My catalog says "Printed in Switzerland 2007" English

(It is 1/4 the size of a letter size page), and there you can see 3 models of the Sea Hawk II with central seconds. I guess then, there is a newer catalog ? Anyway I like more the SH Pro - Golden Gate YC model, which has small seconds, but I dislike the fact that it has printed in the dial "BMW Oracle Racing" since I'm not very identified with this other brands. Does anyone has any comments on this ?

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Sea hawk II: why so thick?

By: alexzhang79 : January 5th, 2008-21:51

Hi all, I am a new comer. I am interested in buying a Sea Hawk II. After an extensive research on the watch, I have the following question. The caliber of Sea Hawk II is derived from GP3300, which is a very slim one. However, Sea Hawk II is 13.5mm thick. ...

HEHE. I am not sure whether the SH is anti-mag but it could be a reason.

By: ypwangwei : January 5th, 2008-23:37

helium valves...

By: ed : January 6th, 2008-03:01

there are 2 helium valves and this is one of the causes of it being thick. cheers, ed

Where are the valves?

By: alexzhang79 : January 6th, 2008-06:27

Thanks. Where do the two valves locate? I don't remember seeing anything similar to, say, the one of Omega Semaster, ...Thanks.

apologies, mis-read as I thought you were refering...

By: ed : January 7th, 2008-07:35

Because it´s a very substantial case

By: PeterCDE : January 6th, 2008-06:31

G'day, the Sea Hawk II is a discontinued model, so i´m short of up-to-date input. But these came with a very substantial casework (the solid gold models on rubber strap are almost 200 gramms in weight) and feature a likewise thick curved crystal. Both add...

Difference between SeaHawk II and the current model

By: alexzhang79 : January 6th, 2008-07:30

Hi Peter, Many thanks for your reply. What is the difference between SeaHawk II and the current model Sea Hawk? I can't find any visually...Do you know the weight of a SeaHawk SS with SS bracelet? Thanks. Alex

The easiest way to find out is to visit your GP dealer!

By: PeterCDE : January 6th, 2008-09:21

G'day, the Sea Hawk II with central second is a discontinued model (since late 2006/early 2007). Currently there´s the "John Harrison" features a small second and steel cases with gold bezels, so there´s a likewise small difference. For an overview of GP´...

The dealer in Toronto

By: alexzhang79 : January 6th, 2008-11:50

Hi Peter, Many thanks for your reply. I have already checked the only GP dealer in Toronto and it only carries one Sea Hawk model (a gold one). :S So I can't really do any comparison. From the GP website, I do see Sea Hawk models with a central second han...

Yes, i´m sure of that

By: PeterCDE : January 7th, 2008-09:24

G'day, yes, i´m sure the 49920 is discontinued; we´ve touched on this in several posts some months ago. And that´s one reason as to why there are so many units with deeply discounted prices in the grey market. The other models are higher/larger, not the l...

So the case work of 300m ones isn't done by GP?

By: alexzhang79 : January 7th, 2008-13:17

Hi Peter, Many thanks for your detailed answers. You mentioned that " In addition, at least the 1.000m Sea Hawk model features a manufacture-made casework, which is quite some efforts to produce." So is the case work of 300m models produced by GP? It is a...

That´s correct

By: PeterCDE : January 7th, 2008-22:34

G'day, making cases is a pretty expensive thing to do; a manufacture-made case and particularly a bracelet can be as much as a movement on manufacturing level. That´s why almost all manufacturers use outsourced cases for entry-level models. For GP, manufa...

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