In-house
Designed, engineered, machined, fitted, finished, assembled, regulated and inspected in Canada.
About Linn & North
Made by hand. Made in Canada. Crafted for the Journey.
At Linn & North, we believe how something is made becomes part of its story.
The workshop
It is a slower way
to make a watch.
That is entirely the point.
Our timepieces are built in Canada using traditional, hands-on methods. Cases and components are shaped on manual mills and lathes, one operation at a time. There is no CNC production line quietly making parts in the background. The work is guided by hand, measured by hand, fitted by hand and finished by hand.
We work with traditional machine tools and watchmaking techniques because they keep the craftsperson connected to the material. A cut is made, measured and considered before the next begins. Surfaces are worked individually. Components are fitted to one another rather than simply assembled from a bin of identical parts.
Materials
Functional dimensions demand precision.
Character does not demand uniformity.
Wherever practical, we look to Canada for the materials that give our watches their character — from metals and natural materials to stones and reclaimed materials whose imperfections tell a story of their own. We don't believe those variations should always be engineered away.
A mark in reclaimed metal, the natural structure of stone, or the subtle evidence of hand finishing can become part of the identity of an individual timepiece. That distinction matters to us.
Made here. By us.
Made in Canada isn't a line printed at the bottom of a dial. It describes where the work happens.
Old and new tools
Modern instruments help us measure to exacting tolerances. Old-world tools help us make the parts.
Uncommon
A mechanical timepiece whose maker has been physically involved in its creation from raw material through final assembly.
Made to become yours
We make the watch.
You give it a story.
We aren't trying to make thousands of indistinguishable watches. We want to make timepieces worthy of becoming heirlooms. That means building them to be worn, maintained, repaired and eventually entrusted to someone else.
It also means accepting that the small traces of their making — and eventually their wearing — are not necessarily flaws. They are the beginning of a history.
Every Linn & North timepiece leaves our workshop at the start of that history. From there, its story belongs to the people who wear it, the places it travels and the generations that follow.
Crafted for the Journey.