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San Martin

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Dongguan, Guangdong ProvinceFounded 2016Website

Chinese microbrand producing high-quality mechanical watches at affordable prices with build quality rivaling higher-priced competitors.

San Martin was founded in 2016 by Mr. Liao JiaMing in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province with just three team members. The founder spent half a year learning watchmaking directly in factories before completing the brand's first bronze diving watch in late 2016. In 2017, the company relocated to Dongguan City to be closer to production facilities and partnered with Chongqing University Watch Design Institute for development. In 2018, San Martin produced China's first domestically-branded Damascus steel watch. The company launched its official online store in June 2019. Today, San Martin holds 8 independent design patents plus 2 practical patents for watch structure innovations and has developed dozens of models. In 2024, the brand launched JIANGHUN as a high-end original design sub-brand.

QUICK FACTS

BRAND TYPE

Watch Brand

PRICE SEGMENT

Entry Level

MOVEMENT TYPES

Automatic

MANUFACTURING

Assembler

SPECIALIZATIONS

Mechanical diving watchesPilot watchesVintage-inspired designs

HEADQUARTERS

Dongguan, Guangdong Province

OWNERSHIP

2016 Liao JiaMing