Longfeng from Dandong City Watch Factory Nr 5 (1980s?)
Longfeng was a 4th grade medium sized watch, so very affordable comparable to most other Chinese brands of the era.
丹东市手表五厂 on the case back literally means Dandong City Wristwatch 5 Factory.
龙凤 or Longfeng on the case back means Dragon and Phoenix.
I only know of Liaoning (now Peacock) in Dandong, so I'm curious about this because:
now I'm curious about Factories #2, 3 and 4, too. The wiki mentions them but no real details.
the SL5B is a very basically (but cleanly) finished Tongji movement, but it doesn't near meet the polishing standards of any contemporary Liaoning watches I've seen.
The lume only sort of works, but it's a nice colour anyways 😊
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Hi. What do you mean by 4th grade?
Hi 🤝
During the period when all Chinese watch factories were State owned and administered, there were 4 grades of wristwatches. and pricing varied by grade.
Here's a thread containing a list of brands and their respective grades and pricing from about 1983, and some additional details.
https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/some-historical-prices.412164/
Hi 🤝
During the period when all Chinese watch factories were State owned and administered, there were 4 grades of wristwatches. and pricing varied by grade.
Here's a thread containing a list of brands and their respective grades and pricing from about 1983, and some additional details.
https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/some-historical-prices.412164/
Interesting. Thanks.
I don't know how you do it. You should write a book (that is, unless you have already and I just didn't know that you did).
I don't know how you do it. You should write a book (that is, unless you have already and I just didn't know that you did).
I haven't written a whole book, TB, but WUS member Jon Ward/saskwatch and I did put together a brief history of modern Chinese watch and clock making for Oxford University Press.
We did the modern China section for this book, and one of my most knowledgeable Chinese friends, David Chang (founder of Watchina, jurist at GPHG/Fondation du Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève), did the section leading up to 1900.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-general-history-of-horology-9780198863915
And I know you know I have a website that contains at least some of what I know with links to lots of other sources. Really though, all credit properly goes to my many teachers in China and around the world. I just do my best to remember what they teach me.