Chinese watch industry links

[Chascomm]

This is just what I've got so far :-)

First of all, the old firms, mostly privatized now:

Beijing Watch Factory
gorgeous tourbillon
http://www.bjwaf.com/script/zhanshi.htm

Dalian Watch Industry Company
http://www.dlshaou.com

Guangzhou Watch Company
Diximont brand
http://www.dixmont.com.cn/en/company/main.aspx

Hangzhou Watch Company
Seiko-inspired movements, some nice skeletons
http://hangzhouwatch.com/about.htm

Harbin Watch Factory
http://www.hrb-shbch.com/

Liaoning Watch Factory
one of the major manufacturers of Standard movements
http://chinesesource.com/company.cfm?companyid=4141

Nanning Watch Factory
supplies movements to many international brands
http://www.nnsme.com/qyzc/dqyb/watch07/INDEX.HTM

Shanghai Watch Factory
Shanghai New Century
http://www.shwatch.com.cn/
movement catalogue (incomplete)
http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/cpgg/shanghaiwatch/index.htm
Chunlei brand
http://www.sh-zcby.com/
subsidiary brand 'Fusd'
http://www.fusd.com.cn/index.htm
and another site doing custom dials and casebacks
http://www.sh-ts.net/

Tianjin Seagull
(produces a quarter of the world's mechanical movements)
company site with movement database
http://www.tjseagull.com
Seagull distributor with movement blueprints
http://www.tsinyi.com/gongsijianjie/all.htm
another distributor?
http://www.zhonghuawatch.com/

Yantai Beijixing (Polaris)
still state owned
www.polaris.com.cn
http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/cpgg/beijixing/index-e.htm


And here is some of the new breed of Chinese watchmakers, related as much to the old Hong Kong industry as to the old mainland industry. Some of these call themselves 'manufacturer' when when it would appear that they are buying complete off-the-shelf movements from an external source :-S

Alpha Watches
Hong Kong based company selling watches with a wide variety of Chinese mechanical movements
http://www.alpha-watch.com/company.php

Jualong Watch Industry Co
Minorva brand
assembling toubillons from at least 4 manufacturers
http://www.minorva.net/about/about.asp

Shenzhen Fiyta
official Chinese airforce and spaceflight watches
http://www.fiyta.com.cn/

Million Smart Enterprises
tourbillons, auto chronos etc. No in-house movements
http://www.millionsmart.com
http://www.globalsources.com/si/6008802694995/millions.co

Tianjin Yingge Watch Factory
Chuanma brand, gift/promotional and OEM
http://www.ygsbc.com/

Ocean Voice Time-Tech Ltd
jump-hour retrograte minute movement
http://www.retrogradewatch.com/

PTS Resources
Hong Kong movement middlemen/modifiers, but offering in-house tourbillon
http://www.ptsresources.com/

Guangzhou Xinxin Jing Cheng Watch Manufactory Ltd
brands "IK Colouring", "S2Squre"
http://www.xxwatch.com/
http://www.globalsources.com/si/6008800960521/xxwatch.co

Shenzhen Xingbiaolong Watch Industry Co Ltd
PLA Watch, Sunboro brand
http://www.xblwatch.com/en/index.asp

Guangzhou Sheng Ming Watch Industry Co., Ltd.
OEM, movements specified by client
http://www.sm-watch.com

Shenzhen Kangheda Watches Co Ltd
http://www.geya-watch.com
http://geya-watch.en.alibaba.com/

RAIXE Ronghua Technological Factory of Clocks and Watches
located in Jieyang, Guangdong
makes parts for Seiko-style movements
http://www.gyzb.com/index.htm

Resumption Enterprise Company, Hong Kong
mechanical military replica watches
http://www.alibaba.com/member/resumption/companyprofile.html

Aurora Time Enterprises, Aurora Hardware Co Ltd
24-hour specialists with Shenzhen watch case factory, assembly in HK
http://www.auroratime.com.hk/

