Founding members
Louie Barrera
Cassidy Atkins
Louie Barrera
Louie is a watchmaker from California, who got his start as an apprentice at an independent repair shop. His career took a detour for several years as he worked as a Respiratory Therapist. He returned to horology by pursuing a formal education in the field before joining the MAHC team.
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Cassidy Atkins
Louie Barrera
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Cassidy Atkins
Cassidy Atkins
Cassidy Atkins
Cassidy approached watchmaking from an aesthetic interest, being artistic from a young age, but quickly fell in love with the complex mechanics of horology. After completing watchmaking school, he helped found MAHC to pursue fine watchmaking in the United States along with making parts and tools available to horologists of the future. Al
Cassidy approached watchmaking from an aesthetic interest, being artistic from a young age, but quickly fell in love with the complex mechanics of horology. After completing watchmaking school, he helped found MAHC to pursue fine watchmaking in the United States along with making parts and tools available to horologists of the future. Along with helping the industry, Cassidy hopes to make artistic renditions of horological timepieces and curios from his favorite media.
Eli Place
Penina Place
Cassidy Atkins
Eli came across clock repair when he was fifteen. He built his skill set for six years before enrolling in a local horological school, where he further developed his knowledge and skills. He now has over a decade of clock repair experience and continues the art of quality clock repair as perfected by the great clockmakers before us. You may know him from Place's Time Repair.
Penina Place
Penina Place
Penina Place
Penina graduated a two-year watchmaking program, where she specialized in vintage ladies' wrist watches. She has administered several of her own companies, and brings years of bookkeeping experience to the team. You may know her from Place's Time Repair.
James Seiner
Penina Place
Penina Place
James became interested in horology before graduating high school. He had a background in jewelry making and a longtime interest in mechanical design, which led him to look for ways to combine his artistic and technical sides. He briefly considered horology school instead of college, but elected to finish his Master's Degree in math bef
James became interested in horology before graduating high school. He had a background in jewelry making and a longtime interest in mechanical design, which led him to look for ways to combine his artistic and technical sides. He briefly considered horology school instead of college, but elected to finish his Master's Degree in math before those childhood interests proved irresistible. He is excited to finally begin his horological career, and his ultimate goal is to make watches from scratch, where he will combine modern innovations with aesthetic inspiration from American railroad watches and Art Deco design.
Jeremy McCloud
Jeremy McCloud
Jeremy McCloud
Jeremy served ten years in the Air Force as a Russian translator, where he was introduced to the complex history of Soviet watchmaking. After being medically retired in 2023, he decided to make his horological hobby a full-time endeavor. Jeremy performs watch and clock repairs, and offers Russian translation services for Soviet horological documents.