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#SEAGULL 1963 CHRONOGRAPH PROFESSIONAL#
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Breguet Classique Quantième Perpétuel 7327.

CITIZEN PROMASTER UNITE with BLUE Limited Edition.

#SEAGULL 1963 CHRONOGRAPH PROFESSIONAL#

Tag Heuer Aquaracer Professional 200 Steel & Gold.

Panerai Radiomir with California Dial PAM01349.

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For more details, please visit the Seagull 1963 online store. Based in Belgium, the reseller is offering worldwide delivery. These highly sought-after homages of the historic Seagull Chinese Air Force Chronograph are now available for purchase via Seagull 1963, official reseller of Seagull watches.ĭepending upon the version, the prices range from 279 to 429 Euros. These watches also come with exhibition case-backs allowing to admire the iconic Seagull ST1901 manual-winding chronograph movement. The watches are available with a retro-styled acrylic glass or scratch-proof sapphire crystal. Below the star is the inscription 21 Zuan, which means 21 jewels. The dial boasts the iconic star emblem just below the 12 o’clock. In addition to the emblematic vintage cream dial, the brand is offering new colour choices like black, blue, green, grey, yellow and white. Once fully wound, the movement offers a power reserve of 42 hours. It still maintains the emblematic bicompax dial layout. Seagull ST1901, this hand-wound mechanical chronograph is presently available in 38mm, 40mm and 42mm case versions in stainless steel, bronze or blackened steel.

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The Seagull Watch Company subsequently expanded this series by adding several new models.Įquipped with the 21 jewel Cal. This stainless steel chronograph soon became a highly sought-after collector’s piece.

Named 1963 Chinese Air Force Chronograph, this re-launch model houses the Seagull ST1901 calibre with 21 jewels. In the early 2000s, Tianjin SEA-GULL Company launched a timepiece based on the prototype that they developed for the PLAAF in 1963. Later on, the production was discontinued. In the end of 1960s, the company supplied approximately 3,000 chronographs to Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force, also known as PLAAF. Using the ST3 chronograph calibre, TWC had created several prototypes and submitted for approval. The oscillator frequency was also increased from 2.5 Hz to 3 Hz. Venus 175 and produced the 19 jewel ST3 movement. To equip the Chinese Air Force chronograph, TWF modified the 17 jewel Cal. Introduced by the Fabrique d’Ebauches Vénus in the 1940s, Calibre 175 is a manual-winding mechanical column-wheel chronograph movement with a 30-minute counter. With the help of these blueprints and machinery, the Chinese manufacturer succeeded in creating movements for equipping the chronograph watches proposed for the Chinese Air Force. It was the right opportunity for the Tianjin Watch Factory, and it acquired the manufacturing rights and production facilities of the Venus 175 chronograph calibre from the Swiss company. 175 to a potential buyer so that it could raise money for the production of Cal.188. Then known as Fabrique d’Ebauches Venus SA and based in Moutier, the Swiss manufacture decided to sell the production rights and tooling of the Cal. Meanwhile in Switzerland, the iconic movement company Venus was searching for capital to develop the Cal.188 chronograph movement. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force wanted a reliable chronograph watch for its pilots, and the Chinese Government appointed Tianjin Watch Factory to manufacture a suitable timepiece for the Air Force Pilots. This company rose to fame with the launch of the first Chinese pilot’s chronograph in the early 1960s. Producer of the first Chinese mechanical watch, it relocated to Tianjin in 1962 and came to known as Tianjin Watch Factory. It is a product of Tianjin Watch Factory, the world’s largest manufacturer of mechanical watch movements.įounded in 1955 in China, this state-owned firm was initially known as WuYi Watch Company.

With its origins dating back to the 1960s, the Seagull 1963 Chronograph is one of the most recognizable wristwatches ever made.