Men's Mechanical Watch, Original Seagull Movement 1963 ST1901 Aviation Chronograph Pilot's Mechanical Manual Winding Chronograph Men's Watches

I like the watch and I'd give it a 5 star review, but the day after I received it the price went down by £30.00 approx, now I can't feel I have value for money, I paid £159.00 approx and then it was £129.00 so I effectively paid £30.00 too much AND 1 of the complications doesn't work!!! Sigh!!!!

Tolles Teil… Das Ziffernblatt hat aber einen leichten Glold-Lindgrün Farbe… mir gefällt es

Gorgeous watch. The picture does not justice.

This item was sent on time and in good shape. The watch works as described and the packaging is adequate.

So, it’s a nice watch. Looks good, feels like something Chairman Mao would have handed out if you survived the Long March. It’s a hard wind. Real tough. Mostly because of the two chronograph buttons on either side of the crown. Also, if you wind the watch too much and try to engage the chronograph, you break the chronograph complication. I did that. So I tried to return it. They gave me a return label and I dropped it in the mail. They are currently sending me a replacement from China. We’ll see how long the next one lasts.

In the product pictures of the listing the minute and hour hands are this beautiful blue color that really pops with the red second hand and creamy background. But with the watch on my wrist the hands could be black. If you hold the watch at just the right angle you can verify, they are blue, but just barely. See my photos below, those are accurate. My other complaint is that it is hard to wind, much harder than something like a Seiko NH35. That may party because the crown is not screw-in. So when you are winding it the crown is too close the case to get a good grip on. For whatever reason it is very hard for me to wind. I have been looking at these for a while and even ordered one off of Aliexpress. But that package came opened and the case was empty so I ended up buying this one because I trusted it to actually get to me, which it die. There are many companies that make the 1963 and I don't know where Tophill ranks in there. The case is thicker than I expected so I may end up not using the Nato strap. But it is fairly light and comfortable. Getting a mechanical chronograph a this price, especially with an exhibition caseback is amazing, so I can't complain there, but I was bummed to see it doesn't have the swan neck for adjustment. The accuracy out of the box was about 11s fast a day. The case, crystal and that seem very well done.