Seagull Watch Year of the Dragon 2024 Limited of 99 Pieces

The Coiled Dragon Lies Hidden, Lacquer Glitters Like Golden

To usher in the Year of the Dragon in 2024, Seagull Watches have developed a lacquer tourbillon wristwatch incorporating the Chinese intangible cultural heritage craft of lacquerware with exquisite mechanical precision, creating a culturally rich collectors' and showpiece high-end wristwatch.

The design of this double-sided watch dial sees the tourbillon side take on a rhinoceros leather lacquer texture to signify the scales of the dragon's body, swirling with flowing clouds and water as if there is a coiled dragon lying within the dial, poised to strike. The dragon head "conceals" itself on the reverse side, alluding to the Chinese concept of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and is inspired in design from the dragon patterns on Tang dynasty imperial robes, robust and majestic.

Parts of the dragon body and dragon pearl inlay use opal gemstones, one of the Five Great Jewels, combined with golden lacquer, employing lacquer with gold and radiant opal sparkle to signify the luster of the dragon scales and jewels; the dragon teeth inlay uses white shell dots in combination with silver lacquer inlay; and the dragon head and tourbillon side respectively apply rhinoceros leather, lacquer inlay, gilding, dome accentuating techniques with polishing and reflections paired with silk-pinching to form rich solid-void contrast with the lacquer textures, amplifying a heightened sense of depth through the watch dial, while the dragon tongue area uses plain vermillion lacquer containing trace cinnabar elements for evil-warding.

The overall watch utilizes a dual-layer design, with the outer-facing surface giving prominence to the subtle charm of pure lacquer craft, and the off-center tourbillon at 6 o'clock adding dynamic motion; the underside fuses an auspicious pattern from Chinese art of a dragon playing with a luminous pearl, symbolizing tireless pursuit of the good life and continuous spiritual legacy spanning generations; the motif signifies blessings for prosperity and happiness filling one's home.

Noisy

please, tell me i'm not the only one who is obsessed over kaito chilling there and making friends with seagulls

whole cake island live doodle reaction

i think the problem with a lot of tumblr-favorite media that i watch, enjoy, and then have absolutely zero interest in ever thinking about or watching again is that a lot of it just doesn't really have many relevant women in it.

Great Black-backed Gull

Photo: John Sutton

"Our largest gull. Primarily a bird of the Atlantic Coast, seldom seen inland except around the Great Lakes. Because of its large size and omnivorous feeding habits, the Great Black-back can be a significant predator on other species of birds during the nesting season. It has benefitted from certain human activities (such as the establishment of garbage dumps) and has expanded its range southward along the Atlantic seaboard in recent decades."

- Audubon Field Guide

SKYSTAR DOES WHAT TO ARC

Man send this guy to cat hell let his dark forest edition be one eye eating him

HE MAULS HIM

Arc goes into his territory and Skystar RIPS! THAT! BOY! UP!!!

And then later Skystar uses the will of StarClan to justify his invasion of RiverClan, which BTW is 10000% consistent with A Forest Divided (a post redemption arc book) where he completely misinterprets Fluttering Bird in a way that would get him more power.

So if you just ignore the fact they tried to write him as being so scared :( he doesn't know what he's doing :( for the 400th time, it totally tracks. That's Skystar. That's who he is.

There's a ghost in the sky. A seaghost. But I see no sea here. Nor a ghost.

Mittelmeermöwe (yellow-legged gull) am Max-Eyth-See, Mühlhausen.

I think of all the approximate categories of animal, fish are unbeatable in terms of how much it would suck ass to be one. you’re basically the most edible creature on god’s earth and literally everything else wants in on that. like yeah everything eats everything but at least if you’re a bird that lives in the sky you mainly just have to worry about being eaten by other things that are in the sky, but fish? other fish are only the beginning of your problems. not only does everything in the ocean that’s bigger than you want to eat you, so do most things on land given half a chance. there are things in the sky that evolved specifically to come all the way down just to eat you. and you don’t even have arms to punch any of them with you just kinda have to sit there going :o as you’re carried away into the beyond. you have no limbs at all, in fact, so if you ever leave the water you can’t even get back to it like, if something that’s not supposed to be in the water gets in the water it can at least try to swim to shore and get out, but fish are just like “guess I’ll die.” pour one out for fish. they did not ask for this.

On

the day we meet

again

Friend request? Forget it!

It´s that Time of the year again!

It´s officially Baby Seagull Season!

Every year I get to see new seagulls across my window and how they develop

Stay tuned for more photos

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thinking about how all the rest of blackbeards crew had left by the time stede found the revenge

thinking about how ed was laid out in such a respectful way, like he was someone wanted to mourn

thinking about even after all he said, after mutinying on him, izzy could never really leave ed

thinking about how after all he did for them, all he lost, our crew couldn't leave him either

i've been thinking about my pirate ocs again... it's been so long since i drew them, so i've been tinkering with their designs while thinking of dumb shonen adventures to send them on hehe

Two views. I like the B&W better as I think the colour of the pipe distracts from the subject. On the other hand, I like the way the water and the shirt colour almost match.

BOTD: Black-legged Kittiwake

Photo: Becky Matsubara

"A very common small gull of northern and offshore waters, named for its nasal 'ki-ti-waak' callnotes. Seldom comes to land south of its nesting range, but may be seen from shore on either coast, especially during storms. Often abundant on the northern islands where it nests. There the kittiwakes are seen on narrow cliff ledges, perched facing the wall, their tails sticking out over the edge."

- Audubon Field Guide