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Elegance! Guanqin Retrograde Day-Date Automatic Flywheel (GJ16009) c/o GearBest - Perth WAtch
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Guanqin definitely offer some great affordable watches. I have a gold automatic from them that I paid $20 for like 4 years ago and it still works and looks flawlessly.
Amazing
Nowadays guy, it's not a matter of swiss or chinese watches, it's a matter of taste & style. It's about your pocket & how much you can invest on a fair watch to get time. Chinese do make good quality watches. It's all in our mind as when we hear the word chinese, it means for most of us that they aren't human! They are indeed intelligent and very good at making things. That the beauty of life.
Thanks for the very good thoughts! I think on balance it is fair to say that almost all Chinese Watch companies (Chinese owned and originated) will be below the quality of even the entry level Swiss names (which admitted have a lot of Chinese parts, but they determine the QC level of this)... that's what's in many people's minds I reckon when they hear the notion of a Chinese watch. Not that they don't make some fair quality pieces... and pieces with awesome bang for buck of course.
Ramlugon Larveen Sharma Hey, if it lasts you one year, it wasn’t a total ripoff. I’m more interested in watches that’ll last me 10 years, and $68 won’t do that, I’d wager
No. We don't need to buy the watches that have Chinese automatic movement. Cuz it's almost like trash. Using Japan movement is much better.
Dear Bob, I wasn't myself interested in Chinese watches before as I'm a great fan of Swiss & Japanese movement. 3 yrs back, I bought myself a Guanqin Automatic Watch. I've since been trying to find some flaws against it, but honestly, it's been 3 full years that I'm still wearing it & to my own great surprise, it's working fine till now.
Very true.
An update: I did buy this interesting watch, at a bargain price from GB a few years ago, less than 40Euros shipped.
In black/gold it has a stunning appearance, and runs at an incredible avg.
Thanks for sharing your experience, that’s much appreciated :)
Looks like the Chinese are getting seriously good at this. Thanks Ivan.
Thanks bro - I think this brand in particular out of the so called "mushrooms" is worth keeping an eye on!
The TY-2504 is a 33 jewel movement and has a rotor bearing cap, not a simple blued screw for attachment. This Guanquin has an inferior copy of the 2504. I've owned my Louis Bolle Solstice 18K with its TY-2504 since 2006. The movement has never been serviced and still runs like new, is well regulated and the watch looks stunning to this day. The two retrogrades are awesome. It has a sapphire coated crystal and a black patterened dial. I think it was $140. in 2006
That’s cool man, thanks for the info share!
I got mine today from Aliexpress for about 55$ and am very pleased with it. Great review and photography, thanks.
Great to hear - enjoy it mate!
The Seagull has numbers round the dial. It's extremely accurate. Hacks and handwinds.
Seagull makes excellent watches and movements, so that is not surprising to hear
Parnis makes a similar watch with a Seagull movement. Different dial but same open-heart with ornament and power reserve. Had it for five years. Beautiful. Probably my most accurate automatic too. Not sure about the Guanqin but the bands typically don't last. No biggie. Great value mechanicals. While I do like Seiko and Orient for lower cost automatics, the Chinese in the $50-low-100's (US) range beat them in terms of value. Also, don't wind all the way. Just wind it enough to start it. No more than a few hours. The hand-winding on my Parnis seemed to wear after five years. No longer hand-winds, probably because I wound it all the way. Watch is otherwise fine. Looks great with a brown leather NATO replacement strap.
Thanks for sharing - yeah I have seen original Seagull with this very same set of complications, so it will be that same movement in that Parnis. Hard to tell accuracy though without a TimeGrapher as there is no actual second indicator. Thanks also for the tip about the hand winding, I appreciate that! :)
Great review. This piece looks like exceptional value for money. Very interesting indeed. Keep up the good work.
Thanks - really appreciate the positive feedback! :)
Wow, that is one beautiful watch. I may have to get one of those.
It's a keeper for me, I can say that :)
A LOT of watch for the money, very nicely styled as well!!!!
Thanks mate - yeah, this is looking to be a keeper for me! :)
It looks nice, but how will it hold up to everyday wear?
