Golgen Jiaolong 6112 500M Automatic Dive Watch

Golgen Jiaolong 6112 500M Automatic Dive Watch

Back in 2011, China made waves when they completed their first manned deep-sea Pacific Ocean dive to 5,057 meters (16,591 feet) with the submersible named Jiaolong. Read more about the milestone dive here. In 2015 the Shenzhen-based watch brand Golgen teamed up with the Jiaolong crew to create a dive watch with the submersible's namesake. An instant success, the Golgen Jiaolong 6112 won a silver prize at the 2nd China Horologe Design Competition in 2015.

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Ebohr Complication Experience N°2 Automatic Watch

Ebohr Complication Experience N°2 Automatic Watch

EC, or the Ebohr Complication series, represents the top-of-the-line from the Shenzhen-based Chinese watch brand. EC pieces can range from around $600 up to around $15,000 for the amazing Orbital Tourbillon that we got our hands on here. I've had my eye on this piece, Experience N°2, for some time since seeing it in a shop here in Guangzhou. I was happy to get to spend a bit more time appreciating it during a visit with the company last week.

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Six Year of the Monkey Watches for 2016

Six Year of the Monkey Watches for 2016

People born in the Year of the Monkey are considered smart, curious, and drawn to knowledge. They are cultivated, inventive, and creative. It is an ‘earth’ sign associated with good sense. Stubborn yet charming, the monkey loves to perform for an audience and is endowed with great self-esteem. The monkey gathering eight peaches is a traditional Chinese theme that symbolizes longevity and good fortune, since the peach stands for good health and eight is a lucky number. Additionally, the pronunciation of Monkey, Hou, is pronounced the same as another character, 侯, meaning high official, or a person holding a prominent place in society.

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Edward Bellamy's Predictions Continue Coming To Reality Wrist's In China

Edward Bellamy's Predictions Continue Coming To Reality Wrist's In China

In his 1888 novel Looking Backward 2000-1887, American writer Edward Bellamy predicted a world where cash would be replaced by alternative payment methods. Granted, his predictions came true many years ago with the advent of credit cards, but beginning in just two weeks a major watch brand is paying tribute to the forward thinker by launching their pay-by-the-wrist watch, the BELLAMY, in China. 

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Horological History: Seagull ST5 Antarctic

Horological History: Seagull ST5 Antarctic

From Benjamin Chee, founder of Maison Celadon: "The ST5’s movement was of such quality that it was one of only three movements that were exempt from converting to producing the Unified Movement (also known as Tongji or Standardized Movement) in the mid-1950s. The survival and high accuracy of so many of these ST5 and Dongfeng watches to this day half a century on is testament to their quality. The watch was clearly of such excellence that select watches were hand-picked and fine-tuned to function accurately under minus 40 degree Celsius conditions and other demands of extreme cold, and issued to the elite team of explorers that led China’s first expedition to the Antarctic in 1984."

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The Time Between Black and White: Greyhours

The Time Between Black and White: Greyhours

Here's a fun fact: if you take a portion of black paint and add equal parts of every color in the spectrum, the end result will be white. If you then start adding equal parts of each color back into the white paint, the end result will again be black.

Greyhours is a Hong Kong-based watch brand whose philosophy is that the "truth never resides in the extremes," and instead lives somewhere in the grey area between the polar opposites of black and white. Of course, this colorful metaphor could be extended into any aspect of life—politics, religion, etc—but since we only talk about watches here, let's talk about some black, white, grey, and colorful areas of the watch world.

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Pilot Watch History & A Flight-Themed Watch from Fiyta

Pilot Watch History & A Flight-Themed Watch from Fiyta

So exactly what is the definition of a pilot's watch, or an aviation watch? No, really...I'm asking, because it seems to be pretty wide open. Chronographs seem to be a popular feature for pilots, and were a mandatory addition for the Chinese Air Force when they commissioned their official pilot's watch from the Tianjin watch factory back in the early 60s. One of the earliest known wristwatches made specifically for a pilot was by Louis Cartier for his friend Alberto Santos-Dumont, who was...one of the earliest pilots. Apparently, the famous and flamboyant Santos caused a bit of a stir by wearing his watch on his wrist instead of in his pocket, which triggered some of the first wristwatch craze among the general public.

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Hong Kong’s Memorigin Bets Big on the Future of Tourbillon Popularity

Hong Kong’s Memorigin Bets Big on the Future of Tourbillon Popularity

Is the current tourbillon craze we’re all witnessing going to fade, or is it here to stay? Hong Kong-based Memorigin is one of the brands producing some of the best tourbillon watches in a more affordable price range. Memorigin only produces tourbillon watches, so they’re definitely betting on the future of the mechanism as more than a passing fad, and one that will have a long-term presence. The brand has done a great job of marketing itself and already enjoys recognition as being one of the more interesting modern Chinese watch brands.

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