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Tavish & Bishop: Artisan mechanical watches shaped by tradition, guided by precision.

Designed to last, crafted to matter — one balance wheel at a time.

It’s been a while, folks.Behind the scenes, we’ve been deep in the weeds refining what most will only ever glance at for...
04/19/2026

It’s been a while, folks.

Behind the scenes, we’ve been deep in the weeds refining what most will only ever glance at for a second… the dial. Brass, aluminum, and yes… titanium (the beautifully stubborn one). Finishes, indices, textures, depth. Repeat. Adjust. Repeat again.

We now have over thirty fully painted and lacquered dials across a spectrum of colors, along with electroplated variants and in-house dial foot welding. Each one a small experiment that refused to stay simple.

The road’s been longer than expected. We’ve tested over ten different approaches across mechanical, physical, and adhesive bonding methods (including UV-curable polymer systems). Some worked. Most didn’t. All taught us something.

We’re now officially in prototyping for our proprietary movement spacer anchoring system. Waiting on grey nylon prototypes from an industrial MJF platform, while our 6061-T651 aluminum versions are already in production for final testing and fitment.

On paper, it looks like a small part. In reality, it lives in a world where 0.001” matters… and then reality politely reminds you that ±0.03 is sometimes the game you actually play.

Time, after all, has its own tolerances.

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We’ve officially got dial manufacturing… dialed in.Five base styles. Integrated indices. Applied indices. With colour, w...
02/23/2026

We’ve officially got dial manufacturing… dialed in.

Five base styles. Integrated indices. Applied indices. With colour, without colour. Bare metal or fully bespoke. The playground is open.

Right now we’re in colour test mode, watching finishes come alive under real light and real scrutiny.

Next stop: the lathe.
Cases are up for machining to house our custom movement rings and clamps.

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01/29/2026

Prototypes #251–254.

External indices integration testing in progress, focusing on indices feet placement apertures and tolerance control.
Dial material evaluated through controlled fiber-laser ablation, varying pass count, ablation depth, and thermal load to achieve consistent pe*******on without surface deformation.

Depth validation underway for H2 and H3 configurations.
One dial also decided it needed an extra index hole… unplanned, but noted.

Iteration continues.

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01/24/2026

One thing prototyping keeps reminding me of:
aluminum is soft.

On the screen it looks rigid, precise, obedient. Under tools, heat, and handling, it moves, bruises, and remembers everything you do to it. Every pass, every clamp, every mistake shows up.

That softness is both the challenge and the lesson.

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Putting this out there for the hive mind.I’m about 99% sure this hand-setting tool is not vacuum-based.From what I can t...
01/17/2026

Putting this out there for the hive mind.

I’m about 99% sure this hand-setting tool is not vacuum-based.
From what I can tell, it looks like it uses interchangeable tips with micron-level friction that fit into the tube of each hand. The head appears to retract when lowered, so the cannon pinion or minute wheel pushes back up without downward force, letting the hand seat itself cleanly and precisely.

That’s my working theory, at least.
I just can’t seem to find the name or manufacturer of the tool.

If anyone knows what this is actually called, I’d really appreciate it.

Still refining the micro logos — these are tiny at 4 mm × 4.5 mm, but they’re coming along really well. We’ve also start...
01/16/2026

Still refining the micro logos — these are tiny at 4 mm × 4.5 mm, but they’re coming along really well. We’ve also started experimenting with painting and finishes, which has been surprisingly interesting and opens up a lot of creative possibilities. Though capillary action is not your friend in micro details!

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01/11/2026

Next milestone: 1,000 followers. We’ll be offering one piece of embroidered Tavish & Bishop headwear to a follower. DEFINE YOUR TIME™

01/10/2026

Prototypes.
Tiny logos.
In-house indices.
Big obsession.

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01/09/2026

Still working hard ⏱️DEFINE YOUR TIME ™.

We’re a micro-brand because we are.Our watches and our dials are made by us, in-house, not outsourced.This is how we wan...
01/04/2026

We’re a micro-brand because we are.

Our watches and our dials are made by us, in-house, not outsourced.
This is how we wanted to begin, and this is how we’re choosing to move forward.

After thousands of hours spent in CAD, design, CNC machining, and fiber-laser work, we’re proud of what careful, intentional scale can produce.

We are just beginning — and this is only the start.

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Four months behind the scenes.It might look like it’s taken a while to get here, but anyone who’s played in microns inst...
01/03/2026

Four months behind the scenes.

It might look like it’s taken a while to get here, but anyone who’s played in microns instead of millimeters knows how this goes. Spacing. Heights. Clearances. Cannon pinions. Seconds hand tolerances. H2, H3, H4… the kind of details you don’t see until something doesn’t line up. Then you see them very clearly.

We’ve gone through more prototype dials than we’ll ever show. Some were great. Some taught us a lot. Some are now excellent scratch testers, shop tokens, or very expensive desk decorations. We’ll spare you the full 200-plus tour.

Somewhere along the way, cases of watch boxes showed up before even one prototype had gone out. That led to a fair bit of head-scratching around Tavish & Bishop HQ. That said… we’re getting there.

The good news: things are locking in.

We’ve now received our first two batches of Sellita movements, both in 11½ lignes: SW Elaboré and Spécial Rodier Elaboré. Fully traceable, directly from Switzerland. The kind of milestone that quietly changes the pace of things.

Here’s a small glimpse of what’s been happening while we were heads-down. We’ll keep sharing as we go.

And as a small thank-you for sticking around: once we hit 1,000 followers on either Instagram or Facebook, we’ll be giving away some Tavish & Bishop merchandise. Nothing fancy. Just good shop gear. Caps and the like.

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Thanks for watching. More soon.

01/03/2026

Happy New Year 2026!

It’s been a long start to the winter.
A lot of ups, and many more downs. Some good news, some truly trying moments. We’ve been quiet, but not for lack of work.

Behind the scenes, hundreds of hours have gone into manufacturing our own dials. Testing finishes, reworking paints, drilling, attaching feet, starting over more times than we can count. It hasn’t been easy. Titanium, as many in the watch industry know, has been a challenge of its own.

We’re proud to share that Tavish & Bishop is now a Sellita authorized account. Every movement we use is fully traceable, directly from Sellita in Switzerland, with serial numbers and invoicing. No grey market sourcing. No “Swiss-made” shortcuts. Ever.

Before the holidays, we also completed our first movement spacer ring and casement. Quiet milestones on a long road.

We’ll be sharing an update soon, finally revealing the first true concept watch for the Divergent series, now with the first watch hands under testing.

To everyone who’s stayed, watched, and believed while we were silent: thank you.
Wishing you all a very happy new year. We’re still here, and we’re pushing forward.

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