I guess we probably need to rely on forum discussions for longer term wear and failure reports...
I have this watch for about 9 weeks now been testing it compared to my vintage OMEGA Seamaster chronograph and have to say accuracy is comparable. Also testing it against an OLEVS quarts that loses 2-3 seconds in just half the time....pretty good. Mechanical low cost China automatic compared to a low cost (30$ USD) quarts it is better. I paid around 88$ USD From Amazon. I dint Ike and will never like alligator bands so I changed that out to a ore rustic leather band and I think adds to it. To sum up the dial is very nice even under a loop. I know its a knockoff of a very high end watch, cant think of think of right now . For serious! its has semi blown my mind with its detail. I love looking at it, have many compliments...very cool even if it does die in a year or 2 its only 88$ and you get an awesome watch for that. It is everything said in the video
That’s awesome man, thanks for sharing your experience, glad you have enjoyed it! :)
I have the Sea-gull flying wheel retrograde day date which is accurate to within a second a few seconds a day. Hacking and handwinding, domed sapphire.
50m water resistant. 42mm dial 13mm thick. 22mm lugs. Signed crown. It is the perfection that this Guanqin aspires too. My favourite dress watch. From £175. I bought mine from Sea-gull.com a few years ago. It says Sea-gull on the rotor.
The legibility of this Guanqin however is pretty good, and the price is excellent. Put it on a timegrapher to see the accuracy if you have one.
Nice one - that's a real lovely piece! :)
Very sharp dial design, great review Perth Watch!
Thanks for that - glad you enjoyed the video :)
There’s a guy who branded the exact same watch with his company name and I am considering buying one from him. You just helped me make my decision. Thanks bud 👍
So was that a go or no go??
@@PerthWAtch That will be a fat Yes!
Clever day date operativity by pushers system. Good realization and clear vid.
Thanks for that Jose! Appreciate the positive feedback :)
Got a $100 carnival watch with a flywheel (8730g) and it's the only watch I have in my collection that has that extra flywheel design and it is just SUPER accurate! I mean maybe 2 seconds fast a week! I think that flywheel is the reason. I have more expensive watches including 28800 seagulls and nothing can beat it's accuracy. Maybe lucky? Don't know what carnival did (maybe special regulating machines at factory) , but Wow! A Rolex 😄It's my favorite watch! Jolly good!
That’s incredible accuracy in a cheap watch - it’s nothing to do with that flywheel though, that’s just decorative display.
So much for the money. That QOARTZ thing is funny as hell though
Yeah man, I'm still not sure what it's meant to be... starting to think it's perhaps something out of Star Wars!?
@@PerthWAtch I think QUARTZ is meant to say "crystal", so the glass is a crystal sapphire. Also, the patterning is a "guillochet"?
Maybe... but we will never know! :)
I love a long sweeping second hand but who doesn't love that rotating, open heart. And! Sapphire crystal? AND I think it had some ar coating as well. Unless you were shooting under incandescent light. Outside light would be very blue but I'm guessing at in there. Amazing the cool axons that some of them don't even mention. Not crazy about the big round crown but not a deal breaker. I also like the different day, date styles. And, not a fan of leather or crock straps but I would like to try this new butterfly clasp. I ordered some to play with about 6 weeks or more and still waiting. Enough of me, cheers!
Thank you that - I do think there is a lot to like about this watch. It's one of the Guanqin models I have continued to hold on to because I just like the design so much :)
I have their moonphase watch and it truly is a gem...
Glad you are enjoying it Cody - I think they do put out some great bang for buck pieces! Which moon phase watch model is that you have?
Glad you are enjoying it Cody - I think they do put out some great bang for buck pieces! Which moon phase watch model do you have?
@@PerthWAtch Hi Perth, I have the GUANQIN GQ20022, beautiful watch and the battery reserve seems to be longer than 30 hours after I've worn it out a full day.
Ah I see, actually I have reviewed that model too. FYI it looks like a moon phase disc but that's actually just a day/night indicator, which is quite a different thing.
