A Collection of Vintage Chinese Watches, aka:.. ALBERTA  MUSEUM  OF  CHINESE  HOROLOGY  in  PEACE RIVER

No, of course it's not an "official" Alberta Provincial Museum :-)
Curator: Ron Good / "AlbertaTime"   A while ago, a friend on the internet made a joking reference to my collection of (mostly vintage) Chinese mechanical and automatic watches, calling it "The Alberta Museum of Chinese Horology"... His inspiration. My madness. With many thanks to Joel Chan, "Soviet", "Chascomm", "Gigfy", "Alpha-Getty", "Lysanderiii", "Alfanator" and other vintage Chinese mechanical wristwatch fans whose research and efforts (before I ever started) have helped me greatly with this project. Very very special thanks to Mr. Cameron Ma (Mr. Ma Rong) of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China. His early and continuing friendship and trust--and passion for Chinese watches--was instrumental in developing my sincere love of these vintage Chinese mechanical and automatic timepieces ( Thank you, Xiaoma, my brother ). How I acquire historic Chinese watches: here	The People's Republic of China (PRC) has a significant history of domestic watch-making that goes back well over 50 years, starting about 1955 and entering mass-market domestic production by 1958 with, for example, the Shanghai A-581 model. While there are other terrific sites (listed below on this page) that go into much more detail regarding the history and technical background of Chinese (PRC) horology, this site is intended to provide "tip of the iceberg" history during an enjoyable layman's tour of only *some* of China's beautiful watches. The hope is to ensure that the excellent efforts of hard-working and highly skilled Chinese designers, watchmakers and factory line workers are recognized for their well-earned place in the world's horological (watch-making) tradition and history. All the vintage wristwatches in this collection were built in China and--with only a few (generally very early) exceptions--are fully Chinese designed with the movements  manufactured "in house" as well.  The early (mid-late 1950s) exceptions used designs and tooling legally purchased from other countries like Switzerland (or the Soviet Union in one case). The two more modern watches noted as "homage/lookalike" are included to provide some historic perspective.  For sure don't miss:   Joel Chan's Micmicmor Vintage Chinese Watch Site and  The Chinese Watch Industry Wiki and Kevin Ma's ChineseWristwatch.Com    They're the most detailed and informative English language vintage Chinese watch sites on the Internet.  ...or join me at   WatchuSeek or The Asian Watch Forum or TheWatchForum (UK) or XMT Extreme Mean Time or WatchTalkWorld or BDWF or Watchtalk Forums  or WatchGeeks

All comments, suggestions and corrections are very welcome. Please email: Curator: AMCH/PR
All AMCH/PR photos by Ron Good/AlbertaTime 2009

I do own some non-Chinese watches. They're here.