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Sugess watches review: are they any good?

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Last reviewed 28 September 2026.

Short answer: yes, for a mechanical complication at a low price. Sugess builds around Tianjin Seagull movements. It offers a 38mm hand-wound column-wheel chronograph, a 38mm automatic jump hour and a 41mm automatic moonphase, and its own store names the calibre on every product page. We rank the S465 on the Daytona page and the S466 Heritage on the Nautilus page. The four watches below were checked against Sugess's store and opened on Amazon US on 28 September 2026, with their seller and stock read from the buy box.

What Sugess is

Sugess is a Chinese brand selling direct from sugesswatch.com (397 products at our 28 September 2026 read) and through its own Amazon storefront, Sugess Official. Where most budget homage houses fit a Seiko NH35 and stop there, Sugess sells the movements Seagull is known for. Its store tags some products with the Rolex reference they follow, such as 116610LN, 126710BLRO and Daytona. Most of its catalogue follows no single original.

The movements, calibre by calibre

Seagull ST19: hand-wound column-wheel chronograph, 21,600 bph, over 35 hours of reserve on the S465 page. It is in the S465 and the SUM199 moonphase chronograph.
Seagull ST1721: automatic jump hour with a single pointer, in the S451 Art Master.
Seagull ST2528: automatic moonphase with date, 21,600 bph, over 48 hours on the SU2528 page.
Other lines use other movements. The 13 Ocean Star divers on Sugess's store are split: 9 list a Seiko NH35 (the S450 YM and S421 SP references) and 4 a Seagull ST2130 (the S421 SU references). The Heritage S463 GMT lists a Peacock SL3032, and our S466 row a Miyota 9015.

Four Sugess watches worth knowing

S465 Chrono Heritage: 38mm, ST19 hand-wound column-wheel chronograph with a swan-neck regulator and an exhibition case back, sapphire, 50m, per Sugess's store. Our Daytona page ranks it at fidelity 76: a vintage-chronograph shape rather than a modern Daytona. The Amazon title names the calibre “ST1903”, and Sugess's own page says ST19. Sold and shipped by Sugess Official, in stock on 28 September 2026, usually shipping in 2 to 3 days. Amazon ↗
S451-1 Art Master: 38mm, ST1721 automatic jump hour, one pointer, 10mm thick without the crystal, mineral crystal, 50m, per the store. Sold and shipped by Sugess Official, in stock on 28 September 2026. Amazon ↗
SU2528STRA V3 MoonPhase Master: 41mm × 13mm, ST2528 automatic moonphase with date, a blue goldstone dial and a perlage-finished movement behind an exhibition back, sapphire, 50m, per the store. Sold and shipped by Sugess Official, in stock on 28 September 2026. Amazon ↗
SUM199BX MoonPhase Master: 40mm, an ST19 chronograph with a moonphase and date, sapphire, 50m. Sugess's store files it as the S394 (SUM199B/X), and the Amazon title calls the calibre ST1908. Sold and shipped by Sugess Official, in stock on 28 September 2026. Amazon ↗

Not linked: the Ocean Star S450-2 diver. Its Amazon title says NH35A, but its bullets give a 28,800 bph beat, and the NH35A runs at 21,600. We do not link a listing that contradicts itself.

Where it falls short

Water resistance and fulfilment. Most Sugess watches are rated 50m, so they are not swimming watches, however sporty the dial looks. The Amazon listings are merchant-fulfilled by Sugess Official, marked “usually ships within 2 to 3 days”, so delivery is slower than a Prime item. The S465 is a vintage-chronograph shape rather than a line-for-line Daytona, and our rubric scores it that way.

Verdict: Sugess is the budget house for mechanical complications rather than dive specs. It has a real column-wheel chronograph, a jump hour and a true moonphase, each with its Seagull calibre named by the maker. Buy one for the movement, and keep it away from the pool. For a dive-rated homage, see Steeldive or Heimdallr.

FAQ

Are Sugess watches any good?
Yes, if you want a mechanical complication cheaply. Sugess builds around Seagull movements, including a hand-wound column-wheel chronograph (the ST19), an automatic jump hour (ST1721) and an automatic moonphase (ST2528). Its own store lists sapphire on the chronographs and moonphases and 50m of water resistance on most. The catch is size and water resistance: these are 38–41mm dress-leaning watches, not divers.

What movement does Sugess use?
Mostly Tianjin Seagull calibres, named on each product page: the ST19 manual-wind column-wheel chronograph (S465 and the SUM199 moonphase chronograph), the ST1721 automatic jump hour (S451) and the ST2528 automatic moonphase (SU2528). Some lines use other movements. The Ocean Star divers are split: of the 13 on Sugess's store, 9 list a Seiko NH35 (the S450 YM and the S421 SP references) and 4 list a Seagull ST2130 (the S421 SU references). The Heritage S463 GMT lists a Peacock SL3032.

Where can you buy Sugess watches?
From sugesswatch.com and on Amazon US, where the listings we checked are sold and shipped by Sugess Official and marked in stock but usually shipping within 2 to 3 days.

Does Sugess make homages?
Some. Sugess's own store tags products with Rolex references such as 116610LN (Submariner), 126710BLRO (GMT) and Daytona, and we rank two Sugess watches: the S465 on the Daytona page and the S466 Heritage on the Nautilus page. Much of the catalogue, like the moonphases and the jump hour, follows no single original.

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