Kieser Design

Matthias Kieser builds unique and innovative mechanical watches. Handmade in Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪

16/03/2026

Anyone who shares Matthias‘ passion for ? If not, you may just enjoy the wristshots 😉

13/03/2026

The last few weeks in the workshop have been intense.

Not because we’re increasing production. Quite the opposite.

Matthias Kieser and the team are finishing the next few watches that will soon leave the workshop and go to their new owners. And when you build only a limited amount of watches each year, the final weeks before completion are always the most focused.

The photo shows a calm moment from that process:
dial rings in between finishing and anodizing.

A tiny component — but one that tells a bigger story.

Because the goal here was never just to assemble watches.

The real fascination for Matthias is building them.

Starting with a raw piece of titanium and slowly turning it into the components that define the watch: dials, dial rings, indices, hands, crown, buckle, cases, and the patented exoskeleton.

All developed and manufactured inside the workshop.

Not because it’s efficient. And definitely not because it’s easy.

But because it changes the relationship to the watch completely.

When you produce the dial yourself, you control its depth and structure.
When you make the indices, you decide how they catch the light.
When you craft the hands, you determine their balance, thickness and presence on the dial.

Every detail becomes intentional.

That’s why this approach still matters to Matthias and the team: a single material — titanium — slowly transformed into an entire watch.

Piece by piece.

In the coming weeks, a few of these watches will leave the workshop. And somewhere inside them… there will be a dial ring that once sat right here on this watchmaker‘s lathe.
Thanks for reading this detailed caption. What makes a watch special to you?

11/03/2026

tragwerk2.0. An ultra-limited sports watch.

02/03/2026

tragwerk2.0. Front and back. Honey Gold and Navy Blue.
Limited to 25 pieces each. Handcrafted in Frankfurt — piece by piece — by Matthias Kieser and his team.
Two tones. Same philosophy. Patented design.

Are you team tragwerk2.0 Honey Gold or Navy Blue?

28/02/2026

Pure anodized titanium.
Matthias Kieser didn’t invent the process of anodizing titanium.
But over the years, he and his team have perfected it — for one uncompromising purpose: absolute precision.

No shortcuts.
No compromises.
Hours upon hours of testing.
Dialing in voltage, timing, surface preparation.

Anodizing titanium is easy.
Creating a flawless dial — without a single spot, perfect across every millimeter — takes years.

Because preparation is everything.
Every surface refined.
Every detail controlled.

What looks like color is actually physics.
Light that doesn’t sit on top —
but emerges from within the material itself.

And only when every millimeter meets the standard
does it become the center of a patented design:
the tragwerk2.0.

Pure anodized titanium.
No filters.
Just substance.

17/02/2026

Prague never disappoints.

We took a short break there to recharge — to walk, to look, to slow down. The city has a way of sharpening your eye. Details reveal themselves if you give them time.

Matthias Kieser has always been drawn to Art Nouveau. The clarity of line. The balance. The quiet strength in organic form. In Prague, that language is everywhere.

Our Honey Gold tragwerk2.0 fits naturally into this world — architectural, precise, confident. A piece shaped by structure and intention.

A few days away can reset your perspective. Prague certainly did that for us.

Where to next for Art Nouveau inspiration — New York, Vienna, Barcelona, perhaps?

Which city inspires you most?

10/02/2026

Limited to 25 pieces. Hand-crafted from Grade 5 titanium with a golden anodized honeycomb dial. Designed, machined, finished, and assembled entirely in-house. The first unique piece has been delivered.
24 watches are now being built — one at a time.
Engineering first.
Craftsmanship without compromise.
Delivery: March / April 2026.

05/12/2025

We've been quiet for a bit, but not because we're slowing down! We've been hard at work crafting every detail of our latest series - the tragwerk2.0 in stunning navy blue titanium. Only 25 of these masterpieces will be made, and if you ordered yours before October, get ready for it to arrive soon! 😊 Interested in owning a tragwerk2.0?

08/10/2025

„That’s when I learned to value true craftsmanship and that’s when I realized that this was something I wanted my job to incorporate.“

A short quote from Matthias in one of the conversations with the New York Times. This article will always be something very special for us!

Thank you very much for your many messages and the shared joy about this very great honor. For a week now we have been proud, thrilled, flattered and above all grateful. This article is the reward for all the years of hard work and a motivation to switch on the lights of the workshop every day!

02/10/2025

Kieser Design is featured in the latest issue of The New York Times!

We are beyond happy! What started with a „normal“ email was followed by interviews and a whole day with a photographer in our workshop. And now we can finally show it to you!

What an honor! We couldn’t be more grateful and flattered!

29/09/2025

Happy everyone! Enjoy the week and make things happen ✨

Adresse

Ostparkstraße 37
Frankfurt
60385

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http://www.kieserdesign.de/

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