Chinese watch industry links

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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...atch/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...ng/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/6008...95/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/6008...521/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/resump...nyprofile.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/extr...66575540468750
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php...=1316231&rid=0
http://www.pmwf.com/cgi-bin/ForumArc...gi?read=671486
http://www.pmwf.com/cgi-bin/ForumArc...gi?read=669400
http://members.shaw.ca/hclitheroe/Alpha/