Category Archives: Seagull Tianjin

New Prometheus Collections

Posted on April 24th, 2012

Amongst micro-brands, Prometheus (www.prometheuswatch.com) is very prolific. After the Ocean Diver, Recon 5 and Manta Ray, this microbrew brand has been expanding their collection range with new additions: Baiji Featuring tritium vials, this nautical watch uses an ST2130 movement made by Tianjin Seagull. Tritium vials use the radioactive decay of tritium to keep the compound shining. The [...]

Posted in assembler, ETA 2824-2, ETA 2836, Seagull ST21XX | 1 Comment

EmaS watches: doing it with Italian style

Posted on January 22nd, 2011

In 1934, Milan businessman Sir Enrico Masserini established Masserini Orologerie S.p.A. with the intent to sell Swiss movements in Italian watch cases. After WWII, the company was renamed EMAS, based on the contraction of the founder’s name (Enrico MASserini). The company was handed over to his son Annibale and later to his grandson Enrico, who currently [...]

Posted in arty, brand of origin, legacy, Limited edition, Milan, Italy, original designs, Seagull ST19XX | 2 Comments

Cross-continent watchmaking by Montiek

Posted on December 19th, 2010

Hat tip to Grégory Pons of BusinessMontres.com. Founded by watch lovers, Montiek‘s design and marketing is carried out in Amsterdam, Netherlands, while watches will be assembled in Hong Kong. The developers are aiming at releasing the first collections in January 2011. Their collection will consist of three models: a TourbillonWatch with the escapement housed in [...]

Posted in brand of origin, Seagull ST800X | 2 Comments

introducing: KIENZLE

Posted on November 21st, 2010

Established by Johanes Schenkler in Schwenningen (Germany) in 1822, KIENZLE initially manufactured and sold hand-crafted wooden clocks. Over the next 190 years, the company development an impressive portfolio of mechanical device besides the obvious clocks, pocket watches and wrist watches: nightwatchmen’s recording clocks, flywheel clocks, taximeters, attendance recorders, automotive clocks, tachographs, 8-day aviation clocks, world [...]

Posted in brand of origin, ETA 28XX, Hamburg, Germany, legacy, Milan, Italy, original designs, Seagull ST19XX | Leave a comment

introducing: PJS watches

Posted on September 15th, 2010

Hat tip to Watch Otaku. Based in South Korea, PJS aims at worlwide distribution. Their offer consists of quartz watches with tritium vials, and hand wind watches powered by the Seagull ST3900, a Unitas clone. PJS mechanical models are inspired by WWII Italian timepieces and German Beobachtungsuhren (observation watches). Mechanical watches start at USD 239.

Posted in historic designs, militarophilia, Seagull ST36XX, stock design, Unitas 649X | Leave a comment

introducing: moVas watches

Posted on January 24th, 2010

Australia-based architect Sean Wai created a successful line of bicycles, showcased at www.bikesoul.com. In 2008, the entrepreneur decided to venture in the field of wrist watches. After seeking pointers from the Watchuseek forum, he eventually set on to build the brands moVas and infinitum from scratch. The word moVas stands for movements from Asia and the collections [...]

Posted in original designs, Seagull ST21XX | Leave a comment

introducing: Orange Watch Company

Posted on August 22nd, 2009

Based in Australia, the Orange Watch Company launched a limited edition of 50 Military Submariner homage watches housing the Seagull ST2130, a Chinese clone of the Swiss ETA 2824-2. The original Rolex Submariner produced for the British Royal Navy was characterized by a dagger-shaped hour hand and painted Tritium indexes. The case had the bracelet [...]

Posted in historic designs, Seagull ST21XX | Leave a comment

introducing: Plazeon

Posted on August 7th, 2009

Plazeon offers a Seagull-based chronograph using an original design. They use both the Seagull ST19 and the Seagull ST1901 with power reserve.

Posted in original designs, Seagull ST19XX | Leave a comment

introducing: Military Watch Mall

Posted on August 6th, 2009

This eBay seller offers a selection of military-inspired watches, reproducing the looks of 1980′s East-German and Swiss diving watches.The movements used are either Swiss ETA 2824-2 or Far-East automatic. There is also a Seagull ST19 Bundeswehr-inspired chronograph.

Posted in ETA 28XX, historic designs, militarophilia, Miyota 82XX, Seagull ST19XX | 2 Comments

introducing: Rock Excel Watch

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Watch collector Ken Sato once produced what was considered the best hommage to Italian WWII military watches. At some point, he got slapped on the fingers by Officine Panerai for copyright infringment. After several collections inspired by vintage Rolexes, Ken sato did build the Plasmir Milgraph, a watch enhanced with tritium vials and available at the PlasmirMilgraph.com [...]

Posted in antimagnetic, historic designs, IP blunter, original designs, Seagull ST19XX, Unitas 649X, Valjoux 775X | Leave a comment