The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1039

http://stevearun.com/watch-reviews/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Blancpain-Fifty-Fathoms-Tourbillion-300m.jpg

Compare this with the tourb carriage in the Sea-Gull.

Is that a fake? If not, it should be.

Wearing one of my favorite weekend watches today.

I had heard this as a rumor.  Hence my question of whether it was legitimate.  I'm sure the really good knock-offs that you'd get in China use the movements.

Its not a fake unless you consider what BP sells to be fakes. I just did a cursory internet search and used that picture, but if you do the same you will see that that is how the BP FF looks like.

I take it from your conclusion that you note the startling similarity in movement ?

Please, not all watches in China from 10 RMB to 1000,000 RMB (eg the BWAF Cloisonne bridge tourbillon) are one and the same. Are Swatches and a Dufour Simplicity identical simply because they come from Switz ?

Do you know how much a Sea-Gull tourb movement costs ? The knock-offs use much cheaper tourbillon movements like the PTS and Liaoning. Incidentally the British Horological Institute used that same movement in their anniversary watch. http://www.bhi.co.uk/bhi-flying-tourbillon

Have a look at these articles -

http://bernardcheong.com/general/china-and-the-mighty-beijing-watch-factory/

http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/data/news_show0.asp?id=10033&rootcl=%D0%AD%BB%E1%B6%AF%CC%AC

note the tourbillon clocks, Sea-Gull sapphire dial tourbillon and Beijing Cloisonne bridge tourbillon

I took dopey's comment to be that: Diving Watch + Tourbillon =

from the website pics, which i assume are accurate depictions of real life, those Sea Gulls look terrible (edit - at least if they're comparing themselves to the marques mentioned). it reminds me of a Chinese automaker getting a hold of a BMW X5 or Porsche Cayenne and producing a shitty copy of it

duke - panny lookin good.

Yep.

 

Buttons/band combo 

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Haha certainly looks like it. Don't see those around that often... I have a soft spot for UN

Yep, Micheangelo GMT 

nice, i like it.