Detailed AMCHPR China Trip itineraries, by visit, by year, by date:
Visit 1 - Oct 5th to 21st / 2011
Trip One - Part 1 - Oct. 6th - First whole day in China/Beijing with Martback, Temple of Heaven, street food, Mr. Cao's repair shop
Trip One - Part 2 - Oct. 7th - Beijing with Joel Chan, Yonghe Gong Lama Temple
Trip One - Part 3 - Oct. 9th - Panjiayuan market and the hutongs
Trip One - Part 4 - Oct. 10th - Beijing to Shijiazhuang (and meeting Ma Rong and Qi Ran)
Trip One - Part 5 - Oct. 10th II - “Whipping top” and a New Friend
Trip One - Part 6 - Oct. 1th - The Road to from Shijiazhuang to CangyanShan
Trip One - Part 7 - Oct6 11th II - Tour of Cangyanshan / Mount Cangyan
Trip One - Part 8 - Oct. 12th-15th - Last days (and nights) in Shijiazhuang
Trip One - Part 9 - Oct. 16th - The Road from Shijiazhuang to Tianjin
Trip One - Part 10 - Oct. 17th to 19th - Tianjin in the Daytime and Dusk
Trip One - Part 11 - Oct. 17th to 19th - Tianjin at Night
Trip One - Part 12 - Oct. 17th - Sea-Gull Watch Factory
Trip One - Part 13 - Oct. 19th - Baoshihua Gold on the Dongsi Bei Da Jie
Trip One - Part 1 4- Oct. 20th/21st - Last Hours in Beijing
Trip One - Part 15 - Additional Photos that didn't make it into the other posts...
Visit 2: April 3rd to 28th / 2013
Trip Two- Part 1 - April 3rd to April 7th - Shanghai incl the Bund and Pearl Tower & Shanghai WIS dinners
Trip Two- Part 2 - April 14th to 19th - Shijiazhuang with Ma Rong & Qi Ran & family incl Cangyanshan
Trip Two- Part 3 - April 8th to 13th - Longmen Grottoes, Guoliang Tunnel, Li Jiushun in Luoyang, Zhengzhou w/ Sky Han (guide)
Trip Two- Part 4 - April 20th to 23rd - Tianjin, Sea-Gull Watch Group & Tianjin Watch and Clock Collectors private museum
Trip Two- Part 5 - April 24th to 28th - Beijing, Lishi Hutong, Great Wall, with Lei Wei: Beijing Watch Factory, Longio, Liu Shuli, Stephen Greenhalgh
Visit 3: June 8th to July 5th / 2014
Trip Three- Part 1 - June 8th-9th - Beijing -China Horologe Association, Beijing & Sea-Gull Stores, Touch Woman Cafe
Trip Three- Part 2 - June 10th - Beijing - Koncise watches, Longio, Xiong Family village workshop, Beijing Watch Factory
Trip Three- Part 3 - June 11th-12th - Jilin/Yantai - Jinan, Yantai Horologe Museum, Yantai Polaris/Beijixing
Trip Three- Part 4 - June 13th -Yantai - Yantai Polaris (Beijixing) Watch and Clock, Lishida Clock, Yantai Messica Timepiece
Trip Three- Part 5 - June 14th to 17th -Shijiazhuang - - My brother MaRong and his wife QiRan :-)
Trip Three- Part 6 - June 18th-21st - Shanghai: French Concession, Nanning Road & more with InsaneMainFrame
Trip Three- Part 7 -June 22nd-23rd - Guangzhou - Guangzhou Museum (incl many horology exhibits)
