Zoë Blade's notebook

Sugess

Sugess is a Chinese company that makes mechanical watches.

Most of these watches are clones, closely mimicking the style of more upmarket offerings, such as Breitling's Top Time Deus and Top Time Shelby Cobra watches, and Nomos Glashütte's Tangente range.

Most Sugess watches use Tianjin Seagull movements, from the venerable ST1901 chronograph through to the ST8235 featuring moon phase and tourbillon. The cases are usually made from stainless steel and synthetic sapphire, with more exotic options including bronze. This is a pretty dependable combination of solid movements and housing materials.

They're upmarket of modern Tongji watches, yet much more affordable than the original luxury watches they clone — their Breitling and Nomos Glashütte clones are cheaper than the respective official watches' straps.

Mechanical watch manufacturers: Agelocer | Sugess | Tandorio | Tianjin Seagull