Wonderful review, thanks. You inspired me to order one, I look forward to receiving it. It seems to be based on the Maurice Lacroix Retrograde, but is a damn sight cheaper.
Cool, thanks for sharing that - it’s a pretty good watch for the price, ATB!
They also make a homage of kalpa tourbillion real nice , have both watches ,
Not quite for me, however they have some very nice pieces. I picked up one of their dress watches, Seiko movt, sapphire, really inexpensive, looks and performs great. Thanks Ivan.
Thanks Derek - would that one be the 3 hander with day-date display and sun burst dial? I got that review coming up too :)
The gj16034, it's really nice piece regardless of the cost. They have a couple more that I have my eye on as well. Cheers!!
Yep, that's the watch I got too! :)
Looking forward to that, interested to hear your thoughts :)
Hmm, china to dominate the watch world???? Does anyone remember the term “ cheap Japanese Watch” ? I think China will eventually dominate all markets once their quality is improved upon. This thing looks good on you mate, I like it.
Thanks Terry, food for thought indeed. I think the signs indicate that China will dominate the world in every imaginable domain. That's the current trajectory... no doubt we will arrive at some equilibrium or things will shift again, monopolies & empires are rarely good for all.
Now that you mentioned it. Good call, I believe they can. One problem or hurtle is the less than truthful (avoiding the lie word) I had a problem and was told, is OK, do not worry. It was never solved. How many torches you see that say, Cree LED (Wrong!) Or batteries that are 5000ma, 10k ma, 50k ma and on ... They can go far but not like this. In the watch world, if they control QC and develop a good name, I say, look out Japan and Swiss! Cheers all!
Yeah good points those, there are certainly many culprits of such "lies"... too many at the moment, that it makes it hard to trust Chinese work as a whole. The culprits give the honest ones a bad name...
First: THIS is how a watch review should be made, thank you! Accurate, comprehensive, with knowledge of movements, a description of all features in detail. Sound and video quality are top, chapeau!
As to 'quartz': most likely to be read in unison with 'sapphire'; I think they tried to say 'Quartz Glass' to describe the front and back window materials. Now is a 'sapphire' a 'quartz'?!
In Germany one can find 'Mineral Glas', 'Saphir Glas' and 'Quarz Glas' as descriptors, all the same? Probably not.
I own about 60 watches, several mechanical China models included. The GuanQin stuff appears to be a notch higher than the horribly made Jaragar, Sewor and Forsining automatics. Their big dates run '30-31-32...39-00-01', their rotor cannot maintain a sufficient power reserve, their hands are often badly aligned and need adjustment.
This retrograde is on my current wish list, offered around $50 when shopping around. My biggest concern is about the date indicator being too 'narrow', not precise enough for reading the actual date. As much as I like retrograde motion, the angle is simply too small. Other issues I see: rather large case diameter why? Their big date full calendars are just 40mm!) and the cheap looking 'faux' leather strap, needs to be replaced by a metal one to really match the nice case.
GuanQin also offers a 'fake fake' 7751 (GQ20022), mimicking the famous ETA 7751, albeit with a lot of design errors and shortcomings (wrong scale at 6, two affixed hands at 9, often misaligned minute counter at 12, to mention a few).
So one should consume these cheap Chinese automatics from GuanQin with a grain of salt and caution. But their appearance, material selection and finishing is astonishing, esp. if compared to the way more pricy watches from Japan, Russia, Germany or Switzerland.
BTW: I also have a "Carnival" (8730G) that appears to be a clone of my GuanQIn GJ16042, worth a review? A tiny full calendar movement with large date, running very precise at
Hey thank you very much for that, really appreciate the thoughtful positive feedback! :)
Interesting thought about the "QOORTZ" referring to the glass however quartz and sapphire are different substances, so I'm still not sure about that. Thanks for the thoughts on comparative quality between the Chinese mushrooms also, I have to agree that Guanqin does seem to be a cut above many of those others... Cadisen is one brand I have found to be roughly on par.
Agree with your comments on the weaknesses of this watch also, and how interesting you should mention the GQ20022 model because I have actually reviewed that also: czcams.com/video/GlJBAq-p_tQ/video.html
Cheers again for all the thoughts! Ivan.
