Est. 1987, King Street

A house built
on patience.

Aurelian Timepieces opened in 1987 with one fitting room, a single glass case, and six watches bought at a Savannah estate auction. Our founder, a retired horologist named Elias Bram, had no interest in volume. He wanted a shop where a customer could sit down, hold a piece for as long as they needed, and leave with something they would still want to wear in thirty years.

Three decades later, the shop is still on the same block, run now by his daughter and grandson. We have added a jewelry bench, a repair workshop, and a longer list of the houses we trust. What has not changed is the pace. We still turn away pieces we would not wear ourselves, and we still sit with every customer for as long as the decision takes.

Craftsmanship, in three parts.

The movement first

Before we consider a case, a dial, or a strap, we ask what happens under the caseback. We carry mechanical and hand-wound movements almost exclusively, sourced from workshops in Switzerland and Germany that we have visited in person and would recommend to our own families.

Setting by hand

Our bench jeweler sets every stone under a loupe, checking angle and light return one prong at a time. A ring can sit on that bench for three days before it is ready to leave. We would rather it sit there than leave early.

Care after the sale

Every watch we sell gets a complimentary check at the one-year mark: seals, timing, and the small adjustments that keep a movement healthy. We service pieces we sold decades ago, and pieces that came from other shops entirely.

What goes into a piece.

jeweler examining loose diamonds with a loupe at a workbench