Why Watches. Why This Business. Why It Matters.
Mechanical Art
Why Watches. Why This Business. Why It Matters.
Since 2017 | 1000+ Watches Sold | 100% Positive Feedback | 1-Year Warranty | Veteran Owned
Since 2017 | 1000+ Watches Sold | 100% Positive Feedback | 1-Year Warranty | Veteran Owned
Mechanical Art. That's the Point.
Mechanical Art Timepieces exists for a simple reason: fine mechanical watches deserve better than the typical dealer experience. No runaround. No corporate layers. Just direct access, fair dealing, and a genuine appreciation for what makes these machines special.
The Philosophy
A fine mechanical timepiece is about more than status.
Yes, a watch signals something. But if that's all it did, we'd all wear replicas and call it a day.
The real value is in what's happening inside—hundreds of components, engineered over centuries, working together to measure something we can't see, touch, or stop. No batteries. No software updates. No planned obsolescence. Just physics, precision, and craftsmanship that predates everything digital in your life.
In an age where screens demand our attention every waking moment, a mechanical watch is a quiet rebellion. It doesn't ping. It doesn't notify. It just works—the same way it worked fifty years ago, the same way it'll work fifty years from now if you take care of it.
That's what "Mechanical Art" means. Not a marketing phrase. A statement about what these objects actually are.
How This Started
I'm Chris Cortis. I run Mechanical Art Timepieces out of Charlotte, NC.
I've been trading luxury timepieces since 2017—formally establishing Mechanical Art in 2020. What started as a passion for mechanical craftsmanship has become a business built on a simple principle: who you do business with matters more than anything else in this industry.
There are hundreds of dealers, traders, and resellers out there. Some are legitimate. Some aren't. All of them can put on a good digital front. In an industry that's less regulated than most, the only real protection you have is dealing with someone whose reputation depends on doing right by you.
That's why when you call or email Mechanical Art, you're talking to me—the owner of the company and the person who actually buys, sells, authenticates, and ships every watch you see listed. No sales team. No call center. No layers between you and the person responsible for your transaction.
This is a veteran-owned business. The discipline, integrity, and commitment to following through—those aren't marketing words. They're standards I learned in service and apply to every aspect of how I operate.
Over 1000+ transactions. 100% positive feedback. Not because I'm gaming a metric, but because I don't know how to do business any other way.