Haute horology on gearbest 😱! That 3rd compilation on the flywheel, I just happen to see it on watchfinder video on a Maurice lacroix mystery second.
Thanks for that - does that mysterious seconds work on the same principal? I found that mesmerising to look at! :)
Perth WAtch yes but it would have one more gear on 1 of the 3 arm which will rotate by rubbing on a geared wall. ( hopefully that makes sense) . which would hold the second hand.
Thanks - yeah that kinda makes sense but that watch has a magnetic connection there no? It looks like a floating hand :)
Perth WAtch on Maurice lacroix and other watches the complication is called a mystery dial it may have an official name , but everyone knows it as this. How it works is that the your 3 armed flywheel would be a solid disk to camouflage the second hand and make it seem to be floating and have a clear wheel on top that's stationary with the second hand marks applied to it. It basically a slight of hand.
Ah thanks for that! I need to take a closer look at the "trick"!
Great review!
I love the watch and that movement.
On mine (I have the black dial version) the day/date arches are completely flat.
Thanks for that - yeah I think there are still some significant QC issues from these Chinese companies, but Guanqin is better than most.
@@PerthWAtch I´m a fan of 70´s Japanese and I ´m acquaring a taste for Chinese watches.
I have 4 Guanqin and a Nakzen, except for some minor issues, I like them a lot.
Any suggestions about other good Chinese companies?
StarKing seems to be the top of the mushroom type brands. Cadisen is also pretty good, and so is Parnis.
@@PerthWAtch And Binger?
They have a 45 jewels, double open heart that I´m thinking of getting but I don´t know much about them.
Nice watch, good price, excellent review. Cheers 👍👍
Thank you very much for that :)
Thanks for the review...very interesting watch. I appreciate your channel!
Thanks for the ongoing support Chris, it's much appreciated! :)
I think they have a quartz model of the same case design,thus the 'qoartz' wording in the back.This one you got is mechanical.Happens a lot in china,I think.Search for LIGE and you can see they have both automatic and quartz watches,visibly identical.Only difference is the automatics cost more.
Thanks for that Anupam - did you mean there is a quartz version of this watch with retrograde day-date and open heart flywheel? I'm afraid there is simply no such thing, as least that my brain can conceive of! However there is a chance I am wrong - if you happen to find a link to such a watch please let me know! :)
I have an identical looking watch the Seagull 819 316 which was £150.
Cool, I wasn't aware of that model!
Hello, the model GJ16009 you have reviewed is also available with black handles (hour, minute hand) on a white background. And I liked this watch very much.
In my opinion, black handles on a white background are better and can be read better by contrast.
But this watch, which is currently sold on Aliexpress and Banggood, is sold as white handles on a white background, I don't like it. Unfortunately, there are no black arms on a white background.
Thank you for sharing the update, helpful to know I guess.
Excellent review that flywheel is really cool but one thing I would like to know is if the rotor really auto winds the watch to keep up the power reserve. I have a few of these cheaper Chinese watches and I always find that I have to treat them as plain old wind up watches because if I don’t they stop overnight otherwise they really are pretty nice.
Thanks for that - so far so good for me in that it does work as automatic self winding watch :)
I want one how can I find them for sale. I bought a watch by this company 2 years ago. Love it lots of nice comments, very clean lines runs good the band is cheap and wears out fast. I bought a real good crocodile band.
Thanks for that - make sure to check out the links in the video description if you're interested in buying it. Cheers, Ivan.
Very nice review.
Thank you!
One thing from aesthetic point of view is the two hands(hour and minute) fall short, literally.
Yeah by usually design standards, they are indeed a tad too short.
It's a pity it's not on sale anymore. There is a similar Parnis version, but it's a bit different - it has power reserve indicator instead of weekday and it's around 60$. And for the @QOARTZ@ screw in case-back - just maybe they had a similar quartz model with screw-in case-back and just used the surplus of those case-backs to complete these watches. I know it's strange, but it's China...
