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Originally called ‘WuXing’ (Five Stars), the manufacturing took about 100 days. Shortly after, the brand name was changed to Dong Feng (East Wind) during Mao’s rise of power.
The name was picked as an indicator for the strong character of the company (the east wind is the strongest and longest blowing wind).
In 1961, the Tianjin watch factory was assigned the task of developing the official aviation watch for pilots in the Chinese air force.
The Chinese military assigned classified serial numbers to the watches to remain structured. The confidential code for the watches created for Chinese Air Force personnel was ’project 304’.
In 1963, more than 30 prototypes were completed, and the official version of ‘project 304’ is done. Nowadays, outside of China, it is also known as ‘the 1963’.
