1970s Beijing Watch Factory "Double Rhomb" or "Shuangling" 双菱手表
Although this particular watch just has the logo, many Shuangling watches intended for export used a printed branding of "Double Rhomb" instead of the Shuangling branding on domestic Chinese versions.
Shuangling itself means either double rhomb/(rhombic) or two chestnuts (ling nuts or water caltrop).
Just as "[t]he plant's name in Japanese is hishi, a word that is also used to mean 'a diamond or lozenge shape, a rhombus,'" [Wiki], the same relationship exists with the Chinese term "ling".
Shuangling is a brand of the Beijing Watch Factory.
The watch was among a group of watches gifted to the AMCHPR collection when I visited the (private) Tianjin Watch and Clock Collector's Association Museum in 2013.
I was there as a guest of Mr. Jiang WenBo, President of the Tianjin Watch and Clock Collector's Association and Deputy Director of the Collection Research Committee of the CHA/China Horologe Association.
Deep dive (and lots of museum photos): https://www.amchpr.com/tianjin-sea-gull-wf---apr-20-23.html
A sample...
Curator: Alberta Museum of Chinese Horology in Peace River; Member: China Horologe Association; Chief Expert: China Watch Overseas Working Committee (CWOWC); Sino-Canadian Horological Cultural Affairs...
Don't believe have seen you post this one before?
Don't believe have seen you post this one before?
I think maybe you're right. I've had it since the visit in the article, but I'm not usually fond of Roman numeral dials (weird because I like Cali...). But I also never had a strap I thought "did it right".
I like it, now 😀