Timestar
watch movement middleman with diverse range
http://www.stylewatch.com/timestare

Chronomat/ChronoTAC
uses a variety of Chinese movements
http://www.chronotac.com

Kiu Tai Yu
Hong Kong master watchmaker, very impressive
http://www.kiutaiyu.com/

Here are some general industry sites:

http://www.chinawatchnet.com
http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/jgjj/LSDW.HTM
http://www.sinotradenet.com/enProduct_body.phtml
http://www.stylewatch.com

And some reviews of some much-debated new Chinese watches:

http://www.timezone.com/library/extras/extras631766575540468750
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=1316231&rid=0
http://www.pmwf.com/cgi-bin/ForumArchive/webbbs_config.cgi?read=671486
http://www.pmwf.com/cgi-bin/ForumArchive/webbbs_config.cgi?read=669400
http://members.shaw.ca/hclitheroe/Alpha/

[Sergey Lu]

This is just what I've got so far :-)
Nanning Watch Factory
supplies movements to many international brands
http://www.nnsme.com/qyzc/dqyb/watch07/INDEX.HTM

There is wrong email (nnsby@public.nn.gx.cn) on this site.:-(
Could anybody helps me to know correct contact email of Nanning Watch Factory?

[smoothoperator]

Hi Chascomm,

Just wanted to say thanks for an Excellent post .. :-!

[Fafhrd]

Thanks from me too! :-)

Somehow I could not find a movement DB on the Tsinyi site... but I found another link (http://jearle.free.fr/pugwash/) that might be of interest.

Maybe a bit OT here, sorry: Seagull uses the STxx nomenclature for their movements. Tsinyi seems to distribute Seagull brand watches but uses their own TYxx naming for the movements... are they actually equivalent, or does Tsinyi somehow modify the "STxx" Seagulls?

[Fafhrd]

Hmm... the mail admin for the public.nn.gx.cn domain is song@public.nn.gx.cn, the one for their own domain is admin@nnsme.com... maybe you want to ask one of these?

[soviet]

Liaoning Watch Factory has a website,but only in Chinese:

http://www.lnwatch.com/index.asp

[Chascomm]

http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?p=351979#poststop

[cnmark]

Thanks from me too! :-)

Somehow I could not find a movement DB on the Tsinyi site... but I found another link (http://jearle.free.fr/pugwash/) that might be of interest.

Maybe a bit OT here, sorry: Seagull uses the STxx nomenclature for their movements. Tsinyi seems to distribute Seagull brand watches but uses their own TYxx naming for the movements... are they actually equivalent, or does Tsinyi somehow modify the "STxx" Seagulls?

Oh - I overlooked this.... - late reply

The TYxxxx is equivalent to STxxxx - no modification on the movement at all.

[cnmark]

After being not accessible for over a month the site formerly known as tsinyi.com (Seagull Hong Kong) is up and running again.

New URL:
http://www.seagullhk.com/

Not too much fresh content, but some models introduced at the Basel fair are shown. Some info is lost during the migration to the new site, some watches are presented wrongly.

[siyexcalibur]

I would like to contribute some

Tian Wang
www.tianwangwatch.cn (http://www.tianwangwatch.cn)

Ebohr
www.ebohr.cn (http://www.ebohr.cn)

Rossini
www.rossini.com.cn (http://www.rossini.com.cn)

Reimah
reimah.com

[steven]

Watch Biz China
http://www.watchbiz.cn
http://www.watchbiz.net

Timings watches Culture Communication Ltd.

[siyexcalibur]

Liaoning watch factory has its own website
www.lnwatch.com (http://www.lnwatch.com)

[palang]

Hello
I recently purchased a watch on e bay with the name of CHENEVARD SWISS WATCHES AUTOMATIC CHORONOGRAPH MEN´S WATCH.
Seller assures me the watch is Swiss made and has Caliber of ETA Valloux 7750. Watch was very nice but when I open the inside movement I learned the movement is not Swiss movement and there are no marks inside which indicate above caliber.
The workman ship is very poor in finishing of the movement.
I strongly advise stay away from Chinese made watches
I convince the seller since he misinforms me he should take the watch back.
He agreed to take it back.
I looked into Internet to find out where is Chenvard factory is but no success.

