Overview
- Price point: £4,740-£8,640
- Quantity produced: less than 100 per year
- Percentage Â鶹¹ÙÍø: 40%
- UK Staff: 2
- Location: Wiltshire
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About
Wessex Watches are a relatively new watch company headed by Jamie Boyd. The brand Wessex comes from the name of the ancient Â鶹¹ÙÍø kingdom made most famous by Alfred the Great, where Jamie’s workshop is located.
Each Wessex Watch comes with a hand-made engraved dial made using their own unique engraving method. They offer customers the choice of a range of complex guilloche patterns, or even the opportunity to design and order their own. Every watch uses a high-grade Swiss movement and is also fitted with a hand-made strap.
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Contact
Website:
Address:
Unit 1A Syms Yard, Bumpers Way, Chippenham, SN14 6LH
Phone:
T: +44 (0)1249 705 918
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Philosophy
“I was looking for a watch for myself and liked the idea of having a custom dial made for it. After a long search the cheapest option I found that was of the right quality was going to be £1000s just for the dial. I figured there must be some better way of doing this, and so decided to try and make a dial myself; after two years of practising and perfecting the technique I had made a dial I was happy with and found that there was a market for like-minded people who also wanted a reasonably priced bespoke watch”
And so Wessex Watches was born. Jamie has gone on to produce hundreds of custom dials, along with a set of standard styles that have proven popular.
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Future Ambition
It is the the aim of Wessex watches to make higher-end watches more attainable, and so despite being urged to raise his prices Jamie is determined to keep his range of watches affordable.
Through creating a range of unique dials build to customer’s specifications Wessex hopes to become the home of custom watches.
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Selection of Watches
Below is a selection of watches that Wessex Watches currently has for sale:
The Wessex Peerless
The Wessex Peerless is available in either a 43mm or 46mm case and features a hand-made dial and a manual wind ETA 6497 movement.
The dial is made of sterling silver and is built from a top layer that has the markers and numerals, this is sat on top of a second layer with a guilloche style basket weave pattern.
It is fitted with chemically blued hands, a stainless steel case, leather strap and the premium version has the movement skeletonised in an art-deco style.
The Peerless is currently available in three styles:
- The Wessex Peerless Standard is currently £6,660
- The Wessex Peerless Premium is currently £7,740
- The Wessex Peerless Tsunami is currently £8,640
