We source each component: Movement, Dial, Hands, Case, Crystal, Case back, Bezel (Strap, Band, Bracelet), Clasp, Box and whatever else. Each one starts with a concept, then we select each component to fit that concept. Each watch is a separately sourced collaboration. We hand select the Case , the Crystal, the Movement, the Dial, the Hands, the Strap or Bracelet. To further set us apart all of our watch movements are hand regulated using out in house timegrapher. Tanis Clockworks was sparked by searching for a retirement gift to be presented to a retiring employee. Additionally I had some corporate recognition points to spend in a company catalog, so I thought a nice watch might be a good idea. While reviewing, researching, trying on, thinking forward, the one I wanted was always a few points further away than I could spend. On the open market looking at what I really liked was @ least 10 if not 20 times outside of my comfortable budget. So then I get to thinking and scouring the net - seeing all of these micro brands popping up, noticing some similarities as well a few unique features. I also start stumbling across the build your own links and sites, and figure why not? I'm 50 something years old, hands are not as steady as they used to be, and my vision ....... I keep a magnifying glass on my desk and app on my phone. So let's try to build a watch, lol. And wouldn't you know it, I kind of like it. The sourcing is fun, the gathering of all the gear is exciting and the actual build is impressively exhausting. Modified, Homage, One of Kind, , but not a replica - while this may seem as a gray zone, there is a difference. When I'm done with a piece I know it is exactly what I set out to create and that no one, anywhere, has the exact same watch.
