HORSE TREADING FLYING SWALLOW

马踏飞燕

Brand: Beijing (北京). Reference: BG950501. Mechanical, manual winding.

The Flying Horse of Gansu, also known as the Bronze Running Horse (銅奔馬) or the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (馬踏飛燕), is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century CE. 

The watch design was inspired by the Bronze Running Horse sculpture, on the dial is a running horse stepping on the flying tourbillon in the shape of a swallow. On the dial plate prints the name of the sculpture, which is 马踏飞燕, reading from right to left, in the form of small seal script. On the right of the dial is 北京, name of the watch brand.

Chinese character:
马踏飞燕 - Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow. Position: 9 o'clock on the dial
北京 - Beijing

MOVEMENT
Mechanical, manual-winding. Tourbillon. China Made. Caliber: Beijing Watch Factory (BWAF) TB01-2. Functions: Hour, minute.

CASE
Stainless steel. IP plated in gold tone. Diameter: 43 mm. Thickness: 11.35 mm. Water resistance: 30 meters. Luminescence: No lume. Dial: White. Guilloché pattern on the dial. Applied copper-plated horse, Chinese name of the statue: 马踏飞燕 (the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow ) in small seal script (reading from right to left), and name of the brand in Chinese 北京 (Beijing). Crystal: Sapphire crystal. Domed. Case back: Transparent. Sapphire crystal case back. Hands: Steel material electroplated with blue color Crown: Push-pull. Fluted cylinder shape. Signed with the "BJ" logo.

STRAP
Brown. Cowhide leather. Clasp: Butterfly clasp. Stainless steel clasp.