Sea-Gull bought everything from the Venus company, the machines, blueprints etc. So the original story goes that in 1960s Switzerland there were three competing chronograph movement manufacturers: Lemania, Valjoux and Venus. The Seagull watch company is a website bringing you hand crafted watches from Tianjin China. So the precision of the movement is decent.

Pushing the pushers in and out. Seagull ST1612 Watch Movement Clone Miyota 8215 821A mechanical Date 3 o'clock.

that was used to produce the Venus 175, so basically it is the Venus 175 just produced in China. I like the history of it and the whole story. Then some less expensive homage wathes could be made of those 70’s watches containing the Valjoux 7734.Search the forum watchuseek or try google!

Copyright 2017 Borealis Watch Company | All Rights Reserved | Powered by We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Inside of China this watch is named after the project code and is called the ‘304 Airforce chronograph’.By 1965 these watches had met all the requirements and passed all the Ministry’s tests so an order was placed. Many people are arguing that the ST19 is just a ripoff of the Venus 175, but in my opinion, it is legit movement. $115.00 The blued screws actually aren’t blued, they are lacquered in blue, in my opinion, they should’ve left them just plain silver colour or even gold colour. Thanks for Wancher watch company for lending me the Storm Jet watch to try out the ST19 movement.Thank you for a very interesting article, and a superb watch.Awesome article, cool and interesting history. One of the most Beautiful modern chronographs on the market today !
And it comes in the Wancher Storm Jet which I reviewed couple days ago. They wanted to remove this dependency so the Ministry of Light Industry kicked-off several projects to develop Chinese-made clocks and watches. Seagull Ocean Star Mechanical Diving Swimming Sport Watch 816.523Limited Edition Seagull 70th Anniversary Mechanical Watch 819.12.1949Seagull 65th Anniversary Watch Limited Edition Classic Chronograph Manual Mechanical Watch 819.17.1962Seagull New Limited Edition Ocean Star Automatic Diving Watch Red Dial 816.52.1206Seagull Classic Watch WuYi Gold Dial Automatic Mechanical Watch FKWYSeagull 1963 Mechanical Chronograph Watch Re-issued Edition FKJBSeagull Starry Sky Month Indicator Automatic Watch 819.12.4000 Seagull ST-16 1 year ago Miyota 8200 series, but while it copies some features of the Miyotas, it is far from being a clone.Tianjin Seagull Caliber ST16 Watch Movement | CaliberCorner.com The Sea-Gull ST16 is also sold as the TY28xx. I’m not a big fan of blued screws or hands, to me, it just looks cheap, even if it is done the right way. We ship genuine Seagull automatic and mechanical watches and movements. Over the last few days, I spent several hours working on three Seagull ST-3600 movements also referred to as the Asian 6497. Valanvron purchases ebauches from this companies and refines those in Switzerland with over 50% of value of movement added in Switzerland (as can be found on wikipedia – Seagull ST2130 Automatic Movement Technical Drawing – Clone of ETA 2824-2ETA 2824-2 AND SELLITA SW200-1 CLONE MOVEMENT SEA-GULL ST2130ETA 2824-2 AND SELLITA SW200-1 CLONE MOVEMENT SEA-GULL ST2130The finish of the Seagull ST2130 can be found usually in two distinct types: gilt finish (golden colored) or nickel finish (silver colored) with perlage finish. Movement Manufacturer Jewels Frequency (BPH) Winding Power reserve Production dates ST3: Tianjin Watch Factory: 19 : 18,000 : Manual : 45 : 1963-1966 This ran on the 100% Chinese designed and manufactured Calibre ST5 movement and was the first watch ever to be exported from China. The 1965 production of the ST5 movement was the first ever movement to be exclusively designed and produced inside mainland China. Also, many people hear the words “Made in China” and think that it is poor quality, but you got to remember that China is one of the best modern watch case makers and in general manufacturers of watches.

$503.16 Any similarity in caliber design and numbers to those made by Seagull is only the consequential results of decisions made by other Chinese Watch Factories. From what I can read the watches bought in 2007 still are running great and have no problems, some even say that from 2008 they haven’t done any service to the movement and they are still running great. A SEA-GULL watch is made with deep veneration for the old watch making tradition. You write that now you respect China. This is clearly reflected in the materials, design and features of all SEA-GULL watches. Sea-gull 2130 Clone ETA 2824 movement automatic replacement perlage decorated.

I also am planning to get the 1963 reissue watch soon for my collection and also to review.

So it made sense to add the most internationally well-known brand to the name of the new company. With the end of patents for majority of mechanical ETA movements the market has started to see a greater number of alternative clone movements based in designs now over 40 years old.One of such movements is the Seagull ST2130 Automatic movement based in the ETA 2824-2 movement and with majority of its parts interchangeable with the ETA 2824-2, Sellita SW200 and Hangzhou 6300 movements.Tianjin Seagull is one of worlds biggest watch movement manufacturers and has expanded its market considerably in the last years occupying nowadays a position that used to belong to ETA in the past as supplier of ebauche and watch movements to many players in the industry.Seagull has managed to capture part of the Swiss mechanical movements market being one of the suppliers of Valanvron for mechanical watch movements based in patent expired ETA designs mainly the VAL24, VAL36 and VAL92 movements together with Hangzhou.

My question is how are these complications and moved around on an ST19 works?Very nice and interesting review, thanks.