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Guided by his passion for high horology watchmaking, his uncompromising creativity, and a life’s journey of demanding new challenges, Master Watchmaker of complications specialist Daniel A. Spitz creates his own vision of micro-mechanical art within his own independent brand, manufacture, and high horology restoration & after sales service center in Delray Beach, Florida.

He tirelessly works alone creating unique masterpieces not like the others. A subtle blend of mechanical sophistication, extensive inventions, hand craftsmanship, and creative architecture bring forth a large part of his DNA.  He brings to the world mechanical art for the wrist that will last for centuries. 

The single impulse chronometer pivoted detent escapement timepiece “Libre Excentrique” has been the long term project by Dan and is currently available for ordering with books opening for 2024 onward, by souscription.

Fueled by passion for his art, incredible skills, traditional working methods and the knowledge he has garnered throughout his extensive career marks him as one of the world’s most coveted Master Watchmakers of complications specialist.

The atelier of Mr.Spitz is filled with vintage meticulously restored very rare watchmaking machines from watch factories and methods long gone. These beautiful extremely accurate specialized machines (themselves a work of human art) allow him the capabilities to manufacture all parts of a high end timepiece on site, he has no need to rely on outside sources. This independence allows him to build inner caliber components by hand operated machines, as watchmakers did centuries ago, building for centuries ahead.

He works extremely slow while placing his love and passion into each high horology timepiece, as a bespoke unique commission. Due to these ancient traditional hand crafting and hand finishing watchmaking techniques, machining on beautiful precise very old restored machines, and the complexities of the extensive use of vintage metallurgy’s, no two timepieces are exactly alike, helping to preserve the collectors vision of expression, as well as the masters.

His timepieces are an artistic expression of Mr.Spitz, loaned to the world, and worn by the select few.

Dan hand makes the Libre Excentrique alone in his atelier utilizing traditional tools and methods.

Daniel A. Spitz works in his atelier as an artist utilizing skills he’s mastered over more than 40 years at his watchmaking bench. Heading up some of the largest Swiss timepiece companies mechanical complication workshops such as Chopard and DeGrisogono, a micro mechanical longevity consultant, ghost builder, and test workshop for many of the big watch brands, while also being a watchmaking instructor and course creator for these brands and their Watchmakers. He is also a vintage timepiece restoration expert for private collectors and famous auction houses. In house manufacture of missing or broken parts for vintage timepieces from raw material is all done in workshop. Please visit Delray Beach Vintage Watches for your repair needs.