between them is not noticeable. The case is finished very well, especially on the edge or corner, which is polished and very comfortable when wearing.

I love the dial, first a lot of people like its ice blue color, second, the finish of the dial is superb. The Sugess logo at 12 o’clock and Rome hour markers are tri-dimensional. All stainless steel hour markers are polished and forms a high-contrast with the sunburst finish of the dial, every marker is well finished and I did not find the burr on the edge. Having checked the black font in the day and date window, it has a very close size to that of Rolex Day-Date watch. By the way, I found there are “SUGESS” engravings on the inner bezel, on other Chinese watches I reviewed before, I did not find this feature. The sunburst finish on the dial looks ok, but not as good as the super clone that is sold at more than 600 USD. Any way, the dial finish of this Sugess is much better than the other watches I bought from China. This is also one of the reasons why this Sugess can be sold at $239.

The bracelet is president style like Day-Date and you can see two obvious finish including polishing on the middle and brushing on the two sides. The clasp can be opened through the “S” buckle, and in the video below, you will hear a crisp clicking sound when open or close the buckle.

The watch is driven by a ST2146 automatic movement from Sea-gull. The movement beats 28,800 times per hour, it has 28 jewels and about 40 hours of power reserve, I found specification of this movement on the internet, not sure if they are correct. Any way, the company shipped the watch out the day before yesterday, the watch still worked very accurate when I received it yesterday.

Conclusion:

The Sugess watch is a bit expensive just because of its better dial finish and Sea-gull movement inside. It is a classic stainless steel watch with date and week functions with good case and dial finish. If you are looking for a perfect homage watch of a Day-Date that is much better than the replicas around 200 USD, then this Sugess is a perfect choice. Besides the ice blue dial, Sugess also offers black, blue and green colors for the watch.

Tags Day-Date, Sea-gull, ST2146, Sugess

Sea-gull

Sea-gull 819.316 Day Date Review

Post author By Bob
Post date August 11, 2023
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Very tired recently, one of my family members got cancer, bad news, feel so sad, what is the real meaning of living in this world? Hope you guys always keep healthy. However, I need to work, otherwise there is no money to pay hospital cost. I like writing blogs about watches, in next months, I will write more articles and do some experiments on them, so that you will not consider too much things when need to buy a China made watch. Today, I will introduce another Sea-gull watch, Sea-gull is my most favorite Chinese watch brand, this watch is the type a lot of people will consider to buy especially it has an opening window on the dial, this is very popular in the past. Now there are still a large part of people like this dial layout.

The watch copies the design of Breguet? I do not know, while I like this style very much. The watch is 42mm in diameter and 13mm in thickness, the size and thickness are acceptable for most watch fans. The case frame is big enough and it has a thin round bezel, so the dial won’t look so crowd even so many functions displayed on the dial. The big onion-shaped crown is very convenient for you to operate.

The white dial looks very classic, one big window opened at 6 o’clock with two ends fixed on the dial to enhance the stability. Two fan-shaped indicators show date and week, all hands are in classic blue, the lancet-style hour hand and minute hand will catch the attention of many people I think. The date and week can be adjusted through the buttons on the case. Check the dial carefully, you will see delicate patterns on different parts of the dial.

The watch is powered by a ST2505 automatic movement by Sea-gull, another reason why I like this watch is it has a crystal back, you can see beautiful fish-scale patterns on the auto rotor and movement plate, and there is a golden Sea-gull logo on the rotor. Many homage watches use Sea-gull movements, Parnis likes to use very much. This is an old model published by Sea-gull in 2014, now you could not find it on official website of Sea-gull.

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Sea-gull 3015 Bronze Pilot Watch

Post author By Bob
Post date July 6, 2023
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About the big three, I introduced one bronze pilot watch from Beijing Watch Company before,I did not know Sea-gull has made a bronze watch, now I am going to show you a good-looking pilot watch from Sea-gull,it is made with bronze and has a green dial.Sea-gull is my most favorite China brand, you guys can try one or two Sea-gull watches,they are good and have almost all styles you want,from simple to complicated,some models also have a big attraction to people who love Chinese elements and stories.If I say Sea-gull is the boss in Chinese watch industry,do you agree? The Sea-gull 3015 here is a pilot watch,its design features such as crown and hands as well as lume are very similar to that of Zenith Pilot. The green color looks very nice with the bronze case, and you can also uses a green rubber band on the watch, look at the last picture, it looks very beautiful.

