SEA-GULLMen's Mechanical Wristwatch, Seagull 1963 Aviation Chronograph Pilot Mechanical Watch, Manual Winding, GD 1963 International Edition, ST1901

I'd call it one of the most underrated watches on the planet, but then again this watch has received plenty of accolades from YouTubers in the watch community. And the praise is well deserved. It is a comfortable mechanical (!) chronograph with a visibly pretty movement, and looks good on a variety of strap types, weather leather or nato. Phenomenal value for the price

I was truly impressed with this chronometer automatic watch. The chronometer function is essentially a stopwatch, with the second hand running the time. The actual second hand is the subdial at the 9 o'clock position. Being an automatic, give it a good 14 to 15 winds and the watch will run all day. Give it a good 10 winds the next morning and you're good to go. The crystal is such that it rises up, giving a slight magnification to the dial. The watch band is sufficiently long for my 9 1/2 inch wrist. The watch itself is small, and the band is narrow and slides behind the back of the watch in one piece instead of two. The cream dial and olive green band compliment each other well. The combination makes this a perfect everyday watch for work or to wear in a casual setting. This 22-jewel chronometric movement is an excellent value on Amazon, selling for more on other sites.

So happy to finally have this sweet looking chronograph on my wrist. Cheers!

Good quality at a good price. Mechanical and good. Prefer this size than the over sized watch nowadays. Surprisingly accurate. Would be nice if it comes with a leather watch band which i bought separately.

actually, surprisingly - very good! My first "original" Chinese Like it

I really like this. I just wish I noticed the size. I got the 38mm and should have gotten a 40mm+ version instead. If I did I could see it being a daily wearer.

Initial thoughts: Received it 3 days ago. Bought the 37mm, 22 jewel, domed crystal model. Beautiful watch! Mine works perfectly. If want an unusual mechanical watch, I highly recommend this one.I'm a big guy, and I like smaller, vintage looking watches. Be aware that the 37mm is relatively small, and it has an 18mm strap which is very narrow. I like it. But if you prefer big watches, think about the 40 or 44mm 1963 models.I bought it with this Berfine strap. It's a really great leather strap for the price. Perfect value. I've already got compliments on it. "Quick Release Retro Leather Watch Band,Vintage Oil-tanned Pull-up Leather Strap." ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MYNDS81Shipping took 8 days, which is fast compared to the original 14 day estimate.

I am taking my time writing this review in the hope that potential future buyers of this beautiful watch will take the time to read it.Let's start with the watch itself. It is a piece of rare beauty, perfectly in line with the current trend of reducing case size, with an unusual mix of colors - steel, gold, silver and blue and red hands - that work together perfectly and make it a timepiece unique in its beauty and fabulous pedigree. It is one of my few watches that has elicited benevolent comments from "non-experts", even in comparison to other watches of mine that cost twenty or thirty times more. As for its fabulous history, it has been more or less correctly repeated in a thousand ways, so that I will not repeat it here.The Seagull 1963 is powered by a movement, the ST19, which has an interesting history that roots in 1950s Switzerland, but on which Chinese watchmakers introduced numerous significant improvements over the years. However, anyone who buys a Seagull 1963 must be clear that they are buying a watch powered by a manual movement created over seventy years ago and that, despite the improvements introduced since then, continues to be an "old", even though respected, caliber. I say this because, to fully enjoy a Seagull 1963, you have to be willing to live with the small - or big - idiosyncrasies of this movement. The winding crown is small, and because of this, it is easy to reach the maximum winding point and exceed it, damaging the crown's ratchet mechanism. All the movements I have owned, including the Limited Edition, advance at a rate that in my case varies from 7-8 to 12-13 seconds per day; better that than being slow... The pusher that starts the chronometer movement has not a sharp start, and in most of y samples seems to work with a consecutive double click. If you press the start button without the proper pressure, activating it only at the first click, the chronograph hand will not advance, and I have read responses from Seagull engineers indicating that this "hesitation" when pressing the start button could damage the movement. From personal experience, I can say that this involuntary hesitation occurs frequently, and it is common to notice after a few seconds that the chronograph has not started, which is certainly not a good thing.If you let the chronograph hand run for an extended period of time - for example four or five of hours consecutively - it can happen (it happens regularly with three of my watches) that the movement freezes completely, until you manage to 'stop' the chronograph and reactivate it, so that the movement comes out of its freeze and starts working again. Now, so that you can understand me, I consider these to be "imperfections" of an old movement, with which I have lived and live with without major problems.The case of my ST19 movement with serial number 20445 (number engraved on the bridge) is different. In this case, just seven months after purchasing it on the AliExpress platform, the chronograph start button started to "work" completely randomly, requiring you to press it three, four, five times for the hand to start moving. Similarly, to stop the chronograph, you had to press the button a dozen times or more. At that point, the second pusher did not work and did not reset the movement. The last time I was able to reset it, the start button stopped working altogether. Even though the watch was under guarantee, I was asked to send photos of the malfunction (photos showing a dead chronograph???), but apparently the photos I provided were considered insufficient/invalid Evidence of the malfunction, and the case was CONSIDERED CLOSED. For a customer like me, who has purchased five International Editions of 1963, three of which are not in perfect working order, who owns one of their expensive 1963 Limited Editions of 5500 pieces, and who has never complained about the small imperfections – which do exist –, the response of customer service to a request for information on a watch under warranty is simultaneously grotesque, rude and commercially disastrous.This long review, which is ultimately an act of love for this uniquely beautiful watch, is also intended as a WARNING. There is a good chance (statistics based on my purchases say more than 50%) that when you buy a new Seagull 1963 International Edition watch (original Seagull), the watch will have some malfunction. It can happen and probably any decent watchmaker can fix it, but you can't count on your guarantee. Potential customers warned…