Category:Watchmakers

These are companies or people who produce (manufacture or assemble) watches and/or watch movements.

All entries should be in one of the subcategories.

Only companies making complete watches, including manufacturing movements of their own design should be listed in the sub-category  Category:Watch manufacturing companies .

Companies that merely assemble watches using movements made by third parties should be listed in the sub-category Category:Watch Brands.

Individuals who manufacture or service watches or watch movements should be listed in the sub-categories Watchmakers (Individuals)

Individuals whose skills are relegated to performing simple, non-invasive maintenance on watches, especially if they do not have the skills to completely overhaul a movement (correcting all identified defects, replacing worn parts, manufacturing a part if required), dial, case, pressure test and quality control a watch, should be referred to as "watch technicians."

A related category is 'clockmakers' (see Category:Clockmakers), but they are distinctly different field than watchmakers. There is sometimes confusion because many non-english languages have only one term for both fields, such as e.g. German which uses the term 'Uhrmacher' for both.