Here it is a brief introduction of the history of VS Factory.
In 2015, they made Panerai PAM 441, PAM 661 and Cartier Ballon Bleu. At that time, the factory made PAM 441 and PAM 661 was called KW. The name they used to sell the Cartier Ballon Bleu is V6.
In the end of 2016, the P.9000 movement from DD was born. They changed the factory’s name to VS.
In 2018, VS published the Seamaster 300 with SG2824 movement and the Seamaster 600 with 8500 and 8900 from DD. They had an automatic production line at that time. And in 2018, the factory started to become famous.
In 2020, the Submariner with DD3135 made by VS was born. The 41mm Submariner and Datejust with DD3235 appeared. 2020 was a golden year for all factories in this industry, they updated their watches very often.
In 2021, VS has been closed for a while.
In 2022, VS back to the business. However, it has consistently been at a disadvantage in its competition with Clean Factory.
Between 2023 and 2024, no big news from VS, but they brought the DD8800 movement and DD4131 movement.
In 2025, in July, after the closure of Clean, VS became the boss in this area.
2 replies on “VS Factory Timeline”
Thanks for the wonderful job in your website. It’s impressive the work you did here for 10+ years. This is naturally a very dynamic industry, and we have seen an expansion in a large number of factories with names that involve the whole alphabet. Could you please consider going over all this smaller/newer factories, and what it is known about them insofar as models with their pro/cons? What is it known in Almost December 2025 on the Clean Factory? People they insist that they have been fully shutdown; however, some “reliable” sources argue that is still active, and they show models that seems to be authentic CF. Any thoughts? Thanks you.
Thank you. About CF, they were closed. Some new factory used a similar name and produced the watches with close quality.