Right, I’m merely talking how the Chinese media portrayed it on TV in China. They had songs and plays about it. No I didn’t spend all my time in China watching TV. It was just interesting to watch at night when things were winding down I’ll leave the international politics to those who are payed more than me. My comment is not meant to be political at all just relating what I watched in China.
I lived in Taiwan from 80-84
I lived in Taiwan from 80-84
I really do like the Spacemaster. (No accounting for taste.)
One of the many intriguing features is the bezel.
It has eight increments because the Chinese spacesuit can support life for 8 hours. Kindof important and better to put on a bezel than 500 mph on a craft moving 25k mph, like the Speedmaster.
I love the increments. It starts with the traditional triangle. "Yay, I'm going on a spacewalk! Okay, turn my bezel to the start time... Go!"
Then there's the countdown. Nice big dots. Getting to the 7th hour, the dots change to little bars. Nothing dramatic, but enough to get your attention. "Uh, hate to bring this up, but you may want to consider heading back now" says the bezel. "But no rush, we have several more bars left."
Then at the end of the eight hours, nothing. A blank space, nothingness.
After a suitable moment of silence and respect, "FIYTA"! The watch says, well, that was sad, but we're ready for the next one, you can count on us, FIYTA!
Sure, dive watches use a bezel to potentially save your life, but no other watch summarizes life, death and rebirth on one single cycle of the bezel. Sublime.
But the icing on the cake is the alignment of the dots with the hour markers. The dots don't line up with the indexes. It's like the typical communist party reaction to running out of time. One hour of air has been used up, but we say that was exaggerated, you actually have more time because we deem it so.
The shape of the bezel is also attractive. The wave looks like it would be easy to grab. The clean steel also adds to the watch. If it were black, it would make the whole watch seem larger. Together with the dial, it seems like it would wear nicely on the wrist.
Of course, we haven't mentioned those pushers. Almost makes you blush how big they are. Whoever said size doesn't matter hasn't seen these pushers.
Never been my father spent a lot of time and raved about it and he was pretty much all over the orient. I’d very much be interested in seeing Taiwan but since our family is in mainland I doubt I will have the opportunity to get there. Again though my comment was strictly limited to television I watched and the message it gave. Nothing deeper than that at all.
Appreciate your views on the watch's design.
To me, the most interesting feature is the minutes subdial which is divided into 5 minute increments for a total of 45 mins. Very unusual as most chrono subdials have either 30mins or 60mins total. The bezel reminds me of the scalloped bezel on the Seamaster Pro. Don't know how easy it would be to grip. The one on the SMP isn't easy to manipulate with wet hands. Yes, the pushers are big. Maybe for use with space suit gloves? Overall a very rugged and utilitarian look, as one would expect of a watch designed for the rigors of space exploration.
I get it. Just most Americans are sadly unaware of the China, Taiwan history. And the history between those 2 and the US going back to the early 1900’s and earlier. The 40’s through early 80’s is fascinatingly deep and complex.
I've had my Fiyta GA8370 for just over 2 years now and have no complaints. It is my biggest watch, not the most comfortable, but I do like a little bit of heft in my watches. Wears bigger than my Panerai, that is for sure.
I first became interested in the watch after seeing it advertised at that famous subway station in Chongqing, China. Took a little while to find one, but I am happy with the sub $AUD1k purchase. It's a lot of wtach for the money.
Nice pickup. How good is the timekeepingI'm not sure how old this watch is