The watch has a big size whose diameter is up to 41mm, the case thickness is about 12mm, almost all pilots watch have the similar size, some even have a 43mm case diameter. The bronze case is brushed with a big crown that is very convenient for the wearer to operate. The case back is not bronze but made with titanium that is in matte finish, there is a small window opened on the center to display the movement. By the way, the bezel uses green sapphire crystal, the markers inside have been applied with lume material, they can emit green lume light in dark conditions.

The green dial has a simple design, its big hour markers, long hands and strong lume all enhance the readability of the dial. In dark conditions, the green lume light on the dial can last for a long time, the lettering “WR 100M” means the watch is 100m water resistant. The second hand has a section on the top that is applied with orange color that just echoes with the orange minute markers.

The watch is equipped with a ST2130 automatic movement that is independently developed by Sea-Gull Watch Company, this movement has a 28,800BPH, 28 jewels and a power reserve more than 42 hours. The black litchi veined leather band is a regular fit for this watch, while I think the green rubber band looks more beautiful on this bronze watch, if changed the hands type, I think it look more like a diver’s watch with this green rubber band.

Tags Bronze, Rubber, Sea-gull, ST2130

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Sea-gull M199S Vintage Moon Phase Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date July 5, 2023
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I like this Sea-gull watch more than any other watches made by Sea-gull, whether it is casual watch or diver’s watches, all of them can not be compared with this one now, because it has become my most favorite watch. I have bought several Sea-gull watches, but none of them look that elegant like this M199S, and this one seems to be a complicated model, which combines functions of hours, minutes, small seconds, date, chronograph and moon phase. In my opinion, this watch from Sea-gull has learned the essence of the design of some Swiss watches, and shows the elegance to the max. Now you can not get this watch from Sea-gull Official website, it is sold out, I got one from my friend, he bought it in China. The watch has a classic combination in color of black and white, it is made with 316L stainless steel and fitted with a black leather band, seeing from its design in case and crown, as well as the elements on the dial, the watch has a bit of vintage style.

The watch has a large case diameter that is measured to be 41mm, not including the crown and buttons on the right, and the lugs seem to be longer than that of other watches, the whole round case is polished, with a see-through crystal back. The entire case design must refer to the design of some Swiss brand watch, I just do not remember. By the way, the satin-finished “S” on the crown looks very refined. There are several places on the watch that make it look so elegant, the onion-shaped crown is one.

The silver white dial also has several elements that make it an elegant watch. First, the rome hour markers, which are in black color and look in high contrast with the white background. The hour hand and minute hand on the center are leaf-shaped and are very slender, this is the second element that looks elegant. Third, there are two different types of patterns on the dial, the pattern on the center looks different from the circles which rome hour markers are on. The usage of different patterns on the dial also creates multi-layered visual enjoyment. The watch has a real chronograph function, the small second hand is at 9 o’clock, the subdial at 3 is for 30-minute chronograph display, because it uses a manual winding Sea-gull movement, I do not suggest you use the chrono buttons too often, or the energy will easily run out. The small dial at 12 o’clock is date display, you can adjust it by pushing the button at 10 o’clock. The arched indicator at 6 o’clock does not show real moon phase, but a display of Day & Night. Any way, I am very pleased with the dial finish and its functions.

The movement is ST1908, which has 22 jewels, 21,600BPH and about 38 hours of power reserve. I recommend you gently rotate the crown when winding the watch, usually the manual winding movement has more frail parts than those automatic movements. It is fine if you do less than 20 rotations every time when winding.

Tags M199S, Moon Phase, Sea-gull, ST1908

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Sea-gull ST5-D Vintage Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date July 3, 2023
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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.

Tags Sea-gull, ST2130

Sugess

Sugess Breitling Top Time Homage Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 20, 2023
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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.

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.

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.

Tags Breitling, Sea-gull, ST1901, Sugess, Top Time

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Sea-gull Ocean Star Orange/Blue GMT Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 5, 2023
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It is another diver’s watch I like, the watch is from Sea-full, which is the best Chinese watch I think, I introduced a lot of Sea-gull watches before, they are my most favorite Chinese watches, if you want one diver’s watch from China, I recommend the Ocean Star from Sea-gull. Today, I will introduce another Sea-gull Ocean Star, look at the pictures below, are you very familiar with it? This blue Sea-gull watch looks like a homage of the Omega Planet Ocean, especially its blue and orange color, I do not remember which Omega Planet Ocean model now, but it is not completely copied, the dial has a different design, besides the blue, Sea-gull also offers a green model, the watch is equipped with a stainless steel bracelet, Sea-gull also offers one extra pair of nylon/rubber band is blue and orange color.