Thanks for those thoughts - you may well be right about the rescued case back actually, although the model number also on the back searches up correctly.
@@PerthWAtch yeah, my mistake. You don't see a showcase on the case-back of most quartz watches
The packaging looks exactly the same as Lige watches except for the name (they even have the same winged logo with the company initial) - are they the same company? I got a Lige mechanical watch with tourbillon look with sun/moon phase. Leatherish strap with butterfly clasp and signed buckle (no signed crown) for around $20 .. looks good runs well so happy with it for the price so far.
Interesting point Karl - I suspect that some companies like these may well use the same factory and slap on their name at the end!
@@PerthWAtch makes me wonder about differences and similarity in product quality .. i.e. Guangin gets a number of good reviews but I have heard little to nothing about Lige?
Very good review sir!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! :)
Guan Qin 冠琴 (Champion piano )
Nice review.
Haha thanks for that - literal translation yes but probably not intended meaning :)
Perth WAtch 😂😂😂😂 you are mostly welcome.
I bought one I love it.
Thanks Roy - very glad to hear you enjoy it :)
Very good review dude. Keep it up.
Thanks for that man :)
Since I subscribed your channel yesterday, I have been pretty much viewing all of your watch videos to find a decent one but affordable as my dad's gift, can I say that this is the one? My dad is in his middle 50's. I would appreciate if you can comment on my question. Dr, Ivan.
Great flawless reviews!!
I couldn't wait... I ended up buying it via gearbest. Again, thanks a lot for your detailed review. I do hope that my father will love it. Cheers, Ivan:D
Haha well sometimes in my line of work problems work themselves out if you leave them alone :)
Glad you are enjoying the videos - this is a nice budget watch, not without its issues but that's to be expected for $80. It all depends on your dad's taste, but I personally do enjoy this watch. Cheers!
Thanks for your reply always as usual. Just a quick question on this particular watch... to begin with... is this watch's crown screw-down which means to pop out the crown...it needs winding anti-clockwisely first, then, wind it clockwisely? For a brand new watch, even if it's an automatic watch, should I wind it after unboxing? And if yes, could you briefly explain in steps?
I am sorry for bothering you with many inquiries in last 2-3days!:)
Again, it is for my father. So, I will need to give him a proper instruction about maintaining this watch ^^;;
It's not a screw down crown, just push-pull which is standard for dress style watches - I did state this in the video. You don't have to wind it at any particular time, just whenever you want to get it started. There is nothing special to the maintenance, mainly don't bang it around, and avoid changing the date between 8pm to 4am (that applies to many models).
Perfect, I will keep it in mind and tell my dad haha.:D
To be honest I personally much prefer the actual Sea-Gull watches that movement is in, like the M172S (and I've heard that Sea-Gull after performing QC sell their B-grade movements to other companies, presumably including Guanqin, and save the better ones for their own branded watches).
I think this movement is quite distinct to the Seagull one that had similar layout, the structural components are not the same when you look at pics of the movement... so I'm pretty sure it's not a B grade or Seagull "reject".
Guangin are great
They’re pretty good
Thanks nice one
You gonna buy one?
Reminds me of a Maurice lacrosse watch !
Maurice LaCroix... yeah it does look like some of their designs I suppose.
is the qoartz in this case possibly referring to the crystal in the crown? its the only thing i can think of
Good thought, although I think the crown cabochon is supposed to be a sapphire imitation...!
Buying one..
Awesome - let me know what you think once you get it! :)
I didn't hear you mention the accuracy of this watch, I last time I bought one, ie a Chinese watch is more than 1 min per day!
Yes, I didn't mention the accuracy because it is a flywheel display... how would *you* measure the accuracy??
Looks really nice. Absolute value for money. Will it last though?
Yeah that is one of the critical questions here... as far as reports go it's variable, but some of these movements do seem to last a good deal.
Recently I spotted it on sale again on Aliexpress. The price is ~55$, which is very nice for that kind of watch. I have my doubts about the crystal (doesn't really matter for me, but still) some buyers say they tested it and it's mineral, not sapphire. Also, all the watches are confirmed with that strange "Quartz" writing on the case-back. Nobody knows why. I quite like the watch and plan on buying one. My only complaint about it is these skeletonized hands (they hinder readability). Also, I can't get it why put lume (and poor one at that) on the hands of a dress watch?
