Watch dial production floor
Watch Dial Manufacturer · Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

Time begins
at the surface.

Brass · Steel · Multi-colour · Guilloché · Diamond-set
手表表盘制造 · 精度 ±0.02 毫米
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±0.02 mmTolerance
15 daysSampling
100 pcsMOQ per colour
100%Inspected
Six finishes. One building.
No subcontracting. Watch dials for brands in 14 countries
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01 — Ethos

A dial is
the only part
the owner
actually reads.

Movements are admired by collectors. Cases are noticed at a distance. But the dial is where every glance lands — twelve indexes, one logo, a few tenths of a millimetre of light and shadow.

We do one thing: making that surface exact. Brass, stainless steel, copper alloy. Sunray, guilloché, multi-colour printing, diamond-set, openwork, mother-of-pearl.

Our tolerance is ±0.02mm. Not because a catalogue says so, but because at 5× magnification, anything larger is visible to the person wearing it.

±0.02mm
Tolerance尺寸公差
15days
Sampling打样交期
30days
Production批量交期
100%
Inspection逐片全检
02 — Capabilities

Six ways
to read time.

Every finish below is done in-house. Pick the one closest to your concept — we will tell you honestly if it is not the right process for your quantity, budget or deadline.

Sunray dial
NO. 01

Sunray

太阳纹

Radial brushing that moves with the light. The most classic finish — and the hardest to keep even across a full run. One dial that reads differently from its neighbour is a reject.

Guilloché dial
NO. 02

Guilloché

玑镂雕花

Traditional engine-turned pattern. Concentric and radial lines interlock, so the cut has to run without a break — a single hesitation shows up under any raking light.

Diamond-set dial
NO. 03

Diamond-set

镶钻

Micro-setting with stone-level traceability. Drilled, chamfered and seated in three passes. One missing or misaligned stone means the dial is stripped and redone.

Multi-colour printed dial
NO. 04

Multicolour

多色印刷

Up to six colours of pad and screen printing, registered to the dial centre — crests, maps, illustrated motifs, relief effects. Matched to Pantone or to a sample you send.

Openwork dial
NO. 05

Openwork

镂空

The movement shows through. Open area and structural strength have to be solved at the same time — cut too much and the dial no longer holds its shape on the movement.

Mother-of-pearl dial
NO. 06

Mother-of-Pearl

贝母

Natural shell, no two alike. The light band has to be read on the raw blank before cutting, otherwise the dial ends up with its glow off-centre.

03 — Workshop

Everything under
one roof.

Stamping, CNC, polishing, pad printing, diamond setting, final assembly — in the same building.

The workshop is not
a showroom. It decides
whether your order is
possible.

That matters more than it sounds. Every time a part leaves one factory and enters another, your tolerance loses a little. Handing a half-finished dial to a subcontractor is how a ±0.02mm becomes ±0.05mm and nobody can say where.

We keep it inside. Not out of pride — out of arithmetic.

Below is the floor as it runs on a normal working day: machines on, work in progress, nobody posed for the camera.

Production floor
CNC machining
Hand assembly
Work in progress
FIG. 01 — Production floor 实拍替换后自动生效
04 — Quality

±0.02mm is a claim
until somebody
measures it.

Three checks, every single dial, no sampling. A dimensional report goes out with every shipment.

Micrometer inspection

Three checks.
Every single dial.
No sampling.

Dimension, appearance, and a 5× loupe pass for dust, burrs and scratches. The third one is the one that catches what a gauge cannot.

Every batch leaves a retained sample in the cabinet, kept two years. So a reorder in 2028 still matches the run from 2026 — not a photo of it, the actual part.

Micrometer reading

Dimension

尺寸

Every dial measured on critical dimensions — not a sample from the batch.

Loupe inspection

5× Loupe

放大目检

Dust, scratches and burrs. At 5× nothing hides — including what the buyer will see.

Retained samples

Retained Sample

批次留样

Two years per batch. Reorders are matched to the physical part, not a colour code.

Defect board

Defect Board

不良对照板

Hangs on the wall. Everyone on the floor judges a reject by the same standard.

Before mass production
First article

You hold a physical sample and approve it in writing. Production starts only after that, so “close enough” never scales.

Traceability
Day, tank, batch

Every dial can be traced back to the plating tank, the paint batch and the press die it came off. That is why a colour drift gets answered, not discussed.

Material
REACH & RoHS

Self-declaration for brass, steel and every plating process, issued with the shipment. Laboratory test reports can be commissioned at cost.

IP
NDA before drawings

Your designs are never shown in our portfolio without written permission.

Industry bodies
  • Director · Guangzhou Watches & Clocks Association, 7th Board广州市钟表行业商会 · 第七届理事单位
  • Member · Guangdong Province Horologe Industry Association, 12th Council广东省钟表行业协会 · 第十二届会员单位
05 — Film

Thirty years,
in his words.

If you cannot fly here this quarter, start with this. Zhou Mingdong has been making dials since 1990 — 66 seconds, from a workshop in Shenzhen to the plant he runs today.

Zhou Mingdong, founder of HENGWEI, holding a tray of finished watch dials
Founder Film · 01:06
Since 1990

Every step
under our own control.

