Shanghai 8120 Review
Posted: May 28th, 2020, 5:46 pm
I am not a professional writer so forgive any mistakes or if I ramble on slightly. If you don't want to read what follows then the summary is if you don't have unrealistic expectations you simply can't go wrong for the price. Just expect possible issues.
I have two of these.
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Both came from the same source. I won't post a link but if you Google "Times International Shanghai 8120" you will find them. If anyone knows of another source please share with me. The price has been holding steady at $49.25 usd with free shipping to me in North Carolina. The one I just bought was paid for on May 10 and was on my front door delivered on May 27. The first one I ordered arrived just as fast. Not bad for free shipping imo.
Both came on relatively nice thin leather straps with signed buckles. I don't generally wear my watches on leather though so they are both replaced. They come in a red box with a watch pillow. Nothing fancy but definitely nice enough if you are wanting that to present them as gifts.
Stainless steel case which is nicely polished, acrylic crystal, push pull signed crown, screw on caseback, and a 17 jewel hand wound movement.
Here is what I wrote about my first one on November 17 of last year.
Mine is the white dial version.
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I love how it looks. The strap it comes with is actually very nice imo. Supple leather with a signed buckle. I just don't wear leather so I put it on a nato then a milanese. The spring bars it came with were pure junk. No big deal as I have plenty of 18mm bars laying around.
Mine is averaging 7 seconds fast a day. No complaints as that is very accurate for a 50 dollar hand wind imo. As you can see the movement is adjustable.
![Image](//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/d605265c30b63f724455f4f66d176f14.jpg)
Issue 1. As you can see...
![Image](//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/d2e07d804375c4bb97d035be6df6f087.jpg)
Their is a gasket on the case back. No gasket on the crown or stem so I wouldn't expect any water resistance. This is what I expected. The reason I had the case back off was I had two small specs of what I suspect are blue paint sticking to the underside of the crystal that were driving me insane. I didn't mind removing them (q tip did the trick) but I know some might not want to deal with that on a brand new watch.
Issue 2. The crown had a sharp edge that irritated my hand. I fixed this easily with a dremel but once again some might not want to deal with that on a brand new watch.
Issue 3. I had read reviews that criticized the finish of the dial. Finish issues I am guessing will vary watch to watch. On mine the most noticeable is at the 12 marker.
![Image](//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/76b643c8ef0dba50abd48e64fec19cd4.jpg)
With all that said I will probably buy the black version later on. The watch is a pleasure to look at, I love the acrylic crystal, and it is very accurate imo.
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I have two of these.
![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/4b867aa6622cb6f1944ec508e9fa6742.jpg)
Both came from the same source. I won't post a link but if you Google "Times International Shanghai 8120" you will find them. If anyone knows of another source please share with me. The price has been holding steady at $49.25 usd with free shipping to me in North Carolina. The one I just bought was paid for on May 10 and was on my front door delivered on May 27. The first one I ordered arrived just as fast. Not bad for free shipping imo.
Both came on relatively nice thin leather straps with signed buckles. I don't generally wear my watches on leather though so they are both replaced. They come in a red box with a watch pillow. Nothing fancy but definitely nice enough if you are wanting that to present them as gifts.
Stainless steel case which is nicely polished, acrylic crystal, push pull signed crown, screw on caseback, and a 17 jewel hand wound movement.
Here is what I wrote about my first one on November 17 of last year.
Mine is the white dial version.
![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/de00f234933f789a1ab7b768feb18058.jpg)
I love how it looks. The strap it comes with is actually very nice imo. Supple leather with a signed buckle. I just don't wear leather so I put it on a nato then a milanese. The spring bars it came with were pure junk. No big deal as I have plenty of 18mm bars laying around.
Mine is averaging 7 seconds fast a day. No complaints as that is very accurate for a 50 dollar hand wind imo. As you can see the movement is adjustable.
![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/d605265c30b63f724455f4f66d176f14.jpg)
Issue 1. As you can see...
![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/d2e07d804375c4bb97d035be6df6f087.jpg)
Their is a gasket on the case back. No gasket on the crown or stem so I wouldn't expect any water resistance. This is what I expected. The reason I had the case back off was I had two small specs of what I suspect are blue paint sticking to the underside of the crystal that were driving me insane. I didn't mind removing them (q tip did the trick) but I know some might not want to deal with that on a brand new watch.
Issue 2. The crown had a sharp edge that irritated my hand. I fixed this easily with a dremel but once again some might not want to deal with that on a brand new watch.
Issue 3. I had read reviews that criticized the finish of the dial. Finish issues I am guessing will vary watch to watch. On mine the most noticeable is at the 12 marker.
![Image](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200528/76b643c8ef0dba50abd48e64fec19cd4.jpg)
With all that said I will probably buy the black version later on. The watch is a pleasure to look at, I love the acrylic crystal, and it is very accurate imo.
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