Top 12 watch manufacturers in China (2026)

If you are looking for the best watch manufacturers in China, the top choices in 2026 include Qiao Sourcing (your sourcing agent on the ground), Tianjin Sea-Gull Watch Group, Liaoning Peacock Watch, Hangzhou Watch Co. and Beijing Watch Factory. These makers combine Shenzhen assembly scale, in-house movements and private-label experience across quartz and mechanical programs.

Top 12: Watch manufacturers in China worth considering

China produced about 806 million watches in 2024, roughly 76 percent of world volume per the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, and Shenzhen alone accounts for about 53 percent of Chinese output and 42 percent of all the watches made on earth.

• 2. Tianjin Sea-Gull Watch Group

  Tianjin · est. 1955

  Builder of China’s first wristwatch in 1955 and today the world’s largest manufacturer of mechanical watch movements, with capacity around 3 million calibers a year, supplying roughly a quarter of global mechanical movements. Its catalogue spans automatics, chronographs and tourbillons sold under its own brand and to assemblers worldwide.

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• 3. Liaoning Peacock Watch

  Dandong, Liaoning · est. 1957

  One of the world’s larger mechanical movement manufacturers, founded in Dandong in 1957, Peacock has developed hundreds of calibers over its history, including in-house tourbillons and a self-developed double tourbillon. It supplies movements to Chinese and international brands while assembling finished mechanical watches under its own name.

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• 4. Hangzhou Watch Co.

  Hangzhou, Zhejiang · est. 1972

  A state-era manufacture founded in 1972 that became famous among enthusiasts for its in-house caliber 3310, one of the most affordable tourbillon movements in the world. Hangzhou builds complete mechanical movements and finished watches, and its tourbillons power numerous independent and private-label brands seeking entry-level haute horlogerie.

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• 5. Beijing Watch Factory

  Beijing · est. 1958

  Founded in 1958, Beijing Watch Factory built China’s first in-house tourbillon in 1996 and remains the country’s reference for high-complication mechanical movements and enamel dial craft. Shenzhen-listed Fiyta took ownership in October 2016, pairing Beijing’s movement capability with a national retail and distribution machine.

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• 6. Shanghai Watch Industry

  Shanghai · est. 1955

  Heir to China’s first mass-produced wristwatch, the A581 of 1955, famously worn by Premier Zhou Enlai, Shanghai Watch is the heritage name of Chinese watchmaking. The revived manufacture assembles mechanical dress watches trading on that history, and its vintage references remain collectible across Asia.

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• 7. Fiyta Precision Technology

  Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1987

  Founded in 1987 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1993 (000026), Fiyta is the official watch supplier of China’s manned space program; its aerospace chronographs flew on the Shenzhou missions. The group owns Swiss brand Emile Chouriet, the Harmony retail network of several hundred stores, and Beijing Watch Factory since 2016.

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• 8. Rossini Watch Industry

  Zhuhai, Guangdong · est. 1984

  Founded in Zhuhai in 1984 as one of the first joint ventures of the Chinese watch industry, Rossini produces and sells over a million finished watches a year, making it one of Asia’s leading watch enterprises. It operates under Hong Kong-listed Citychamp, the group that also owns Eterna, Corum and Rotary.

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• 9. EBOHR Luxuries

  Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1991

  Founded in 1991 in Shenzhen, EBOHR is one of China’s leading fashion and dress watch brands, distributed through thousands of points of sale across the mainland. Like Rossini it belongs to Hong Kong-listed Citychamp Watch and Jewellery Group, which pairs its Chinese volume brands with Swiss houses Eterna and Corum.

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• 10. Tian Wang (Time Watch)

  Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1988

  Founded in 1988 by Tung Koon Ming and run under Hong Kong-listed Time Watch Investments (2033), Tian Wang is one of the mainland’s best-selling domestic watch brands. The vertically integrated group spans watch manufacturing, movement trading and a large retail and e-commerce network across Chinese cities.

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• 11. CIGA Design

  Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 2012

  Shenzhen design house founded in 2012 whose Blue Planet won the Challenge Watch Prize at the 2021 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve against 208 entries, the first Chinese watch ever to win at the GPHG. CIGA builds design-driven mechanical watches and proves the cluster can compete on creativity, not just cost.

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• 12. Dixmont (Guangzhou)

  Guangzhou, Guangdong

  The movement maker behind the DG2813 automatic caliber that powers countless entry-level and private-label mechanical watches worldwide, Dixmont is part of Hong Kong-listed Citychamp’s industrial portfolio. For sourcing programs it matters as the budget movement option to specify, or to upgrade from, when quoting automatic watches in Guangdong.

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Company facts compiled from public sources; listing is informational and implies no partnership. Ranks 2-12 are editorial reference names, not clients: we introduce you to the right tier for your volume, giants included when it fits.

China Watch Manufacturing Market Overview (2026)

• China produced about 806 million watches in 2024, roughly 76 percent of global volume, and exported 595.5 million units, up 11.6 percent on the year, at an average export price around 4 dollars per the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.
• Shenzhen is the undisputed capital of the industry: the city produces about 53 percent of China’s watches and around 42 percent of the world total, with supporting case, band and dial workshops spread across Guangzhou and Dongguan.
• On the movement side, Tianjin Sea-Gull is the world’s largest mechanical movement manufacturer with capacity around 3 million calibers a year, supplying roughly a quarter of global mechanical movements, while Liaoning Peacock in Dandong builds hundreds of calibers including tourbillons.
• Specify the quality tier explicitly in your tech pack: movement brand and grade, 316L stainless versus alloy cases, plating thickness in microns, sapphire versus mineral glass, and real ISO 22810 water resistance testing rather than a printed depth rating.

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