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Sea-gull

Sea-gull 6066 – the cheapest Sea-gull automatic watch

There are good quality watches made in China, do you want to buy any watch from China? I do not know which watch you mostly want to buy from China, but Sea-gull is indeed a good choice. Besides Sea-gull, Beijing, Shanghai, Fiyta, there are also many other niche brand watches that are sold at cheaper prices, you can read reviews on the internet about many watches made in China, especially in Reddit, many watch fans are talking about them in the community, but it will be more helpful if you have a contact in China that can buy watches for you, sometimes, it is much more cheaper when you order a watch from Taobao, and I can check the quality of the watch more carefully before shipping.

Today, I want to introduce a Sea-gull watch I bought from Taobao, I have done a research on all mechanical watches made in China, and found this is the most famous watch whose price is under 500 yuan, which equals to 69 USD. Under this price, there are only several watches from China that worth purchasing, this Sea-gull 6066 is one of them. There are stainless steel, gold and two tone style for this model, I chose the one with silver dial and black leather band.

The watch has a 41mm case diameter but not look that big on my slim wrist, the case thickness is about 11mm, I thought it would be too big, but actually it is a perfect size for my wrist. Maybe because I chose the one with a leather band, if with a steel bracelet, I will need to remove several links on each side. For slim wrist, I always think a watch with leather band is more suitable. The entire case is polished, the two crown guards have a certain degree of slope design that can be perfectly mixed into the case, the crown has a Sea-gull “S” logo in satin finish that forms a high contrast with the polishing background.

The watch is equipped with a ST16 automatic movement that is also used in many Sea-gull watches whose dial is skeleton. ST16 has a power reserve of 36 hours, I have had this watch for about two weeks, now it gains 15 seconds every day. From the crystal back, we can see this movement has beautiful engraved decorations on the plate.

Sea-gull 6066
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Pagani Design

Pagani Design Rolex Day-Date Homage Review

Pagani Design Watch in Box

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.

Pagani Design Rolex Day-Date Homage

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.

Pagani Design Day Date Wrist Shot
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Sea-gull

Sea-gull Dongfeng 21 Zuan Watch Review

Dongfeng 21 Zuan Watch

I am always deeply attracted by the history of Chinese watch industry, this pushes me to buy more China brand watches, there are so many amazing mechanical watches from these traditional watch factories in China like Sea-gull, Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing and so on, some not only design nice watches, but also have fascinating history. Compared with their watches, I more love reading the stories behind these traditional watch factories. The main difference between these Chinese traditional watch factories and new rising homage brands is that the former has their own movements, and Sea-gull is one of the biggest movement suppliers in the world, while a few new homage watches still making up stories to pretend as Swiss brands to cheat customers. The Sea-gull watch I am going to review today is a special model made to pay tribute to the first vintage Dongfeng watch in history of Tianjin Watch Factory, the watch looks nice and it is the best-looking casual watches in my collection.

Sea-gull Dongfeng Case

The Sea-gull watch has a small size that is 38mm in case diameter, this is a size I like, with a small crown, it is very comfortable to wear, and the polished case is only 12mm in thickness. It has a solid case back that has the relief of “东风” and waves in polishing finish, in a sanded background. The entire watch is polished and has arch-shaped lugs that naturally extended from the case to fit your hand in a more comfortable way, I choose the watch with a black leather band, but I could not wait to change the nylon strap on, the nylon band looks better on this watch that has a little vintage flavor.

Sea-gull Dongfeng 21 Zuan

The silver dial is under the protection of a sapphire crystal that has a arched face, the old Dongfeng watch used acrylic face, on the new model, the sapphire crystal can not only prevent scratches, but also is more clear and has a higher transparence to let you read the dial. The arched sapphire crystal face is a distinctive feature of the watch. The silver dial has simple design but it still looks beautiful to me, check the pictures, the radioactive sunray finish is fine and when you shaking the watch slowly, you will find the unique reflected light on the dial, this is really amazing design for such a Chinese watch, I saw few homage watches can do this. There is no date window. On the top of printings “ZhONGGUO TIANJIN”, there is an unique logo.

Sea-gull Dongfeng Dial

The watch is equipped with a ST16 automatic movement, which is independently developed by Sea-gull, the movement beats 21,600 times per hour and has a 36 hours power reserve, I have received it for three weeks, now the watch gains about eight seconds each day, I think this accuracy is acceptable to most people.

Sea-gull Dongfeng Case Back