Only 1000 timepieces are handcrafted of each style, making each watch a part of a limited edition collection. For many of the collections, Milieris hand paints each individual dial, giving each piece a distinctly different appearance, hence a truly unique one-of-a-kind timepiece.
Each timepiece is easily adjustable by a jeweler or watchmaker. They bear brand new Citizen® quartz movements, and are accurate for many years to come. Watches are mechanical, and no one has been able to discover a way to overcome entropy, therefore, parts can wear down. Each comes with a one year limited warranty from the time you purchases the timepiece.
The decision not to seal the distressed and oxidized metals with a protective finish allows the wearer of the watch to become a participant in the evolution of the piece. The air, the temperature, and the skin of the wearer all change the inherent molecular structure of the metals, and the end result is a watch that is most uniquely their own.
These watches come to you in a custom beautiful faux suede boxes and the warranty is a color brochure which includes a biography of Milieris, and a description of the watch. Please take a few minutes to stamp the warranty with your information.
Every watch is water resistant. However, they are not designed to swim or shower with. They can be lightly splashed but not soaked at all.
Watchmaker Eduardo Milieris is dedicated to presenting new ways of seeing the times in which we all live. Born in 1960 in Montevideo, Uruguay, Eduardo had already begun painting the glass of his watch with markers, which in turn painted the sleeves of his shirt with beautiful colors his mother did not like. Today, his watches still have painted dials, but now on the inside.
Eduardo's grandfather, wanting to mark his passage into adulthood, asked him to choose a special watch for himself. He walked up and down the length of the Avenida de 18 de Julio, looking for the perfect watch in each store. He will never forget the feeling as he searched for the timepiece, which was most uniquely suited to him. That experience has guided decisions he has made about the watches in his line.
From 1985 to 1990 he studied at The School of Liberal Arts, in Montevideo, where he developed his style in photography, video art, and sculpture. It was there that he conceived his signature piece, the "Slow Reading Clock". Its three movements mark one segment of the time: hours, minutes, and seconds respectively. Much of his work since that time has focused on movement, presenting multiple pendulums, or second-hands. While these pieces are about motion, they are also about time. Depending on the mood, the observer could feel caught up in the flow of passing time, and be beckoned to "seize the moment". Or alternately, one could be subdued, feeling the anguish of the eternal.
Today a line of more than 100 different watches is being produced in his New York City studio.

