In Guangzhou, the major watch wholesale market is in 
Zhanxi ( 站西 ) zone, which is next to the Guangzhou Railway Station, and also next to the shoe and garment wholesale market in that area.
The Zhanxi watch wholesale market is mainly consisted of Zhanxi Watch & Clock Town, Zhanxi Jiulong Watchmaker’s Shop, Southern Watch Trade Centre, East Watch City, MongKok International Watch Center, as well as Fitting Street, each of which with hundreds of booths selling all sorts of watches, with average price ranges from less than $1 to $30. You may find the children’s watch, men’s watch, ladies’ watch, automatic watch, waterproof watch, etc.
There are mainly 2 types of sellers in this market, one is those who buy the watches from different manufacturers and show them in a small booth of about 1 meter sq; the other is the manufacturers who set up their own booth (which are over 5 meter sq) or shop, which usually would display their company logos.
To a certain extent, products from booths which are directly owned by manufacturer are of better quality. As the manufacturers have greater intention to maintain the product quality, to keep their “brand name”, which at the same time means the price is slightly higher, say generally starts from over US$2 for each watch. The price of the watch is mainly determined by the parts they are using.
Business hour: 9:30 a.m.—18:30 p.m.
Logistics: there are some logistics companies in this area, some of which may have the discount of 55% off.
Banking: there is Bank of Communications nearby as well as the ATM.
Tips:
Can I connect the sellers on Internet? Some of the sellers have e-mail address, but many do not. Few of them have their own website. So you may connect them by phone or fax.
Which time is the right time for purchase? Since Guangzhou has international import and export fair in April 15 –30th, October 15-30th, there will be a traffic jam. It is better for you to avoid such period, or if you are, plan to go to the export and import fair and by the way to the watch town, it will be a different case.