Yeah I have since tested the crystal and can report that it is NOT sapphire.
This may be a silly question but do the day of the week and month change at midnight? Or do you have to set it everyday? I ask because some cheap chinese watches I've seen have to have the day set each day manually. Great review btw ^^
Hi there, the day of week changes at midnight but I think (just working from memory here) the month has to be changed manually...
@@PerthWAtch thank you so much! Can't decide between this and the "nomo". Both great reviews though
That is a very nice watch. Does it keep time? What does the watch run on?
Thanks mate. It keeps pretty darn good time for me so far... perhaps max 10 secs per day fast but hard to tell given its a flywheel. It's a mechanical watch dude... runs on spring power.
Just purchaded a watch like this a week ago nice watch but after a couple of washing of hands it got water in it any ideas
Yes - don’t get water on it!
this watch is fckin awesome!
Hooyah baby!
I think they have misspelled/nonsensical words on the back of their other models, right?
Look at it this way: not only are they able to produce decent interesting watches at amazing prices, THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT WHILE BEING ILLITERATE!!!!!!
That is obviously much greater achievement!!!
😂😅🤣😝😄😆
👍👍👍
👏👏👏👏
Haha that's a good one! In their defence however I think they are perfectly literate in their native language, and are far more literate in English than I am in Chinese :)
It does hack. The escapement doesn't stop, what stops is the seconds hand, and here you can see the flywheel stopping, which is actually a modified seconds hand.
Er no, the flywheel does *not* stop... look again carefully. It may have reversed a little when I turned the time backwards but that's not hacking.
I did see it reversing, but it did look as if it had stopped. I haven't seen it with the crown pulled long enough, though. And I don't have the watch, so you must be right.
Although I have that watch and I love it, the strap is NOT leather!
Did you test the crystal? Sometimes they lie about the sapphire too...
Ah interesting... yes I did test the crystal later (did you see my video on the testing?) and it is indeed NOT sapphire!
@@PerthWAtch I did not. Can you share the link, PLS?
I'm on holiday - try searching "diamond tester" on my channel ;)
I guess the quartz case back was placed incorrectly on an automatic piece, he he he
That’s probably it... display back on a quartz, trust them to do that!
When the clock does not move (when we leave the clock on the table), how much time does it work ?
Check out the video, I’m pretty I said it in there. If not then I don’t know ;)
Aloha from greece i just purchased one yesterday 24 hours have passed but did not see any movement on on day any ideas dose it need any kind of restart?
Try adjusting forward 24 hours manually and see if the day and date changes
When turned manually everything seems to be working.in auto mode the day does not move .. hooe im not bothering
Might need to let it run a bit more and see
@@PerthWAtch thanks for your time
Damn! you made be buy another watch...
Haha good thing it's $70 and not $7000! ;)
Dear
Does the day indicator advance alternately 30 and 31 every month?
No at all... only a perpetual calendar watch would do that and those are far less common and generally considerably more expensive.
What material is glass made of?
Glass is the material :)
All function works?
Did you watch video?
I have in Gold couleur
That’s awesome man!
how many grams of the watch's weight?
(Doesn't write on sales sites)
About 75g
@@PerthWAtch thanks for the review.
How is the accuracy? Have you had any problems after a year of use?
Still running the same really... I can't remember if I quoted the accuracy here, but you'd have to use a timing app to get a meaningful result given the lack of seconds hand. However I'd hasten to point out that my wrist time is at a premium :)
@@PerthWAtch Thanks for the response. Regarding the second hand, it looks like there's a pin to mount one on top of the open heart flywheel, and other similar designs have one there (e.g. Nesun 9033). Seems weird that they wouldn't add one in, but then again it's not a big deal.
Thanks for the review, this will likely be my next watch unless something else really grabs me in the next few weeks.
