Photos: The watchmaker

Cameron Weiss uses Swiss movements to make his watches, but many other components are fabricated by partner companies based in L.A.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Cameron Weiss polishes a watch case in an industrial polisher at his Beverly Hills apartment.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Since Cameron Weiss launched Weiss Watch Co. a little more than a year ago, he has sold about 1,000 of his Standard Issue Field Watches at $950 each.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Cameron Weiss polishes stainless steel watch cases at his apartment in Beverly Hills.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Cameron Weiss assembles a watch at his 50-year-old watchmaker’s bench in his Beverly Hills apartment.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Cameron Weiss displays his namesake watches, the only mechanical timepieces with “Los Angeles” on their dials.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)