Trip Three- Part 8 -June 24th - Zhuhai Rossini: China Haidian/Citychamp Watch & Jewelery Group
Trip Three- Part 9 -June 25th - Dixmont Guangzhou/Five Goat Watch Factory - Guangzhou and Dixmont, Private collection items
Trip Three- Part 10 - June 26th - Day 1 China Watch & Clock Fair 2014 25th Annual Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
Trip Three- Part 11 -June 27th-29th - The remaining two days of the China Watch and Clock Fair
Trip Three- Part 12 -June 26th-30th - Shenzhen CWCF social activities, Examples from independent watch movement makers
Trip Three- Part 13 -July 1st-5th - Back in Beijing, Robin Tallendier, Jiangsi Watch & Clock w/Mr. Liu Shuli...more
Visit 4: June 23rd to July 21st/2015
Trip Four- Part 2 - June 29th-July 3rd - Guilin, Yangshuo
Trip Four- Part 3 - July 4th - Xinmi: Fu Xi Mountain Canyon, Xinmi's Hanzhuangcun district
Trip Four- Part 4 - July 5th - Xinmi: QingPingshan (Mountain) Park, Luoyang and re-meeting Li Jiushun
Visit 5: April 1th to May 10th/2018
Trip 5- Part 1 - Apr. 10th-11th - Guangzhou Watch and Clock Association, Jiusko, Eyki, Overfly, street food, the Guangzhou Party Pier, the 1200 (24 hour) Bookshop
Trip 5- Part 2 - Apr. 12th-13th - With Ed Tse of HKED watches & Brad Green of EastWatchReview; Shekou Sea World; Minghua Cruise Inn
Trip 5- Part 3 - April 13th-14th - Guangzhou Watch and Clock Association, Makkah Ali Restaurant, Shanghai Watch factory
Trip 5- Part 4 - April 15th - Guangzhou to Xian
Trip 5- Part 5 - April 16th - Xian: the Xian old city walls, Terracotta Warriors
Trip 5- Part 6 - April 16th - Xian to Xinmi, Cheered Hotel
Trip 5- Part 7 - April 17th - last day in Xinmi: Fa Hai Temple, QingPingShan (Mountain) Park, Xinmi Food Court
Trip 5-Part 8-April 18th-19th - Shanghai Industrial Technology School, Shanghai Clock Culture & Science Museum, Guo Ming AHCI, A.J.; Joel Chan...
Trip 5 - Part 9 - April 20th-21st - Shanghai and Suzhou (with Bejamin Chee of Maison celadon, and watch hunting with Actor Eric Heise)
Trip 5 - Part 10 - April 23rd - Shandong Liaocheng Zhong Tai Watch Co., Ltd.
Trip 5 - Part 11 - April 22nd - 24th - Shandong Langelo Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd - Langelo Ma Clock manufacture
Trip 5 - Part 12 - April 25th - Jinan, Shandong, first day: Jinan Mountain Sea Culture Hotel, Daming and Xiaodong Lakes
Trip 5 - Part 13 -April 26th - Baotu Spring, Hero Hill Culture Market, Jinan's Furong Jie Food & Market area, Quancheng Road area at night...
Visit 6: May 28th to June 28th/2019
Trip 6 - June 7th - Luoyang with Mr. Li and two Luoyang Museums
Trip 6 - June 8th - Fuxi Mountain glass bridge
Trip 6 - June 9th-13th - Fenghuang, Hunan, a beautiful river town.
