1963 International Edition,ST1901 Movement,Men's Mechanical Wrist Watches,Aviation Chronograph Pilot Watch,37.4mm,Manual Winding

After seeing some pictures of the watch movement through the case back, I decided to give this watch a try. I couldn't believe that a mechanical chronograph could sell for such a low price, but knew that it could be returned through Amazon if there were any problems with it. When it turned up, I was amazed at just how fantastic it looked in real life, compared to the online pictures. It was accurate to 9 seconds a day straight out of the box, and after I regulated it myself, it is now accurate to within 1 second a day, and is keeping excellent time. I was so impressed, that I started to check out other Sea-Gull watches, and have since bought another one of their watches, in a different style. That one is also amazing, so I might end up buying a few more watches from them.

First off this a lovely looking watch and very well made. Could not find any bad workmanship on the case or dial. The first day I put on the watch it gained 45 seconds. Day two it was 20 seconds. I was a bit concerned but after ten days of wearing the watch it seems to have settled down to gaing about 7 seconds a day. I have a Seiko Prospex that cannot do that even after a service. The watch came with two straps, a tan leather and a green NATO type strap. Both where very poor quality, so put some funds aside to get a better strap for the watch.

Great watch love it, been looking a this watch for a while looks quality and good. Only thing I didn’t like was the strap but this is personal choice

A beautiful designed watch a classic but the strap is useless, started to fray after a couple of days, easily to pick up better straps

Choosing between the different options of this same watch, I’m happy I went for the ‘original’ manufacturer. It is by far my smallest watch (I usually wear 42mm) but there is something about the design and looks of this little marvel that gives it soul. I have absolutely no regret about not going for a larger version of this same watch. The nato strap is very soft and I’m not sure it will hold up for long. But I have plenty of other NATO’s available, so no worry for me. This is my first mechanical watch and I was a little worried about accuracy but my copy is less than 5 minutes fast after 1 week and I was surprised that it didn’t bother me at all.

This is a good tough watch. Looks nice on the wrist. Easy to set. Battres is still going, can't fault it

Had this watch for six weeks now and kept it constantly running in order to settle the movement in so as I have a basic idea how its performing. There are many factors which determine how a mechanical watch runs some of which are.... Spring tension, Temperature, Rest position, Time on wrist, just to name just a few ! If you're expecting quartz accuracy I doubt you will get it from a mechanical watch in this price range so please be aware of that. Saying that my watch is not that bad, on a full wind I'm getting approx 50hrs of run time ( without using chrono function) with an accuracy of about +4 seconds a day when on the wrist for 8hrs and rest position (off the wrist) of dial up during the night. Don't forget that this watch is NOT an automatic so you have to manually wind it basically every day to keep a reasonable amount of tension in the main spring ! As for the appearance of the watch they have upgraded it to mineral glass and added a second row of lettering at 6 o'clock which translates to "Tianjin Watch Works". The movement is basically the old Swiss "Venus175" which has been basically unchanged from the 1950's but is now called the ST-1901 and apparently is still made using the original machines and tooling ? and now has 22 Juan ( 22 jewels ) but this is still open to debate ? Trying to find out what is an original "Tianjin" watch is a bit of a minefield, as there are many licenced copies of this watch i.e. "Sugess" also how the name is spelt, "Sea-Gull" is the official spelling and "Seagull" is on the copy watches so far as I can find out, but I may be totally wrong ? Overall if want an Iconic watch at ridiculously low price then this watch is must have to any watch collection !

Third time unlucky for me. Have had to return three of these stunning watches. Would not run for more than12 hrs when fully wound or just stopped. Very disappointing, you would have thought that after 60 yrs + of development they would have improved reliability and or quality control. Sorry Seagull I really wanted to own a 1963 model but no more.