Watch Manufacturers in China: Things You Must Know
Today we are going to show you the things you need to know to work with the watch manufacturers in China.
Why do you need to produce the watches by the Chinese manufacturers?
China is the world’s largest manufacturer. It’s also one of the most common places that online seller’s turn to for manufacturing.
China is producing millions of watches each year and the price is lower than watch manufacturers from other countries like USA, Switzerland and Germany.
So it is the choice of most popular watch brands such as DW, Emporio Armani , MVMT and Fossil. It probably works for you too.
Quality?
Yes it is one of the most important key of your brand. But no worries, many Swiss watches are also made in China.
When you are looking to have your own watches produced from China, finding the right watch manufacturers plays an important role.
It literally determines whether it will be a good start of your watch business or not.
However find watch manufacturers in China can seem like quite a difficult task, especially if you have no experience of this work.
So if you want to produce and receive your first batch own brand watches from China, this list is for you:
1. How to find the watch manufacturers
2. List of watch manufacturers in China
3. Watch materials
4. Minimum order quantity
5. How to create my own watch
6. Packagings
7. Delivery time
8. Shipping
9. Payment
10. Warranty
Let’s get started.
1. How to find the watch manufacturers in China
Attend a China Trade Show
Imagine being able to meet face to face with hundreds of Chinese watch manufacturers, feel their quality and discuss their ability to produce and even pricing.
Furthermore it can also be useful for the watch business startups to learn more about the products, trending watch designs in the industry and even the watch manufacturing process.
The watch trade show recommendation: Hongkong Watch and Clock Fair, Shenzhen Watch and Clock Fair and Canton Fair.
Find the Watch Manufacturers by Search Engine
It is probably cannot be affordable for a new watch startup to attend a watch fair.
Then the search engine is a very good option for you finding the watch manufacturers.
You can source the suppliers on Google, Bing or Yahoo. As English is not the first language in China, hence it is a good signal that if a Chinese manufacturer has their English website, which means they speak English and do global business.
It is easy to find the manufacturers which you expect by typing in your requirements in the search bar. It helps if you are specific here.
For instance, instead of “watch manufacturers”, you could search specifically for “watch manufacturers in China” or “custom watch manufacturers in China” or “make my own brand watches from China”.
Online Marketplace
There are three main online marketplaces in China Alibaba.com, Made-in-china.com and globalsources.com
Whatever your niche or product is, you can almost find a manufacturer here. Needless to say, watch is one of the most popular niche, so you can find the watch manufacturers there as well.
These online marketplaces have many manufacturers, trading companies and wholesalers. Finding a watch supplier there is easy just by typing watches or more specific mesh strap watches.
When you search watches, you will find thousands of suppliers, but you can filter by selecting “Gold Supplier,” “Verified,” “Manufacturer,” “Trading Company”. However, some of the factories are not real factories even though they are labelled as “Manufacturer”. What should you do? Choose “Verified” label when you search.
On Alibaba there are some manufacturers marked as ‘Verified.’ This label shows that they did factory audits by Alibaba, which means they have factory.
Easy right? But you need to verify the factory information through your conversation with them subsequently, as even a factory with 5 workers can be verified by Alibaba.
Let’s see am example. I find a watch supplier by searching men’s watch on Alibaba, and found a verified supplier. They are factory, but total employees 5~10?
It’s confused if a manufacturer has 10 workers, how can they produce watches. And factory size is still 5~10 workers with a history 20 years? Ensure that you avoid any scammer suppliers on the marketplaces.