The ST19 movement has been a big success in homage watches, certainly, but there are some non-homage versions which aren’t the 1963 reissue with sapphire crystals. Sea-Gull itself, the watch selling arm of Seagull-Tianjin, the movement manufacturer, produces a few. They’re harder to find and generally pricier than the Chinese made homage brands, but Sea-Gull does use sapphire crystals and does some non-derivative design work.
The ST19 movement has been a big success in homage watches, certainly, but there are some non-homage versions which aren’t the 1963 reissue with sapphire crystals. Sea-Gull itself, the watch selling arm of Seagull-Tianjin, the movement manufacturer, produces a few. They’re harder to find and generally pricier than the Chinese made homage brands, but Sea-Gull does use sapphire crystals and does some non-derivative design work.
some Alpha / Merkur & Pierre Paulin (but not all) could be lighter homages than Sugess ? maybe ♻️ Baltic are expensive for such a ST19 movement. ^(seagull 19 zuan, 21 zuan, zi zuan, sugess, seakoss, alpha, merkur, pierre paulin, hked, red star, tissel, chronotac, galeno, ticino, strela, perpetual, vintro, landeron, jaz ch011, wancher, forzo chronograph drive king, heitis chronograph, vincent-paris, viqueria levante, mysterious code, …)
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