Thomas Earnshaw
Fashion watches with exhibition backs, moon phases and nautical names, sold online and through department stores. The name borrows the prestige of a celebrated English marine chronometer maker.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 2012
- Website
- thomas-earnshaw.com
- HQ
- Unknown
- Manufacturing
- Unknown
- Ownership type
- Unknown
- Acquired
- 2012
- Status since
- 2026-10-30
Ownership
The site names no company beyond "© 2026 Thomas Earnshaw". Trade press and a forum thread connect the brand to Dartmouth Brands of Hong Kong, also linked to AVI-8 and Spinnaker (unconfirmed).
Why Watchlist
The brand's About page says "in 2012 Thomas Earnshaw set out to fill a unique gap in the market." The chronometer maker Thomas Earnshaw lived from 1749 to 1829. The page does not name the company behind the brand or say where the watches are made, and links a social account called "Earnshaw1805".
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
The site names its owner and where the watches are made, and describes the watchmaker as a namesake rather than the 2012 founder.
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