Shanghai Surprise!!

I'm not usually into Chinese vintage so much, but just unearthed these from the back of a mom n' pop-shop over here...

Very interesting...nice find!

I'm sure Ron (Alberta Time) will know about those watches.

Did they come with a happy ending?

Nice job Jake..these watches have an elegant and classy
theme going on ! The dials are simple and clean, while the
straps are real nice. The white dials with black and brown
straps are a good combination. The gold with black is always
eye-catching too..Congratulations !

Haha....NO COMMENT. (My little Chinese girlfriend may be reading)

WatchNoob wrote:

Did they come with a happy ending?

Hey, thanks man...Nice pieces to pick up for fun. Kind of an oddity.

AtomicTom wrote:

Nice job Jake..these watches have an elegant and classy
theme going on ! The dials are simple and clean, while the
straps are real nice. The white dials with black and brown
straps are a good combination. The gold with black is always
eye-catching too..Congratulations !

I like those 1970 look Chinese watches. Nice Find. I need to talk to Ron and add a nice simple, quality Chinese Manual wind to my collection.
A buddy of mine went to China and I asked him to pick me up an authentic Chinese watch and he got me this, for $2 USD...the waving Mao watch. For $2 it has a 17 Jewel Movt, with waving arm complication, lumed hands, and it's sexy!!

Jake B wrote:

Hey, thanks man...Nice pieces to pick up for fun. Kind of an oddity.

AtomicTom wrote:

Nice job Jake..these watches have an elegant and classy
theme going on ! The dials are simple and clean, while the
straps are real nice. The white dials with black and brown
straps are a good combination. The gold with black is always
eye-catching too..Congratulations !

Your welcome..It's great to have something unique like those
watches ! Not everyone is going to have them and that's
really cool !

falcon4311 wrote:

I'm sure Ron (Alberta Time) will know about those watches.

Yup--I do know about 'em. They're simple, straight-forward and very dependable (I love mine). They contain a ZSH Chinese "standard movement" that was the mainstay of the Chinese watch industry for decades.

sixtysix wrote:

I like those 1970 look Chinese watches. Nice Find. I need to talk to Ron and add a nice simple, quality Chinese Manual wind to my collection.

Well, these straight-forward "NOS" Shanghai ZSH watches are available on EBay for usually around $26 USD delivered from an "electronics" store in China that seems to have a good supply of them.

Having said that--and as much as I like these watches, and I do--I'd really suggest looking for a vintage Sea-Gull with the striped ST5 movement, just because they're not as as common a movement and arguably somewhat better built.

Mind you, at the prices these beauties are available, I'd really suggest getting both!

AlbertaTime wrote:

falcon4311 wrote:

I'm sure Ron (Alberta Time) will know about those watches.

Yup--I do know about 'em. They're simple, straight-forward and very dependable (I love mine). They contain a ZSH Chinese "standard movement" that was the mainstay of the Chinese watch industry for decades.

sixtysix wrote:

I like those 1970 look Chinese watches. Nice Find. I need to talk to Ron and add a nice simple, quality Chinese Manual wind to my collection.

Well, these straight-forward "NOS" Shanghai ZSH watches are available on EBay for usually around $26 USD delivered from an "electronics" store in China that seems to have a good supply of them.

Having said that--and as much as I like these watches, and I do--I'd really suggest looking for a vintage Sea-Gull with the striped ST5 movement, just because they're not as as common a movement and arguably somewhat better built.

Mind you, at the prices these beauties are available, I'd really suggest getting both!

Ron,

Can you put up a pic of that ZSH Chinese "standard movement?

Docrwm wrote:

Ron, Can you put up a pic of that ZSH Chinese "standard movement?

This is a "standard movement" (Lots of info and pix here)

AlbertaTime wrote:

Docrwm wrote:

Ron, Can you put up a pic of that ZSH Chinese "standard movement?

This is a "standard movement" (Lots of info and pix here)

Thank you Sir. Triple bridge - from the 60s?

Docrwm wrote:

Thank you Sir. Triple bridge - from the 60s?

The project started in the late 60s, blueprints finalized in 1971. Watches with this movement were in large scale production by about 1973-74.

AlbertaTime wrote:

Docrwm wrote:

Thank you Sir. Triple bridge - from the 60s?

The project started in the late 60s, blueprints finalized in 1971. Watches with this movement were in large scale production by about 1973-74.

Reminds me of a Seiko that they were making around that time. That's how I guessed it was a 60s design.