Design and tooling, stamping and blanking, dial feet, CD pattern and grinding, plating and coating, printing and assembly. Nothing is sent out, so nothing waits in someone else's queue.

1990
First dial workshop — Pingdi, Shenzhen
2000
Own factory — Nanhai
2023
Guanghui Watch Industrial City, Qingyuan
Now
Dial work only, one roof, one team

Shot on site at the Qingyuan plant. Nothing staged — the machines were running anyway.

Engine turning: a brass dial held against the spindle
Turning · 车花 · 00:24
Pad printing: the silicone pad pressing ink onto a dial
Pad Printing · 移印 · 00:20
Applied indices: gold markers being set into a dial by hand
Indices · 镶钉 · 00:24
Founder film — 1:06, English subtitles No speed-up — real process time No staging — the machines were running anyway
06 — Process

From drawing
to delivery.

Five steps, and you know the status of every one of them.

01
Review
图纸评审

We confirm tolerance, material, finish and assembly fit. Questions are raised before tooling, not after shipping. Quote back within 2 working days.

02
Sampling
打样

Fifteen days for a physical sample. Colour, texture and hand-feel are approved in the hand, not on a screen.

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Production
批量生产

Thirty days from approved sample. Weekly photo updates on the line, so you are never guessing.

04
Inspection
全检出货

Dimension and appearance on every dial, 5× loupe re-check. Non-conforming parts never leave the building.

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Shipping
出货

FOB Shenzhen or DDP door-to-door. Individual foam trays, dust-free packing, full export documentation.

07 — Specifications

What we
can make.

We turn down work outside this range — it is cheaper for you than finding out at inspection. Inside it, the tolerance is ours to carry.

Material Brass · Stainless steel · Copper alloyOther alloys evaluated case by case
Diameter 20 – 42 mmOutside this range requires new tooling assessment
Thickness 0.20 – 0.60 mm
Tolerance ±0.02 mmCritical dimensions, 100% inspected
Finishes Sunray · Guilloché · Multi-colour print · Diamond-set · Openwork · Mother-of-pearl太阳纹 / 玑镂 / 多色印刷 / 镶钻 / 镂空 / 贝母
MOQ 100 pcs per colourPer reference, per colour. One style in three colours = 300 pcs. Samples from 1 pc — no MOQ on sampling.
Lead time 15 days sampling · 30 days productionFrom approved sample, excludes shipping
Incoterms FOB ShenzhenDDP / door-to-door quoted on request
Payment 30% deposit, balance before shipmentT/T; other terms discussed for repeat orders
Not on the list? Send the drawing anyway. Roughly one in three enquiries we receive is for something outside the table above, and about half of those turn out to be possible once the process is re-thought. A two-day review costs you nothing but an email.
08 — FAQ

What buyers
ask first.

Can you work from a drawing, or do you need a physical sample?

Both work. A PDF, DXF or STEP file is enough to start; a physical sample helps us match finish and feel faster. Send whichever you have — we reply with a process review and a quotation within two working days.

What is the minimum order?

100 pcs per colour for production runs. Sampling and prototypes start at one piece, with no MOQ — most of our long-term customers began with a single sample order.

Which company do I sign the contract with, and who issues the invoice?

Your contract, invoice and shipping documents come from Qingyuan Yifang Technology Co., Ltd. (清远一方科技有限公司) at the Qingyuan address above. HENGWEI is the brand this workshop has traded under since it operated in Guangzhou as Guangzhou Hengwei Watch Parts Co., Ltd. — the same team, the same tooling, a larger plant. If your purchasing department needs the business licence and the association certificates before opening a supplier file, we send all of them with the quotation.

Will you sign an NDA?

Yes, before drawings change hands. Your designs are never published, shown at trade fairs, or used in our portfolio without written permission. If confidentiality is the reason you have not approached a Chinese supplier yet, start with this conversation.

How do you protect our brand and our tooling?

Tooling made for your reference is used only for your orders. No logo, dial or sample leaves the building without written approval, and retained samples are kept in a locked cabinet — which also protects your consistency on reorders.

Do you ship to Europe and North America?

Yes — FOB Shenzhen or DDP to your door. REACH and RoHS declarations are provided for all materials and plating processes. We currently supply brands in 14 countries; express samples usually arrive in 3–5 days.

What happens if a batch is out of tolerance?

Because every dial is inspected, we usually know before you do. Non-conforming dials are remade at our cost, and the inspection report that ships with each batch is the record both sides work from.

How do we start?

Send a drawing or a reference photo through the form below. You will get a process review, an indicative price and a lead time — no obligation, no sales sequence.

09 — Contact

Send us
your drawing.

We reply with a process review and an indicative price — usually within 24 hours, Monday to Saturday, GMT+8.

WhatsApp +852 9619 7431Fastest — click to chat Email zhoumingdong@qyyfkj.comDrawings, POs, documents
WeChat 13316030962
Factory 清远高新技术产业开发区新文路10号百嘉科创园30#研发车间一楼1F, Workshop Bldg 30, Baijia Sci-Tech Park, No.10 Xinwen Rd, Qingyuan High-Tech Zone, Guangdong, China
Hours Mon – Sat · 08:30–18:00GMT+8 (UTC+8)

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