So I hope if someone is hopping to find the fact, this is the fact. Chinese counterfeiter are making mess of this industry like every thing else.
Palang

This is just what I've got so far :-)

First of all, the old firms, mostly privatized now:

Beijing Watch Factory
gorgeous tourbillon
http://www.bjwaf.com/script/zhanshi.htm

Dalian Watch Industry Company
http://www.dlshaou.com

Guangzhou Watch Company
Diximont brand
http://www.dixmont.com.cn/en/company/main.aspx

Hangzhou Watch Company
Seiko-inspired movements, some nice skeletons
http://hangzhouwatch.com/about.htm

Harbin Watch Factory
http://www.hrb-shbch.com/

Liaoning Watch Factory
one of the major manufacturers of Standard movements
http://chinesesource.com/company.cfm?companyid=4141

Nanning Watch Factory
supplies movements to many international brands
http://www.nnsme.com/qyzc/dqyb/watch07/INDEX.HTM

Shanghai Watch Factory
Shanghai New Century
http://www.shwatch.com.cn/
movement catalogue (incomplete)
http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/cpgg/shanghaiwatch/index.htm
Chunlei brand
http://www.sh-zcby.com/
subsidiary brand 'Fusd'
http://www.fusd.com.cn/index.htm
and another site doing custom dials and casebacks
http://www.sh-ts.net/

Tianjin Seagull
(produces a quarter of the world's mechanical movements)
company site with movement database
http://www.tjseagull.com
Seagull distributor with movement blueprints
http://www.tsinyi.com/gongsijianjie/all.htm
another distributor?
http://www.zhonghuawatch.com/

Yantai Beijixing (Polaris)
still state owned
www.polaris.com.cn (http://www.polaris.com.cn)
http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/cpgg/beijixing/index-e.htm


And here is some of the new breed of Chinese watchmakers, related as much to the old Hong Kong industry as to the old mainland industry. Some of these call themselves 'manufacturer' when when it would appear that they are buying complete off-the-shelf movements from an external source :-S

Alpha Watches
Hong Kong based company selling watches with a wide variety of Chinese mechanical movements
http://www.alpha-watch.com/company.php

Jualong Watch Industry Co
Minorva brand
assembling toubillons from at least 4 manufacturers
http://www.minorva.net/about/about.asp

Shenzhen Fiyta
official Chinese airforce and spaceflight watches
http://www.fiyta.com.cn/

Million Smart Enterprises
tourbillons, auto chronos etc. No in-house movements
http://www.millionsmart.com
http://www.globalsources.com/si/6008802694995/millions.co

Tianjin Yingge Watch Factory
Chuanma brand, gift/promotional and OEM
http://www.ygsbc.com/

Ocean Voice Time-Tech Ltd
jump-hour retrograte minute movement
http://www.retrogradewatch.com/

PTS Resources
Hong Kong movement middlemen/modifiers, but offering in-house tourbillon
http://www.ptsresources.com/

Guangzhou Xinxin Jing Cheng Watch Manufactory Ltd
brands "IK Colouring", "S2Squre"
http://www.xxwatch.com/
http://www.globalsources.com/si/6008800960521/xxwatch.co

Shenzhen Xingbiaolong Watch Industry Co Ltd
PLA Watch, Sunboro brand
http://www.xblwatch.com/en/index.asp

Guangzhou Sheng Ming Watch Industry Co., Ltd.
OEM, movements specified by client
http://www.sm-watch.com

Shenzhen Kangheda Watches Co Ltd
http://www.geya-watch.com
http://geya-watch.en.alibaba.com/

RAIXE Ronghua Technological Factory of Clocks and Watches
located in Jieyang, Guangdong
makes parts for Seiko-style movements
http://www.gyzb.com/index.htm

