Weiss Watch Company
American watchmaker hand-assembling mechanical field, dive, and aviation-inspired timepieces in a Nashville workshop.
- Founded
- 2013
- Founder
- Cameron Weiss
- Country
- United States
- Made In
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA (with both domestic and imported components)
- Price Range
- Premium
- Stance
- 8 / 10
- Coverage
- 3 products
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Founded in 2013 by WOSTEP-certified watchmaker Cameron Weiss and his wife Whitney, Weiss Watch Company set out to revive American mechanical watchmaking. Cameron trained at the Nicolas G. Hayek Watchmaking School and at Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin in the US and Switzerland before launching with ten hand-finished field watches at a San Francisco market. The company began in their dining room, grew through workshops in Torrance, California, and in 2020 relocated to a former record-label print shop in Nashville's Wedgewood-Houston district. The atelier designs and machines most components in-house — including cases, dials, gaskets, and proprietary movements derived from Swiss bases (ETA 2892-A2, Unitas 6497) as well as their in-house Caliber 1003 — and assembles every watch by hand. Releases are small-batch, often limited editions of 20–50 pieces, and the brand has collaborated with Allen Edmonds, Birdwell, and Tanner Goods.
Founded 2013 by Cameron Weiss.
Products from Weiss Watch Company
38mm Automatic Standard Issue Field Watch with Date Set
Reviewed May 2026
Limited Edition 42mm Automatic Standard Issue Field Watch with Date: Textured Denim Dial
Reviewed May 2026
Limited Edition 42mm Automatic Standard Issue Field Watch with Date — Textured Denim Dial
Reviewed Jun 2026
Return policy
Per brand site; not specifically published in research scope. Two-year warranty per third-party reviews.
Is Weiss Watch Company Worth It?
Yes, with conviction, for the buyer who wants a genuinely American-made mechanical watch and is willing to pay for the story behind it. Across 3 reviewed pieces, Weiss averages 9/10, with the Limited Edition 42mm Textured Denim Dial leading at 9.5. At $2,500 to $3,400, you're not buying a Swiss movement in a branded case; you're buying a watch that was designed, machined, and assembled by a WOSTEP-certified watchmaker in a Nashville workshop. That's a real distinction, and the scores reflect it.
Across 3 reviewed pieces, Weiss Watch Company averages 9/10, with the Limited Edition 42mm Automatic Standard Issue Field Watch with Date in Textured Denim Dial leading at 9.5/10.
The buyer who wants a serious American-made mechanical watch and cares about provenance as much as performance.
Movements are derived from Swiss bases, not built entirely from scratch in Nashville, so the "American-made" story is real but not absolute.
The make
Cameron Weiss trained at the Nicolas G. Hayek Watchmaking School and put time in at Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin before launching with ten hand-finished field watches at a San Francisco market in 2013. That background shows in the execution. Cases, dials, gaskets, and proprietary movements are designed and machined in-house at the Nashville atelier, a former record-label print shop in the Wedgewood-Houston district. The movements are derived from Swiss bases, which is worth knowing, but the in-house machining and hand-assembly are genuine. At this price, the construction holds up to scrutiny.
The value
The 38mm Automatic Standard Issue Field Watch with Date Set scored 8.9/10 at $2,970, and the Limited Edition 42mm Textured Denim Dial hit 9.5/10 at $2,500. That's a meaningful spread for a three-piece lineup, and the higher-scored watch is actually the cheaper one, which is a good sign. You're paying a premium over Swiss competitors at similar price points, but part of what you're buying is a traceable, domestic supply chain and a watchmaker whose name is on the door. For the right buyer, that's not a markup; it's the point.
The context
There is no other American watchmaker operating at this level of in-house production at this price. RGM in Pennsylvania is the closest comparison, and both brands occupy a niche that Swiss mid-tier watches simply don't fill: mechanical, considered, made by someone who can explain every component. If you're cross-shopping Weiss against a Longines or a Tudor, you're asking the wrong question. The watches are different objects with different purposes. If you want American provenance and hand-assembly from a credentialed watchmaker, Weiss is the answer.
Per the brand's own materials, every Weiss timepiece is designed, finished, and assembled by hand at the company's Nashville, Tennessee workshop in the Wedgewood-Houston district (previously located in Torrance, California; relocated 2020). Cases, dials, and other components are machined in-house on Tornos Swiss machines with custom HORN USA tooling; movements are Weiss-branded calibers based on Swiss ebauches (2892-A2, 6497, M100) plus the in-house Caliber 1003, each finished, assembled, and regulated at the watchmaker's bench. The Nashville studio is open for monthly public tours per the brand.
Small-batch hand production in a single Nashville workshop with long-life mechanical movements designed to be serviced and passed down; no published third-party sustainability certifications.
- 2013Founded by Cameron Weiss and Whitney WeissWeiss Watch Company brand story page
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