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  1. Dec 10, 2015, 02:31 AM #1
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    Baoshihua peacock dial

    I have a Shanghai with a peacock dial…



    …and a Suzhou…



    …and two Huanghes (I gave two away)…



    …and a Hongqi…



    …and a Xian…



    …and a Zhongshan with 8 of them…



    …but there was one major vintage peacock missing. For a while, I looked enviously at meijlinder's beautiful example, but now I’m pleased to announce the gap has been filled – I found a Baoshihua with a peacock dial.





    The Shanghai crown isn’t original to the watch.





    This one's date code is LB (February 1977). I noticed that it was the same year as the movement inside the textured flower dial Shanghai 7120 I bought at the same time, and it got me thinking – when were my other peacock dial watches made?

    Huanghe movements don’t have date codes, and we don’t have a start year for the Zhongshan SN2. The others:

    Baoshihua: February 1977
    Hongqi: March 1977
    Suzhou: June 1977
    Shanghai: July 1977



    Xian: August 1980

    Last edited by saskwatch; Dec 10, 2015 at 02:33 AM.
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    That's awesome. Another fine addition to a fantastic collection. Congrats on the find saskwatch
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    You must be proud as a peacock
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