What is the development history of Beijing Hengdeli Watch and Glasses Shop?

Hendry Watch & Glasses Store opened in 19 15, and its founder was Wang Guangzu from Haining, Zhejiang. The name "Hendry" means "business is booming and the market is profitable a hundred times".

Because of the reputation-based management, it has developed rapidly, and has opened branches of Hendry Watch and Glasses Store in large and medium-sized cities such as Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing and Zhengzhou. At its peak, there were more than 60 branches in China, distributed in large and medium-sized cities.

There used to be three Hendricks in Beijing alone, located in Dashilan, Wangfujing Street and Xidan North Street.

The Hendry Watch Shop in Dashilan was founded in 1927 by Wang Huichun, the son of Wang Guangzu. Because it is located in the south of the city, it is called "Nanheng" for short.

The architecture of Nanheng Watch Shop is quite western-style. The high neon sign in front of the building reads "Hendry", and the counters are all tempered imported glass, which gives people a refreshing feeling.

Wang Huichun graduated from Nanjing Huazhong College and studied in Shanghai Hendry Store, and her career developed smoothly. Less than three years after his opening, he accumulated a certain amount of funds and soon opened a branch in Wangfujing Street, so it was called "Dongheng" for short. Huilong Watch Shop is located in Wangfujing Street, and Hengdeli Branch is located in Xidan North Street, referred to as "Xiheng".

At that time, all the four major watch shops in Beijing were founded by Wang Huichun. "Nanheng" is the head office, which manages several other stores in a unified way and adopts the settlement management mode in the property.

Before liberation, Hendry optical shop mainly engaged in importing high-grade goods, so some celebrities and dignitaries became frequent visitors here. The main products are Swiss Omega, Longines, Sima, Mido and other high-end watches, as well as famous brand double arrow constellation wall clocks imported from Germany. At the same time, we also operate some record players, records and advanced gold-rimmed glasses.

In order to provide better service to customers, we also have the business of eye examination and glasses repair.

The key to Haendly's success lies in their good store rules and honest style. From the beginning, the apprentices here were required to understand etiquette and pay attention to appearance. No matter how hot it is in summer, you should wear a gown; No matter how cold it is in winter, you must wear a robe and jacket.

Hendry's goods are all printed with the trademark "Hendry". We must check it carefully before we sell it. For example, the floor clock, desk clock and wall clock produced by Yantai Bell Factory should be tested for three days and checked every day, so that the goods can be safely delivered to customers.

In general watch shops, repairmen are reluctant to take such difficult jobs as "oil line disorder", "missing teeth" and "broken pendulum", but Haendly takes everything and tries his best to meet every customer's requirements. When repairing clocks and watches, they try to use the original accessories, and they specialize in them if they don't match them.

Hendry not only has some technical experts, but also has a strict quality inspection system.

There are twelve or thirteen watchmakers, one of whom is a "repairman", that is, the "head" of a repairman. A person who does "repairs" must be skilled. As long as others can't fix the job he accepts, he will. And knowledgeable, know all kinds of watches.

"Repair" in the shop, take the job directly from the customer, and then distribute it to the workers in the back workshop for repair. The seminar was divided into two groups. One group repairs various pocket watches and watches, and the other group repairs big clocks and phonographs.

The work repaired in the workshop is handed over to the "repair" for inspection and acceptance, and then it can be handed over to the customer. The shop stipulates that any repaired clock or watch should be repaired by the original repairer. Workers who repair clocks and watches think that the repair work is a disgrace. Whoever has several maintenance jobs in a row, even if he is not dismissed by the manager, will automatically leave.

On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Huichun sold the property of Huilong Watch Store. On the eve of Beiping's liberation, he went to Hong Kong with huge sums of money and founded Hong Kong Hendry Watch Glasses Co., Ltd. ..

After the founding of New China, Hendry implemented public-private partnership in 1956, and changed its name to "Hendry Watch and Glasses Shop".