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China’s watch maker SEA-GULL celebrates 70th anniversary of 1st domestic watch in Tianjin

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 1 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

China’s watch maker SEA-GULL celebrates 70th anniversary of 1st domestic watch in Tianjin
(250324) -- TIANJIN, March 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A staff member poses for photos at the company campus of the watch manufacturer SEA-GULL in north China's Tianjin, March 24, 2025. SEA-GULL, a watch manufacturer based in north China's Tianjin, celebrated the 70th anniversary of New China's first domestic watch with various activities on Monday. In 1955, a watch was successfully developed in Tianjin, marking SEA-GULL as the birthplace of the nation's pioneering timepiece. After seven decades of research and development efforts, the company has mastered advanced watchmaking technologies with independent intellectual property rights. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
This photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows the first domestic watch displayed at a museum of the watch manufacturer SEA-GULL in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

SEA-GULL, a watch manufacturer based in north China’s Tianjin, celebrated the 70th anniversary of New China’s first domestic watch with various activities on Monday.

In 1955, a watch was successfully developed in Tianjin, marking SEA-GULL as the birthplace of the nation’s pioneering timepiece. After seven decades of research and development efforts, the company has mastered advanced watchmaking technologies with independent intellectual property rights.

A staff member poses for photos at the company campus of the watch manufacturer SEA-GULL in north China’s Tianjin, March 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
A staff member looks at a watch movement model at a museum of the watch manufacturer SEA-GULL in north China’s Tianjin, March 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
A staff member tests a watch at a workshop of the watch manufacturer SEA-GULL in north China’s Tianjin, March 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
Staff members assemble watches at a workshop of the watch manufacturer SEA-GULL in north China’s Tianjin, March 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250324/1217e71ad8154b5dbb7045923292725b/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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