There are good quality watches made in China, do you want to buy any watch from China? I do not know which watch you mostly want to buy from China, but Sea-gull is indeed a good choice. Besides Sea-gull, Beijing, Shanghai, Fiyta, there are also many other niche brand watches that are sold at cheaper prices, you can read reviews on the internet about many watches made in China, especially in Reddit, many watch fans are talking about them in the community, but it will be more helpful if you have a contact in China that can buy watches for you, sometimes, it is much more cheaper when you order a watch from Taobao, and I can check the quality of the watch more carefully before shipping.
Today, I want to introduce a Sea-gull watch I bought from Taobao, I have done a research on all mechanical watches made in China, and found this is the most famous watch whose price is under 500 yuan, which equals to 69 USD. Under this price, there are only several watches from China that worth purchasing, this Sea-gull 6066 is one of them. There are stainless steel, gold and two tone style for this model, I chose the one with silver dial and black leather band.
The watch has a 41mm case diameter but not look that big on my slim wrist, the case thickness is about 11mm, I thought it would be too big, but actually it is a perfect size for my wrist. Maybe because I chose the one with a leather band, if with a steel bracelet, I will need to remove several links on each side. For slim wrist, I always think a watch with leather band is more suitable. The entire case is polished, the two crown guards have a certain degree of slope design that can be perfectly mixed into the case, the crown has a Sea-gull “S” logo in satin finish that forms a high contrast with the polishing background.
The watch is equipped with a ST16 automatic movement that is also used in many Sea-gull watches whose dial is skeleton. ST16 has a power reserve of 36 hours, I have had this watch for about two weeks, now it gains 15 seconds every day. From the crystal back, we can see this movement has beautiful engraved decorations on the plate.