Resumption Enterprise Company, Hong Kong
mechanical military replica watches
http://www.alibaba.com/member/resumption/companyprofile.html

Aurora Time Enterprises, Aurora Hardware Co Ltd
24-hour specialists with Shenzhen watch case factory, assembly in HK
http://www.auroratime.com.hk/

Timestar
watch movement middleman with diverse range
http://www.stylewatch.com/timestare

Chronomat/ChronoTAC
uses a variety of Chinese movements
http://www.chronotac.com

Kiu Tai Yu
Hong Kong master watchmaker, very impressive
http://www.kiutaiyu.com/

Here are some general industry sites:

http://www.chinawatchnet.com
http://www.chinawatch-clock.com/jgjj/LSDW.HTM
http://www.sinotradenet.com/enProduct_body.phtml
http://www.stylewatch.com

And some reviews of some much-debated new Chinese watches:

http://www.timezone.com/library/extras/extras631766575540468750
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=1316231&rid=0
http://www.pmwf.com/cgi-bin/ForumArchive/webbbs_config.cgi?read=671486
http://www.pmwf.com/cgi-bin/ForumArchive/webbbs_config.cgi?read=669400
http://members.shaw.ca/hclitheroe/Alpha/

[nderwater]

China is fast becoming a world leader in mechanical movement production and watch manufacture. The purpose of this forum is to share information on Chinese watches and movements so that we can be better informed consumers and collectors.

I'm sorry to hear of your experience, and doubly sorry to say that your experience is likely not unique, but buying online - especially through ebay - always makes for a certain amount of risk.

In this instance, Chenevard is a brand which you could only find on ebay. That suggests that it is a "myth" brand - meaning a small operation whose manufacturing is completely outsourced, typically to China. The Chenevard skeletons on ebay are listed in the $100-$300 range, which despite the use of 'Germany' and 'Swiss' in the listing, means these watches are certainly made in China of Chinese parts. The Inspiration model looks like it may have an ETA movement, but is listed much higher at $750 - but the watch, like the others, is almost certainly made in China.

So we've established that Chenevard are Chinese watches, whether or not the company is Germain. We have also established that use of the word Swiss in the eBay listings is both misleading and almost certainly false. Coupled with the fact that Chenevard does not exist outside of eBay, we can now make an informed decision as to whether or not we would buy a Chenevard at all, and if we would, whether or not we would buy from a dealer who either does not know their product or (more likely) who deliberately misrepresents it. Caveat emptor.

[banyanleaf]

Thanks for the work! This is extremely helpful.

I noticed an eBay store named something like "TAO" timepiece. Their product line seems to be impressive. They also carry Dixmont (Guangzhou) watches. I like the TAO website. Any info on this Hong Kong company?

[gigfy]

I found this last year and forgot about it. A recent post by sapcmc had this link and I thought to put it here.

Fujita Watch Craft Co. Ltd
Seiko & Rolex 'hommages' and 1 or 2 unique designs
http://www.fujita.com.cn/english/


Cheers,
gigfy

[sapcmc]

here comes another one:

http://www.giovinowatch.com/en/index.php

They don't produce movements but assemble watches.

[swingsvang]

It seems like everyone think "Jualong Watch Industry Co" is behind the brand Minorva. Why then the bogus e-mail adress etc (i know that this to som extent is common in china). Are you sure this is not some guy named Long, an E-bay seller that has made himself a webpage, using a webadress at .net.

My guess is that this is just a bulk byer earning a living selling watches to guys like us. The webpage www............ (http://www............) is selling the same watches at slighty lower prices. "Minnor Watch Industry Co" has even more bogus contact information.

You aren't an "Industry Co., Ltd." with "200 workers, 5000 square meters workshop and international advanced machines" just because you say so on your webpage....

What do you think?

[swingsvang]

sorry, might have been wrong joelchan provided me with interesting link:
http://www.szjlby.net/products.asp (http://www.szjlby.net/products.asp)