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Beijing Watch Factory

A documented watch-and-movement business, not merely a contextual workshop; distinguish the factory, Beijing brand and commercial operators. 14

This profile covers the maker’s identity, history and documented work. A complete model catalogue is being researched separately.

At a glance

Subject
Confirmed Horological Business 14
First documented date
1958-06-19 — Factory origin 2
Documented work
First-generation Beijing tourbillon prototype 512
Documented work
B24 5

Why the name matters

Xu Yaonan was a movement designer and tourbillon developer, not an original 1958 founder; management credits his prototype to 1996. Shi Wenli joined design/trial-production work in 1964 and co-designed B24 with Xu Yaonan in 2011, according to the brand-facing biography.

The brand-facing account credits Su Wenbin with assembling and regulating three tourbillon prototypes in 1996 and the 2004 rose-gold edition. The brand-facing account credits Zhao Zhenling with tourbillon/minute-repeater work in 2008 and leading Wuji’s triple-axis tourbillon design in 2013.

In that interview, Beijing retained movement manufacturing, while Guangdong suppliers made cases and Beijing artists supplied decorated dials; FIYTA supplied access to CNC equipment. 514

Why the name matters

A 2018 management interview dates the Beijing–FIYTA partnership to October 2016 and assigns distribution, marketing and design functions to FIYTA. 4

People, production and attribution

Beijing Watch Factory originated as a government watchmaking enterprise in 1958; its director attributed the initiative to Peng Zhen. The official chronology dates the factory’s establishment to 19 June 1958 and its move to Changping to 1960.

Europa Star’s factory reporting places Beijing Watch Factory in Changping, Beijing, China. The official presentation uses 北京表 for the Beijing watch brand; the factory and the consumer brand require separate legal-operator checks. 1234

Continuity and the record today

General manager Hong Miao described the factory as privately operated since 2004. The chronology repeats prototype material under 1995 and 1996; the 2011 management interview explicitly gives 1996 for the first prototype.

B24 is presented as a 2011 double-escapement, double-barrel movement developed by Shi Wenli and Xu Yaonan. Brand presentations and a shop were retrievable or indexed in this review; neither establishes the factory’s current legal ownership or delivery performance. 1253

Key dates

  1. 1958-06-19

    Factory origin

    The official chronology dates the factory’s establishment to 19 June 1958 and its move to Changping to 1960. 2

  2. 1960

    Changping move

    The official chronology dates the factory’s establishment to 19 June 1958 and its move to Changping to 1960. 2

  3. 1996

    Tourbillon prototype, with conflicting chronology

    Xu Yaonan was a movement designer and tourbillon developer, not an original 1958 founder; management credits his prototype to 1996. 51

  4. 2004

    Private operation reported

    General manager Hong Miao described the factory as privately operated since 2004. 1

  5. 2011

    B24 development

    B24 is presented as a 2011 double-escapement, double-barrel movement developed by Shi Wenli and Xu Yaonan. 5

Ownership and continuity

A documented watch-and-movement business, not merely a contextual workshop; distinguish the factory, Beijing brand and commercial operators. 14

Watchmakers and designers linked to Beijing Watch Factory

These people have a sourced relationship to this brand in the Enjoy Watches register. The label beside each name states the relationship recorded; it should not be read as a broader employment or ownership claim.

Identification and service

For an individual watch, record the complete reference, serial, dial, case, and movement markings and compare them with dated primary documentation.

A brand history cannot authenticate, appraise, or establish the provenance of a particular watch.

Evidence and limits

How the claims are supported
  1. source stated claim

    Beijing Watch Factory originated as a government watchmaking enterprise in 1958; its director attributed the initiative to Peng Zhen.

  2. source stated claim

    The official chronology dates the factory’s establishment to 19 June 1958 and its move to Changping to 1960.

  3. verified fact

    Europa Star’s factory reporting places Beijing Watch Factory in Changping, Beijing, China.

  4. verified fact

    The official presentation uses 北京表 for the Beijing watch brand; the factory and the consumer brand require separate legal-operator checks.

  5. source stated claim

    General manager Hong Miao described the factory as privately operated since 2004.

  6. source stated claim

    A 2018 management interview dates the Beijing–FIYTA partnership to October 2016 and assigns distribution, marketing and design functions to FIYTA.

  7. source stated claim

    In that interview, Beijing retained movement manufacturing, while Guangdong suppliers made cases and Beijing artists supplied decorated dials; FIYTA supplied access to CNC equipment.

  8. verified fact

    Xu Yaonan was a movement designer and tourbillon developer, not an original 1958 founder; management credits his prototype to 1996.

  9. source stated claim

    Shi Wenli joined design/trial-production work in 1964 and co-designed B24 with Xu Yaonan in 2011, according to the brand-facing biography.

  10. source stated claim

    The brand-facing account credits Su Wenbin with assembling and regulating three tourbillon prototypes in 1996 and the 2004 rose-gold edition.

  11. source stated claim

    The brand-facing account credits Zhao Zhenling with tourbillon/minute-repeater work in 2008 and leading Wuji’s triple-axis tourbillon design in 2013.

  12. verified fact

    The chronology repeats prototype material under 1995 and 1996; the 2011 management interview explicitly gives 1996 for the first prototype.

  13. source stated claim

    B24 is presented as a 2011 double-escapement, double-barrel movement developed by Shi Wenli and Xu Yaonan.

  14. verified fact

    Brand presentations and a shop were retrievable or indexed in this review; neither establishes the factory’s current legal ownership or delivery performance.

  15. reasonable inference

    A documented watch-and-movement business, not merely a contextual workshop; distinguish the factory, Beijing brand and commercial operators.

Known limits

  • This identity dossier is not a complete catalogue of every watch or reference.

Direct sources

  1. The Beijing watch factoryEuropa Star · original reporting and management interview · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Interview with Hong Miao; questions on origins, privatization, production and tourbillons; lines 146–198.. External source.

  2. Development Process / 发展历程Beijing Watch · official brand history · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Chronological entries: 1958, 1960, 1995, 1996, 2011 and 2013.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  3. 北京表 — 官方品牌网站北京表 · official brand homepage · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Brand heading and master-watchmaker presentation.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  4. Beijing Watch Factory and FIYTA join forcesEuropa Star · original reporting and management interview · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Interview with ChuangYue Xu; partnership and manufacturing boundaries, lines 147–188.. External source.

  5. Master WatchmakerBeijing Watches commercial website · commercial brand biographies · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Master Watchmakers of Beijing Watch; four named biographies; lines 570–638.. External source.

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