By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision…

- Bruno Walter

Welcome

I started my journey in watchmaking with the purpose to one day, create my own timepieces. I have created JMElam Watches to share my passion and journey while I focus on fine watchmaking, interesting complications and an attention to high-end finishing.

I am currently creating a limited series of eight-pieces. This unique series will be based around my in-house wandering hour complication module and use a heavily modified BNB Concept movement as the base calibre. All surrounded by a highly polished 39mm stainless steel case.

Jack Matthew Elam

Jack Matthew Elam

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Wandering Hours Series - The dial of the wandering hours sits below the satellite and features a Clous de Paris guilloche pattern. I do not currently have an engine lathe to produce this pattern traditionally, so it was milled on my SIP with a 120-
Creating the component templates for the pantograph can be done with various different methods including laser cutting, CNC milling and 3D printing. For my approach, I chose to make them by hand on the scroll saw and finish up with hand files. Th
For me there are not many machines that begin to prove themselves more important than the pantograph. Here you can see my Taylor Hobson, model K - mk2, set up for 10:1 reduction work. In this instance, a template of the component is made 10 times
Wandering Hours Series - Minute Tracks Displayed across 120°, the minutes are shown with an elegant series of finely etched Arabic numerals indicating every ten minutes and a dotted chapter to show everything in-between. Here they can be seen o