This is a Parnis Cushion, hand winding men's wristwatch. It's fairly true in design to the Cushion models of the mid -1920 and early 1930 Art Deco watches. It's approximately 7-10 mm larger than the vintage models to reflect the styles of the 2010 era.
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The Parnis Cushion uses a Sea-Gull 3600 movement, 316L marine grade stainless steel case, hardened mineral glass on the front and back. The dial is silver and black with raised Arabic numerals. The dial is sunken and has the second hand at the 9 O'clock position reminiscent of the first American strap watches dating back to 1917.
The crown owes its design to the 1920 Fahy coin edge cases.
The Sea-Gull 3600 is "parts-compatible" and exchangeable with the ETA 6497. ETA ceased selling their movements to companies outside of their parent's Swatch Group ownership. Demand for replacement movements has risen to dramatic levels.
The ETA 6497 movement retails for $269. Sea-Gull and Sellita have filled the gap left by Swatch/ETA, but for considerably less money. I see this watch selling for less than the cost of the movement.
The Sea-Gull 3600 has Geneva stripes and a swan neck regulator (speeds up and slows down the time). It has a time reserve of 48 hours after full-winding. Beats per hour are 18,000. The 3600 has 17 jewels.
Parnis is popular, because of its use of Seagull movements and watch designs.
They are high value watches, which means you get more watch for the cost than with competitive brands.
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