Sea-gull Ocean Star 200m Blue Orange Case

The size of the watch is big, made with solid stainless steel, if you choose to wear with a steel bracelet, the watch will be much heavier than other diver’s watches because it has a big case. I like the orange and blue band more, it matches the watch better. The finish of the watch is ok, but unfortunately the bezel is not ceramic made, it is alloy. The case has a diameter of 44mm, a big size, most men won’t choose this size because it is too big, well, the case is not too thick, only about 12.5mm. The case does not look so strong even it has a big size, I would love it more if the crown guards are bigger.

Sea-gull Ocean Star 200m Blue Orange Case Back

The bezel is not ceramic, it is uni-directional rotating and has orange diving scales from 0 to 15 minutes. The bezel tooth have wide mouth design, not deep and sharp like the bezel tooth on Submariner’s bezel. The dial is blue that exactly matches with the blue color on the bezel. The dial has a high readable design, besides the strong and long-lasting lume light, the hour markers and hands have wide design so that can be applied with more lume material, even under a weak light condition, the dial still has a good readability because the high-contrast dial color of blue and orange. There is no extra GMT hand, but with an inner bezel that displays the time of the second time zone, the inner bezel can be adjusted by the button on the case at 10 o’clock.

Sea-gull Ocean Star 200m Blue Orange Wrist Shot

The watch is powered by a ST2130 automatic movement that is independently developed by Sea-Gull Watch Company. The movement has 42-hour power reserve and 28 jewels, it beats 28,800 times per hour. Such type of Sea-gull movement has an inaccuracy of about 15 seconds each day. About the band, the blue nylon(outside) and orange rubber(backside) band fits the watch better. By the way, Sea-gull claims that this watch is water resistant to 200 meters.

Tags Ocean Star, Sea-gull

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New-arrival Sea-gull 6165 with Frozen Dial

Post author By Bob
Post date May 29, 2023
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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.

Tags Sea-gull, ST2130

Pagani Design

Pagani Design Rolex Day-Date Homage Review

Post author By Bob
Post date May 19, 2023
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Among so many niche brands appeared in Chinese watch market in recent years, Pageni Design is one of the fast growing watches, they have a lot of watch fans abroad and have accumulated a good reputation, people seem to have recognized this brand even though all watches they made are homages, and Pagani Design seems to walk the same development road of its former Parnis, you know how popular Parnis was at that time, and the downfall makes people almost forget this brand. I am not sure if Pagani Design will have the same result, but completely copying the Swiss watches is not a good idea for Chinese brands, the brands like STEELDIVE, Proxima, Octopus and Pagani Design, their main purpose is to earn money quickly, so they find this way to copy, but if they make innovation in future models, I think they will be finally accepted by us. At current stage, I did a search on reddit and found many positive feedback about watches made by Pagani Design, which is more accepted than other Chinese homage brands.

The new Pagani Design watch I am going to introduce today is a homage of Rolex Day-Date, the watch has a 36mm case diameter and is measured to be 13mm in case thickness. I love Pagani Design mainly because its case and bracelet have a super finish. The polishing on the lugs, the alternative polishing and brushing on the bracelet makes it look more high-end, just like the luxury brand Rolex Day-Date, for a low price level, with such a good finish, I think it is worth to try. The 36mm size is ok for me, but if they make a 40mm version, I want to buy one. The dial is ice blue, except black, it is my most favorite color on such type of dress watches. The dial is finish in a high-end level, even the watch is sold at a low price, but the finish of every element on the dial does not look low, the texture of the ice blue dial has a delicate sunray finish, when you swing the watch slowly, you will find the dial has a strand of reflected light, the stainless steel Rome hour markers and Pagani Design logo are all finished in tridimensional, you know, to save cost, many brands not willing to use a three-dimensional brand logo on the dial. In a word, the finish of the watch too deserves its price. At last, the watch is equipped with a Sea-gull ST16 automatic movement, that’s really nice, sold less than $100, for such good finish on case and dial with a Sea-gull movement, it already has beaten 98% of homage watches created in Chinese market.

Tags Day-Date, Pagani Design, Sea-gull, ST16

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