An unreasonable investment by a local micro-brand. Designed, developed, assembled, and tested in HK; quite possibly the mechanical movement with the most HK elements to date.

Make no mistake, Hong Kong has produced mechanical watches. In fact, over half a century ago, before the widespread availability of quartz movements, “made in HK” was like our “made in China” today. Hong Kong was a well-known production location for affordable watches.

While most movements were imported, some entry-level movements were produced locally, using imported designs and components. According to multiple interviews with relevant individuals and associations, we have learned that while there were manufacturing steps done in Hong Kong, the movements were never exported without the watches. As a result, there were no reasons to meet the stringent requirement of a certificate of origin for a mechanical movement. They have concluded that the Caliber 852 is likely to be the 1st movement that is Hong Kong-owned, locally designed, and utilize made-in-Hong Kong core components such as the hairspring and mainplate.

Additionally, the Caliber 852 is likely to be the 1st “mechanical movement” to obtain the Hong Kong Certificate of Origin, and definitely the 1st “skeleton mechanical movement” to do so.

But as documents and records for the pre-1950s are difficult to retrieve, and to respect our forefathers in the watch industry, we have decided to claim the title for the 1st “skeleton” movement with the Hong Kong Certificate of Origin instead.

Made in Hong Kong?

The definition of a watch’s origin differs from country to country. There is the requirement of applying a label, such as “Swiss Made”, and the requirement of different countries’ customs departments. i.e. whether the importing country accepts the imported watch as made in Switzerland.

Unlike “Swiss Made”, most countries and locations, including Hong Kong, don’t have a government-protected label for products and crafts produced locally. Therefore, shipping documents/certificates required by customs departments for import become the most important proof of origin internationally.

A Made in Hong Kong watch

Different countries often have slightly varying requirements for watches, but most require 1 or more of the following conditions met:

Most of the value-add occurred in Hong Kong
Key manufacturing steps, such as movement encasing and final quality checks occurred in Hong Kong
The movement of the watch is made in Hong Kong

A Made in Hong Kong Mechanical Movement

For the movement itself, similarly, there are similar requirements to be met before it can be considered as made in Hong Kong. The Caliber 852 has the following HK made elements:

EONIQ in-house design of the skeleton baseplate
Movement components customized to EONIQ’s specifications
Hong Kong based precision CNC production of the baseplate
Hong Kong made hairspring
Hong Kong component QC
EONIQ in-house assembly of the movement
EONIQ in-house tuning and adjustment of the hairspring
EONIQ in-house final movement QC

We are proud to introduce a mechanical movement that doesn’t barely meet the requirement to get a certificate of origin; the Caliber 852 is definitely the most made in Hong Kong mechanical movement to date

Certificate of Hong Kong Origin

The EONIQ SIGNATURE Caliber 852 is the first mechanical movement to obtain a certificate of Hong Kong origin. The granting of this certificate means our production facility and system have been inspected by multiple entities, including the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, to ensure the professional production of our mechanical movements. During the process, the movement itself, and the components’ origins are also investigated and verified to meet the made in Hong Kong requirement. Our movement have also been shipped to different countries of this world. In the process, we have verified that this Caliber 852, is indeed accepted by the world as a made in Hong Kong mechanical movement.

The unfortunate retail price cap of 800USD

In the winter of 2020, the United States has decided to regard made-in Hong Kong products as made in China. In order to bring made-in Hong Kong crafts to our friends in the United States, we will have to limit ourselves within the De Minimis Value of the United States, which is 800USD.

Take a quick search online then you will realize that no mechanical watches with in-house caliber exist under 800USD.

The Caliber 852 cost roughly 4 times the cost of a Japanese movement to make, but we have to retail the complete watch at a comparable price to a standard Japanese mechanical watch. We are not sure what the future holds, but we intend to try our best to make this made-in-Hong Kong craft as accessible as possible.

More Hong Kong than made in HK

EONIQ has long created mechanical watches with very high (if not the highest) Hong Kong value add components. Now with our own in-house made in Hong Kong mechanical watch movement, our watches are now as Hong Kong as it gets.

An unreasonable investment by a local micro-brand. Designed, developed, assembled, and tested in HK; quite possibly the mechanical movement with the most HK elements to date.

Make no mistake, Hong Kong has produced mechanical watches. In fact, over half a century ago, before the widespread availability of quartz movements, “made in HK” was like our “made in China” today. Hong Kong was a well-known production location for affordable watches.

Additionally, the Caliber 852 is likely to be the 1st “mechanical movement” to obtain the Hong Kong Certificate of Origin, and definitely the 1st “skeleton mechanical movement” to do so.

But as documents and records for the pre-1950s are difficult to retrieve, and to respect our forefathers in the watch industry, we have decided to claim the title for the 1st “skeleton” movement with the Hong Kong Certificate of Origin instead.

Made in Hong Kong?

The definition of a watch’s origin differs from country to country. There is the requirement of applying a label, such as “Swiss Made”, and the requirement of different countries’ customs departments. i.e. whether the importing country accepts the imported watch as made in Switzerland.

A Made in Hong Kong watch

Different countries often have slightly varying requirements for watches, but most require 1 or more of the following conditions met:

Most of the value-add occurred in Hong Kong

Key manufacturing steps, such as movement encasing and final quality checks occurred in Hong Kong

The movement of the watch is made in Hong Kong

A Made in Hong Kong Mechanical Movement

For the movement itself, similarly, there are similar requirements to be met before it can be considered as made in Hong Kong. The Caliber 852 has the following HK made elements:

EONIQ in-house design of the skeleton baseplate

Movement components customized to EONIQ’s specifications

Hong Kong based precision CNC production of the baseplate

Hong Kong made hairspring

Hong Kong component QC

EONIQ in-house assembly of the movement

EONIQ in-house tuning and adjustment of the hairspring

EONIQ in-house final movement QC

We are proud to introduce a mechanical movement that doesn’t barely meet the requirement to get a certificate of origin; the Caliber 852 is definitely the most made in Hong Kong mechanical movement to date

Certificate of Hong Kong Origin

The unfortunate retail price cap of 800USD

In the winter of 2020, the United States has decided to regard made-in Hong Kong products as made in China. In order to bring made-in Hong Kong crafts to our friends in the United States, we will have to limit ourselves within the De Minimis Value of the United States, which is 800USD.

Take a quick search online then you will realize that no mechanical watches with in-house caliber exist under 800USD.

More Hong Kong than made in HK

EONIQ has long created mechanical watches with very high (if not the highest) Hong Kong value add components. Now with our own in-house made in Hong Kong mechanical watch movement, our watches are now as Hong Kong as it gets.