Titan
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 30 October 2026 · 4 sources
Indian watch brand from Tata's Titan Company, selling analogue and smartwatches.
Titan can't show that the workers who make its products in India earn a living wage, which workers there are very unlikely to.
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It has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, a hidden, unaudited supply chain in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in India and China, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
Titan says it makes products in India. Press and retailer reports name China.
| Country | Share | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 70% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| China | Not given | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
- Makes part of its range in its own factories
- Relies on gold and gemstones from artisanal mines where workers face mercury poisoning, silica dust and deadly collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Titan makes its own watches and movements in company-owned factories in India (Hosur, Pantnagar, Roorkee, Sikkim and Coimbatore); in 2018 it said about 70% of its watches were made in India, with the rest imported as watches or parts and plans to cut its reliance on Chinese imports. Titan Company reports paying all workers, including over 10,000 contract workers, above the minimum wage, but it assessed 0% of its own plants and suppliers for child labour, forced labour or wages in FY2025-26. It names no outside watch suppliers and publishes no living wage figures.
Sources and actions
Sources 4
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- Titan to cut China watch part imports (DNA India, 2018) · search the archive · Titan makes 70% of its watches in India; imported watches and parts make up the other 30%; it planned to reduce dependence on Chinese imports
- Titan Raga Viva Dial Watch With Metal Strap in Silver (Myer) · search the archive · Myer sells Titan watches in Australia (A$149)
Published by Titan or its owner
- Titan Company Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report FY2025-26 · search the archive · Watch factories at Hosur, Pantnagar, Roorkee, Sikkim, Coimbatore; 10 owned, 42 outsourced factories; all workers paid above minimum wage; 0% of plants and suppliers assessed on forced or child labour
- 40 years of Titan watchmaking (Titan) · search the archive · Titan designs and makes its own quartz and mechanical movements and assembles components at its Hosur, Tamil Nadu factory
Company details
- Headquarters
- India
- Employees
- About 20,000
- Last researched
- 30 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Titan ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/titan-watches, last researched 30 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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