Seagull Transcendent Series Twenty-Four Solar Terms Star Calendar Watch

The ancients divided the starry skies near the ecliptic and celestial equator into 28 distinct regions along the meridians, each called a "xiu" (lunar mansion). A representative star was chosen for each mansion, and its brilliance gave the name to the entire star region, giving rise to the 28 Lunar Mansions. As the seasons cycle and climates shift, these stars change their positions, marking the passage of time and serving as a compass for ancient agricultural activities, guiding people to sow and harvest in harmony with nature's rhythm. Each lunar mansion carries its unique cultural symbolism, like a flowing celestial painting. This wisdom and beauty, spanning millennia, are intricately engraved onto the bezel of the watch, turning each glance at time into a dialogue across space and history.

The Big Dipper, with its unique ladle-shaped arrangement, symbolizes guidance and direction. As time and seasons change, it becomes a benchmark for determining direction, seasons, and hours. The watch dial features a distinctive rotating design of the Big Dipper, with the ladle handle completing one clockwise rotation per cycle, symbolizing a "year." Like an eternal navigator in the night sky, the Big Dipper’s position shifts with the seasons. Notably, the handle’s orientation corresponds to the four major solar terms: pointing due east during the Spring Equinox, due south during the Summer Solstice, due west during the Autumn Equinox, due north during the Winter Solstice.

The Stem-Branch Chronology, a testament to ancient Chinese timekeeping wisdom, combines the ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches to create a unique 60-year cyclical system for recording time. In this method, a cycle is defined by a 60-year period. To determine the corresponding year: subtract three from the given year, divide by 60, and find the remainder.
For example, with a remainder of 41, the dial marks "Jiachen," indicating that 2024 is the Year of Jiachen.

The display caseback design features the character "漢" and a vivid depiction of ancient star maps, symbolizing the grandeur of the Han Dynasty. It tells the glorious story of the descendants of Yan and Huang. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng used the Milky Way as ink and the heavens as his canvas to create the Water-Driven Armillary Sphere, pioneering the field of automated astronomical instruments. He transformed mythical fantasies into scientific brilliance.