Aviation
Cockpit-inspired dials, high-contrast indices, instrument hands, and clear timing scales make aviation watches easy to read at a glance.
Design inspiration: altimeters, flight logs, riveted panels.
Custom watch design UK
Design a watch around what moves you.
A cockpit dial, a racing chronograph case, or a skeletonised movement can begin with one strong idea. Accorn Chronos Ltd turns that idea into an analogue watch through original drawings, clear material choices, and close approval at every stage.
Aviation
Motorsport
Military
Nautical
Classic cars
Start with a reference point
Six design directions to explore
Bring a story, an object, or a favourite instrument. We translate its useful details into proportion, texture, colour, and legibility.
Motorsport
Racing chronograph details meet tachymeter bezels, perforated straps, and compact numerals with a purposeful vintage feel.
Design inspiration: pit boards, lap counters, British racing green.
Military
Muted palettes and strong lume support a practical dial shaped by trench-era watches and field equipment.
Design inspiration: service markings, canvas, functional typography.
Nautical
Marine chronometer cues, wave-textured surfaces, and deck-inspired colourways bring calm structure to the design.
Design inspiration: tide tables, brass instruments, blue water.
Classic car
Dashboard typography, cream dials, and warm leather textures recall the interiors of mid-century grand tourers.
Design inspiration: gauges, walnut, stitched steering wheels.
Skeletonised
Open-worked bridges and mainplates reveal the mechanical heart while keeping the hour display calm and readable.
Design inspiration: gears, hand finishing, visible motion.
Made around your brief
How deep does customisation go?
Every element can carry the same design language. Nothing needs to come from a parts catalogue.
Discuss your designDial
Choose hand-finished brass, silver, enamel, or a custom-painted surface. Applied indices, personal markings, and carefully balanced date apertures are drawn for the case and movement together.
Hands
Set the mood with bespoke profiles, thermal bluing, polished or matte surfaces, and lume chosen for the intended setting.
Movement
Skeletonisation, perlage, Côtes de Genève, and engraved rotors can make the movement part of the visual story.
Case
We can review lug profiles, bezel styles, crown shapes, finishing, and engraving positions across the case.
Strap
Hand-stitched leather, woven fabric, or metal bracelets are matched to the design's proportions and daily wear.
Thoughtful material choices
Materials you can feel good about
We discuss the source and finish of every visible material before approval. That includes recycled 316L steel, lower-impact gold alternatives, certified conflict-free precious metals, and vegetable-tanned hides from ethically managed European tanneries.
Presentation materials are recycled or recyclable. Luxury should feel considered at every touchpoint.
Read our sourcing statementsRecycled 316L steel
Vegetable-tanned leather
Certified precious metals
Recyclable presentation
A clear approval process
Your approval at every stage
Changes are welcome while a design is still on paper. You see the watch taking shape before assembly begins.
1
Direction
We review references, proportions, wear, and the main design idea.
2
Technical drawing
Dimensions, finishes, materials, and movement requirements are set out.
3
Prototype review
Dial and hand prototypes give you a real visual check.
4
Pre-assembly
All components are checked together before the watch is assembled.
5
Final inspection
We inspect alignment, finish, timekeeping, and presentation before delivery.
The detail nobody else owns
Make it irreplaceably yours
Engrave a caseback, rotor, dial signature, or movement bridge. Initials, dates, coordinates, short quotations, and family crests can be paired with classic serif, modern sans-serif, or hand-lettered styles.
E. H. · 1968
51.88° N
Keep moving
A family mark
A design brought to life
One inherited chronograph. One new chapter.
A client brought us a vintage motorsport chronograph inherited from his grandfather. Its 1960s dashboard typography and British racing green accents became the starting point for a new watch, with cream indices, a measured seconds track, and a hand-stitched strap.
"The watch is unmistakably mine, a tribute to my grandfather's car and my own passion for racing."Start your custom design enquiry