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The Seagull ST (TY) 1901 is 2 registers. The Seagull ST (TY) 1902 & 1903 are both 3 registers. They differ in that the 1902 has 30 minute counter @ 3, 12 hour counter @ 6 & seconds @ 9. The 1903 has a 24 hour counter @ 6. The other 2 subdials are the same as the 1902. The 1901 is not a one-for-one copy of the Venus 175. Seagull purchased the tooling of the Venus 175 and it is very similar but not one-for-one. It is close though! And a very good movement. Here's a great video of a service on one (in 6 parts) I followed this video the first time I serviced a Seagull 1901, it served me well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI3T-IR3AgM So, to answer your questions. If it's 2 registers then it's a ST(TY)1901. I insert 'TY' because that is its official calibre designation TY1902. It is a copy of the Venus 175. Seagull are the only company making this movement. I have found them to be well made, reliable and very accurate. As was said above, it's more than likely something has moved and is causing some friction somewhere. Case, dial, hands? If all else fails, Cousins UK sell the movement. Good luck.

No ... No...,, No, There is no need to replace the movement just yet unless you have eliminated the source of why it stops. Remove the watch mechanism from the case and try to get it going on a mvt holder by giving the balance wheel a bit of a gentle nudge. If it continues to run let it run on a full wind and check to see if it is still running every couple of hours then you know it is not the movement!! Believe me it is a casing issue where one of the clamps may have misaligned or even bent. These chronographs regardless of if it is a genuine Patek or a cheapie from a souvenir shop are a pain in the a$z/ if the casing of the movement is not correct. Typical of chronographs!! I was gifted by my partner a Paul Newman Alpha chronograph with an ST1903 and had exactly the same issue as you have described and at first thought what a piece of crap!!! I am not a fan of chronographs a in general due to the fact that they have more moving parts and lots more issues can occur and all it does is have a stop watch as an extra, which costs body and soul to service and attend to when something goes wrong! All in all since you have it I think it is still a good and robust mvt for the money you pay considering it is almost tick for tack like the old venus chronograph! I have only read one negative comment on this mvt at https://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/riccardo-thread-please-god-make-last-i-have-talk-about-1083309.html good luck!!

Oh man, where do you want to start?! I've got dozens of them. It's a not too rare watch, so you have good chances of one showing up. If it was a rare beast, I wouldn't be so sure. But even then, it happens. I wanted a Pepsi 1675 GMT in the worst way, back in the mid 90s. I had looked several years, when a friend of mine heard through another friend that I was looking. He knew a guy who knew a guy, and before you know it I had a perfect example in my hands for $900. I suspected it "fell off the back of a truck" but no, it was legit. Same with my Doxa Black Lung, I heard rumors that Doxa had made these pieces with a USD logo on the dial. So I looked high and low, and finally, just as we were going out of state for a vacation, one showed up on eBay. This was before wifi and smart phones, so all I could do was place a big bid and cross my fingers. Days later I checked my email and I had won! So as soon as we got back home I sent the guy a pile of cash and he sent my baby. It happens, almost always when you least expect it!

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