Red dial Beijing Shuangling

In the post Beijing colour dials with double calendar, saskwatch (Jon) showed off three gorgeous Beijing/Shuangling double calendar (day/date) watches from a seller on Taobao.

I'd been looking at them too but was hesitating. Jon's photo put me over the edge and I ordered one.

WUS moderator Soviet later reported that "the seller said that these are experimental products that were never officially sold on the market" and, in the time since Jon and I showed interest, the Taobao price for these has about doubled...but I got mine at the lower price ...just before the price went up I gather they're not at all common.

I hope folks don't mind but this post is photo-heavy modem murder because the way light plays on the dial is just plain very much fun to shoot:











I took the next one in slightly differing light outside my light tent...



...and of course, since this is a watch post, the caseback...



...and ZB-1 movement...



Thanks, Jon. Your photos inspired this purchase and I'm very pleased.