Oh yes you could definitely make a seconds display on this watch if you wish... they chose not to, that gives a nice symmetrical flywheel and that's fine with me. After all for a dress style watch one doesn't require the seconds hand really.
From experience with Guanqin dress watches, the rotar noise is awfully loud. Aesthetically the watches are very pleasant, but practically they tend to be unwieldy and difficult to live with.
Thanks for sharing that - yes I have to agree the rotors are rather noisy, although not more so than Miyota 8 series movements. When you refer to the practical issues, do you mean just this noise, or are there other concerns also?
@@PerthWAtch
Yes the rotar noise isn't the watches most endearing feature, that would have to be its handsome looks. The complications are, in my opinion, a little clumsy and hard to read. The strap I find to be unuseable, stiff and synthetic to the touch. It is a watch for the display box in my opinion, not a daily wearer.
Interesting... I quite enjoy this watch actually, and whilst the date is hard to read, the rest of the dial function I think is fine. But I do agree that the strap is indeed rather poor... good thing it's an easy fix!
hello,friend ,we are GUANQIN official shop ,could you tell us how to contact you .thank you .
Hello there - yes of course, you can get me at iling79@gmail.com
Cheers, Ivan.
Does this watch keep good time ?
It was ok
@@PerthWAtch oh good, nice review too. Thanks .
@@PerthWAtch They have a new model out.The sapphire face has got a blue tinge. But this model looks good to me.
how's the durability of the watch?
As a dress watch at this price range I reckon it's above par
please use the watch for 1 month and let us know how it went. Please please please
Thank you for the idea... did you see how I did nearly 100 watch reviews in the last year? If you have useful suggestion for how I can use only one watch for a whole month, please let me know :)
after 24 hours day date auto moving?
Yes it does :)
@@PerthWAtch thank you~
Most welcome :)
I just bought one yesterday 24 hours have past but i didnt see any day movement any ideas
Is this really tourbillion ?
No. Didn’t I explain that?
No, only Seagull has the expertise to make torbuillon movements in house in China at present I think.
Still working?
It is indeed still working and still a watch I wear! :)
The review focuses on the appearance of the watch, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But “does it look nice” is not the question everyone will be asking about this watch. The question is, “is it a cheap Chinese piece of crap” and, “am I throwing $50 - $200 away, when I can put it towards a better, less flashy watch.” My personal opinion is the answer to both questions is “yes.”
Interesting view... I have to disagree with your answers though.
"Is it cheap Chinese?" - absolutely YES!
"Is it a piece of crap?" - for the price Guanqin puts out some excellent pieces, perhaps you haven't seen other reviews and opinions on this brand?
"Am I throwing $100 away?" - I think this is far from a foregone "yes".
I just tested the Glass with a diamond Selector 2 tester which arrived from AliExpress today and have to report that it is not Sapphire crystal as advertised. Quite disappointing as the watch is really nice indeed.
Thanks for reporting that Pat, it's very useful to know. Was it this specific model you tested on? Do you have other Guanqin models to test also?
Yes it is this model, I think it is GJ16009. I have two other Guanqin models and unfortunately they were tested as not Sapphire as well (advertised as Sapphire ). The models are the Dual Flywheel GJ16046 and the Guanqin ultrathin quartz with small seconds. The former was quite costly bought it prior to the 11.11 sale, so it was disappointing that it was not Sapphire.
All my other watches with Sapphire material passed the test validating the accuracy of the cheap Diamond Selector 2 tester.
Man I'm gonna have to get myself one of those!!
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What
It would be a classier watch without stupid open heart.
Haha I thought it was pretty smart with that flywheel on top of the oscillator!
Obviously, one thing the Chinese watch maker should improve is their English.
Some told me they have perfect fluent Chinglish :)
Don't worry everything are made in China 😁
But some thing are not? ;)
It is a piece of shit
I bought different types
Only works 30 days
Just don’t waste your money
Thank you for your comment - sorry to hear about your bad experience. My Guanqin watches have worked for over a year now, and still going fine.
Do you have to set the date every day manually?
No, day and date will change by itself every 24 hours.
@@PerthWAtch Awesome thanks.
Most welcome :)