Now before we take a deep dive here, in the interest of transparency, I did not attend the launch of the FTS facility, or the earlier announcement/press event, but a few of the "bigger" outlets did. So I need to stress that my update here is based on materials provided by FTS, I have yet to visit, see the facilities or even the products in person. Having said that, if all is as advertised, it is a very impressive enterprise underway in the Arizona desert, and I suspect that a very solid business will emerge.
Courtesy of FTS
Here is the info, straight from the source -
Fine Timepiece Solutions Launches American Watch & Movement Manufacturing Facility
Joined
by the Mayor of Fountain Hills, two-time #1 bestselling author David
Meltzer, technology partners, local dignitaries and a core group of
American based watch brands, Fine Timepiece Solutions has formally
launched the rebirth of American watch making.
After more than three years of planning and over a year of
conceptualization and construction, Fine Timepiece Solutions (FTS) has
formally launched the commercial watch manufacturing and supply business
to bring American watch making back to life.
Under the technical direction of CMW21 accredited master watchmaker
Manuel Yazijian, FTS technicians and watchmakers are hand crafting a
catalog of 16 Ameriquartz watch movement calibers built to the most
stringent standards in a state of the art facility. FTS builds,
regulates, and tests Ameriquartz movements as well as produces and tests
complete watches for client brands.
This first step in re-establishing an American source for critical
components, as well as domestic assembly, will help the growing corps of
American based watch brands realize their creations right here in the
USA.