Trip 6 - June 16th - Shanghai Watch Factory
Trip 6 - June 18th - With AHCI watchmaker and candidate Guo Ming
Trip 6 - June 23rd - At the China Watch and Clock Fair with Thomas Leung of Time King Industrial Co., Ltd. (1963/304 re-issue history)
Trip 7: August 24th to September 27th.2023
Trip 7 - August 25th-27th - Shanghai Aug 25th and 27th 2023 with Mr. Zhang Zhenghao, Chairman : Shanghai Collection Association, Clocks & Watches Branch
Trip 7- September 3rd - A VCM collector's meet with Eric Heise (HK), Ed Tse (HKED watches/HK), Boey Chern Yue (Singapore) & Daniel Csontos (Hungary)
Trip 7 -September 9th - A day in Dandong visiting the Liaoning Peacock Watch Co., Ltd facilities
Trip 7 - September 11th - A visit to Shijiazhuang Sea-Gull Watch industries Co Ltd
Trip 7 - September 13th - With Rick Li (Li Quisheng) at Tianjin Modern Vocational Technical College
Trip 7 - September 16th/17th- with Mr. Liu Shuli of the Beijing Wangfujing Jingshi Watch-Clock Shop (Dongsi Bei Da Jie, #492)
Trip One - Part 1 - Oct. 6th - First whole day in China/Beijing with Martback, Temple of Heaven, street food, Mr. Cao's repair shop
Trip One - Part 2 - Oct. 7th - Beijing with Joel Chan, Yonghe Gong Lama Temple
Trip One - Part 3 - Oct. 9th - Panjiayuan market and the hutongs
Trip One - Part 4 - Oct. 10th - Beijing to Shijiazhuang (and meeting Ma Rong and Qi Ran)
Trip One - Part 5 - Oct. 10th II - “Whipping top” and a New Friend
Trip One - Part 6 - Oct. 1th - The Road to from Shijiazhuang to CangyanShan
Trip One - Part 7 - Oct6 11th II - Tour of Cangyanshan / Mount Cangyan
Trip One - Part 8 - Oct. 12th-15th - Last days (and nights) in Shijiazhuang
Trip One - Part 9 - Oct. 16th - The Road from Shijiazhuang to Tianjin
Trip One - Part 10 - Oct. 17th to 19th - Tianjin in the Daytime and Dusk
Trip One - Part 11 - Oct. 17th to 19th - Tianjin at Night
Trip One - Part 12 - Oct. 17th - Sea-Gull Watch Factory
Trip One - Part 13 - Oct. 19th - Baoshihua Gold on the Dongsi Bei Da Jie
Trip One - Part 1 4- Oct. 20th/21st - Last Hours in Beijing
Trip One - Part 15 - Additional Photos that didn't make it into the other posts...
Visit 2: April 3rd to 28th / 2013
Trip Two- Part 1 - April 3rd to April 7th - Shanghai incl the Bund and Pearl Tower & Shanghai WIS dinners
Trip Two- Part 2 - April 14th to 19th - Shijiazhuang with Ma Rong & Qi Ran & family incl Cangyanshan
Trip Two- Part 3 - April 8th to 13th - Longmen Grottoes, Guoliang Tunnel, Li Jiushun in Luoyang, Zhengzhou w/ Sky Han (guide)
Trip Two- Part 4 - April 20th to 23rd - Tianjin, Sea-Gull Watch Group & Tianjin Watch and Clock Collectors private museum
Trip Two- Part 5 - April 24th to 28th - Beijing, Lishi Hutong, Great Wall, with Lei Wei: Beijing Watch Factory, Longio, Liu Shuli, Stephen Greenhalgh
Visit 3: June 8th to July 5th / 2014
Trip Three- Part 1 - June 8th-9th - Beijing -China Horologe Association, Beijing & Sea-Gull Stores, Touch Woman Cafe
Trip Three- Part 2 - June 10th - Beijing - Koncise watches, Longio, Xiong Family village workshop, Beijing Watch Factory
Trip Three- Part 3 - June 11th-12th - Jilin/Yantai - Jinan, Yantai Horologe Museum, Yantai Polaris/Beijixing
Trip Three- Part 4 - June 13th -Yantai - Yantai Polaris (Beijixing) Watch and Clock, Lishida Clock, Yantai Messica Timepiece
Trip Three- Part 5 - June 14th to 17th -Shijiazhuang - - My brother MaRong and his wife QiRan :-)
Trip Three- Part 6 - June 18th-21st - Shanghai: French Concession, Nanning Road & more with InsaneMainFrame
Trip Three- Part 7 -June 22nd-23rd - Guangzhou - Guangzhou Museum (incl many horology exhibits)
Trip Three- Part 8 -June 24th - Zhuhai Rossini: China Haidian/Citychamp Watch & Jewelery Group
