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46 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST October/November 2017 parts. Grant has been able to limit this by the use of torque wenches. He also relies on MiteeBite long length channel & steel wedge to innovate creative workholding solutions. Spend two seconds with the men and women at Weiss and you see the passion and pride they take in their work. Grant summed it up best, “One of the best aspects of manufacturing time pieces like this is being able to show the finished product. You can work in manufacturing your whole life and not be able to explain or show people what you do.” He should know. He Google’d “California watch maker” 1000 times before seeing Weiss pop up in the re- sults. People have an affinity for watches and no one more so than Cameron, Whitney, Lisa, Christy, and Grant. Every watch in every ad is set at 10:10. This bit of watch- making trivia just changed your life. You can’t un-see, or un-know this. The arrangement of the hands is symmetri- cal and deemed pleasing to customers. The hands are not overlapping and clearly visible. The logo, usually under the 12 is showcased nicely between the hands. It is an industry standard for watch photography. Weiss set theirs at 10:09. “It works better for me visually and spiritually,” explains Cameron. “We respect the traditions of master watchmak- ers, but do things slightly different here at Weiss, so it’s 10:09 for us.” The Tornos Swiss Nano is capable of producing 2/3 of all watch movement components. It can manufacture parts down to .005 and is like having five machines in one.