Labour Lens

Watches: 72 companies

Ranked by grade, best first. How we rank

Good first, then On Track, then the two poor grades. Within a grade, stronger evidence, fewer problems and lower-risk countries come first, and stars move Good companies up. How grades are decided

146 brands rated so far in Jewellery & watches. The major jewellery chains and watch brands, and a selection of independent jewellers. Read the Jewellery & watches guide for what goes wrong in the industry and what earns each grade. Missing one? Ask us to research it.

Best available in Watches

Chopard is the strongest of 72 watches brands rated. None is Good yet, but this one has no serious red flags and is working towards a living wage or paying one.

41LuminoxUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesSwiss-made tactical sports watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified42Maurice LacroixUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesSwiss mid-priced wristwatchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified43Raymond WeilUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesSwiss mid-priced wristwatchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified44Ulysse NardinUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesSwiss luxury wristwatchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified45BremontUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesBritish mechanical wristwatchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified46FestinaUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesMid-priced Swiss and fashion watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified47Harry WinstonNo living wage evidence · Jewellery & watchesDiamond jewellery and luxury watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified48OrientUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesJapanese mechanical wristwatchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified49Van Cleef & ArpelsNo living wage evidence · Jewellery & watchesLuxury jewellery and watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified50ChaumetNo living wage evidence · Jewellery & watchesParisian fine jewellery and watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified51InvictaUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesLow-priced diver and fashion watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified52MovadoUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesSwiss and fashion watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified53SeikoUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesJapanese quartz and mechanical watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified54CitizenUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesJapanese solar and quartz watchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified55David YurmanNo living wage evidence · Jewellery & watchesDesigner silver, gold and diamond jewelleryPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified56Rotary WatchesUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesAffordable British-Swiss wristwatchesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified57Angus & CooteUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesJewellery and watch chainPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified58BulovaUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesAmerican-heritage quartz and automatic watchesShows little about where or how its products are made.Lacks transparencyLittle disclosed59Daniel WellingtonUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesMinimalist watches and jewelleryPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified60Hardy BrothersUntraced mined materials · Jewellery & watchesLuxury jewellery and watches.Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified
  • Good and goes above and beyond (3 to 6 stars)
  • Best available: the strongest in a category with no Good brand yet
  • Est. = estimated, nothing found about the company itself
  • * = self-reported