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Hilts sells "Time Well Worn" from Stoney Creek, Ontario: 45mm Miyota-powered racing chronographs named after circuits, and a 40mm Sellita-driven Hero Diver line still working its way out of pre-sale. The pitch? Character over recognition, which is a polite way of saying the watches are big on the motorsport and small on the hype.
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InferredSourcing Notes: Canadian brand founded in 2019 by Steven Fernandez in Stoney Creek, Ontario. The in-market chronograph line runs the Citizen Miyota 6S21 quartz chronograph calibre, while the 40mm Hero Diver and Heritage automatics announced for 2027 are specified with the Swiss Sellita SW200-1 and a customised rotor. Cases are 316L stainless steel with sapphire crystal and AR coating, and lume is Lumicast Super-LumiNova. Country of manufacture for cases, dials and hands is not disclosed, and the automatic line is currently pre-sale/Kickstarter rather than shipping stock.
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Ships from Stoney Creek, Canada
Current Rate
16%
6% HTS + 10% Section 301 (forced labor)
Est. Duty
$96–$320
on $599.99–$1999.99 watch
Canada is in the 10% flat Section 301 forced-labor tier (effective July 24, 2026), for a 16% total on a mechanical watch. USMCA-qualifying goods are exempt, but most microbrand watches do not meet USMCA origin thresholds because of imported movements and cases. The 50% Section 338 tariffs that took effect August 22, 2026 and Canada's dollar-for-dollar countermeasures effective September 8, 2026 do NOT cover HTS Chapter 91 — watch rates are unchanged. Halios ships from Vancouver.
Tariffs are assessed based on where the watch is assembled, not where individual components originate. A watch with a Japanese movement assembled in the US incurs no import duty.
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