About
One person, one watch at a time.
I've been taking things apart since I was a kid. Not to fix them — just to find out how they worked.
The first movement I opened was an ST36. It's the pocket watch movement everyone learns on: big, slow, forgiving, and cheap enough that ruining one isn't a disaster. I found it through someone on YouTube, watched them strip one down, and that was that.
The movement is still where my eye goes first. But a movement is a private thing — you see it once, with the caseback off, and then it spends the rest of its life hidden. What anyone else sees is the dial.
Watches get remembered for one thing. Some for a bracelet, some for a bezel, some for the shape of the case. I want mine remembered for the dial — one that catches you from across a room and makes you want a closer look. Same curiosity that made me open that pocket watch, pointed the other way round.
Elite Watchworks is one person at a bench. Every watch is assembled, regulated and photographed by hand, one at a time, and no two get built the same way twice.
How each build is documented
Every watch gets the same write-up, whether or not it's for sale. The point is that you can tell exactly what you're looking at.
Parts named individually
Factory, aftermarket, or made here — each component labelled, with the maker where there is one.
Dimensions measured on the finished watch
Not copied from a catalogue. A refinished case and a domed crystal both change the numbers.
Movement regulated and the result published
What it was regulated to, across how many positions, next to the manufacturer's own tolerance.
Water resistance stated honestly
A case rated at depth is not a watch rated at depth once it's been opened. Every page says what was actually tested.
Flaws photographed
Dust, a hairline, a mark — if it's there it's in the pictures and written on the page.