Trip Three- Part 9 -June 25th - Dixmont Guangzhou/Five Goat Watch Factory - Guangzhou and Dixmont, Private collection items
Trip Three- Part 10 - June 26th - Day 1 China Watch & Clock Fair 2014 25th Annual Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
Trip Three- Part 11 -June 27th-29th - The remaining two days of the China Watch and Clock Fair
Trip Three- Part 12 -June 26th-30th - Shenzhen CWCF social activities, Examples from independent watch movement makers
Trip Three- Part 13 -July 1st-5th - Back in Beijing, Robin Tallendier, Jiangsi Watch & Clock w/Mr. Liu Shuli...more
Visit 4: June 23rd to July 21st/2015
Trip Four- Part 2 - June 29th-July 3rd - Guilin, Yangshuo
Trip Four- Part 3 - July 4th - Xinmi: Fu Xi Mountain Canyon, Xinmi's Hanzhuangcun district
Trip Four- Part 4 - July 5th - Xinmi: QingPingshan (Mountain) Park, Luoyang and re-meeting Li Jiushun
Visit 5: April 1th to May 10th/2018
Trip 5- Part 1 - Apr. 10th-11th - Guangzhou Watch and Clock Association, Jiusko, Eyki, Overfly, street food, the Guangzhou Party Pier, the 1200 (24 hour) Bookshop
Trip 5- Part 2 - Apr. 12th-13th - With Ed Tse of HKED watches & Brad Green of EastWatchReview; Shekou Sea World; Minghua Cruise Inn
Trip 5- Part 3 - April 13th-14th - Guangzhou Watch and Clock Association, Makkah Ali Restaurant, Shanghai Watch factory
Trip 5- Part 4 - April 15th - Guangzhou to Xian
Trip 5- Part 5 - April 16th - Xian: the Xian old city walls, Terracotta Warriors
Trip 5- Part 6 - April 16th - Xian to Xinmi, Cheered Hotel
Trip 5- Part 7 - April 17th - last day in Xinmi: Fa Hai Temple, QingPingShan (Mountain) Park, Xinmi Food Court
Trip 5-Part 8-April 18th-19th - Shanghai Industrial Technology School, Shanghai Clock Culture & Science Museum, Guo Ming AHCI, A.J.; Joel Chan...
Trip 5 - Part 9 - April 20th-21st - Shanghai and Suzhou (with Bejamin Chee of Maison celadon, and watch hunting with Actor Eric Heise)
Trip 5 - Part 10 - April 23rd - Shandong Liaocheng Zhong Tai Watch Co., Ltd.
Trip 5 - Part 11 - April 22nd - 24th - Shandong Langelo Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd - Langelo Ma Clock manufacture
Trip 5 - Part 12 - April 25th - Jinan, Shandong, first day: Jinan Mountain Sea Culture Hotel, Daming and Xiaodong Lakes
Trip 5 - Part 13 -April 26th - Baotu Spring, Hero Hill Culture Market, Jinan's Furong Jie Food & Market area, Quancheng Road area at night...
Visit 6: May 28th to June 28th/2019
Trip 6 - June 7th - Luoyang with Mr. Li and two Luoyang Museums
Trip 6 - June 8th - Fuxi Mountain glass bridge
Trip 6 - June 9th-13th - Fenghuang, Hunan, a beautiful river town.
Trip 6 - June 16th - Shanghai Watch Factory
Trip 6 - June 18th - With AHCI watchmaker and candidate Guo Ming
Trip 6 - June 23rd - At the China Watch and Clock Fair with Thomas Leung of Time King Industrial Co., Ltd. (1963/304 re-issue history)
Trip 7: August 24th to September 27th.2023
Trip 7 - August 25th-27th - Shanghai Aug 25th and 27th 2023 with Mr. Zhang Zhenghao, Chairman : Shanghai Collection Association, Clocks & Watches Branch
Trip 7- September 3rd - A VCM collector's meet with Eric Heise (HK), Ed Tse (HKED watches/HK), Boey Chern Yue (Singapore) & Daniel Csontos (Hungary)
Trip 7 -September 9th - A day in Dandong visiting the Liaoning Peacock Watch Co., Ltd facilities
Trip 7 - September 11th - A visit to Shijiazhuang Sea-Gull Watch industries Co Ltd
Trip 7 - September 13th - With Rick Li (Li Quisheng) at Tianjin Modern Vocational Technical College
Trip 7 - September 16th/17th- with Mr. Liu Shuli of the Beijing Wangfujing Jingshi Watch-Clock Shop (Dongsi Bei Da Jie, #492)