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Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker

Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker is a Sydney watch business and own-name watchmaking operation, with a repair/dealing background and later component manufacture. 12

This profile covers the maker’s identity, history and documented work. A complete model catalogue is being researched separately.

At a glance

Subject
Confirmed Watch Brand 12
Documented work
Early own-watch assembly programme 13
Documented work
NH1 5

From assembly to manufacture in Sydney

The interview describes the 2011–2016 phase as designing, assembling and adjusting watches in Sydney using parts from eleven overseas suppliers. The official manufacture history dates Nicholas and Josh’s decision to establish in-house component production to 2016.

The maker announced NH1 on 25 February 2019 in connection with locally produced movement components; its national-first wording is not independently adopted here. Early assembly, later local component production and NH Micro contracts are different activities; none establishes that every Hacko-associated watch is entirely Australian-made. 145

What does 85% of a watch mean

The company says that by 2020 it could manufacture up to 85% of a watch’s components; it does not define that percentage’s denominator. The same history dates NH Micro, a contract-manufacturing arm serving other industries and watchmakers, to 2021.

The manufacture describes CNC turning and milling for items including mainplates, bridges, dials and gears. 4

People, production and attribution

Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker is a Sydney watch business and own-name watchmaking operation, with a repair/dealing background and later component manufacture. In the 2023 interview Nicholas described himself as director and his son Josh as overseeing the technical and manufacturing side.

Nicholas dated the move toward making watches to a 2011 reaction against restrictions on Swiss spare-parts supply. This is his account of the motivation. AMTIL’s profile dates the first own watch to 2013; this is a product milestone, distinct from the earlier repair business. 123

Continuity and the record today

The clockmaker.com.au site separately advertises a Sydney workshop and second-hand watches from other manufacturers. Such inventory is not Hacko-manufactured output. A maker-blog post dated 12 June 2026 establishes recent public communication, not current production quantity or a fully verified corporate structure. 26

Ownership and continuity

Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker is a Sydney watch business and own-name watchmaking operation, with a repair/dealing background and later component manufacture. 12

Watchmakers and designers linked to Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker

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Identification and service

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Evidence and limits

How the claims are supported
  1. verified fact

    Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker is a Sydney watch business and own-name watchmaking operation, with a repair/dealing background and later component manufacture.

  2. verified fact

    In the 2023 interview Nicholas described himself as director and his son Josh as overseeing the technical and manufacturing side.

  3. verified fact

    Nicholas dated the move toward making watches to a 2011 reaction against restrictions on Swiss spare-parts supply. This is his account of the motivation.

  4. verified fact

    The interview describes the 2011–2016 phase as designing, assembling and adjusting watches in Sydney using parts from eleven overseas suppliers.

  5. verified fact

    AMTIL’s profile dates the first own watch to 2013; this is a product milestone, distinct from the earlier repair business.

  6. source stated claim

    The official manufacture history dates Nicholas and Josh’s decision to establish in-house component production to 2016.

  7. source stated claim

    The company says that by 2020 it could manufacture up to 85% of a watch’s components; it does not define that percentage’s denominator.

  8. source stated claim

    The manufacture describes CNC turning and milling for items including mainplates, bridges, dials and gears.

  9. source stated claim

    The same history dates NH Micro, a contract-manufacturing arm serving other industries and watchmakers, to 2021.

  10. source stated claim

    The maker announced NH1 on 25 February 2019 in connection with locally produced movement components; its national-first wording is not independently adopted here.

  11. verified fact

    The clockmaker.com.au site separately advertises a Sydney workshop and second-hand watches from other manufacturers. Such inventory is not Hacko-manufactured output.

  12. verified fact

    A maker-blog post dated 12 June 2026 establishes recent public communication, not current production quantity or a fully verified corporate structure.

  13. reasonable inference

    Early assembly, later local component production and NH Micro contracts are different activities; none establishes that every Hacko-associated watch is entirely Australian-made.

Known limits

  • This identity dossier is not a complete catalogue of every watch or reference.

Direct sources

  1. Nicholas And Josh Hacko Open Up About Australian WatchmakingMONOCHROME · original interview · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Introductions and 2011–2016 company evolution; extracted lines 100–116.. External source.

  2. Nicholas Hacko — Master WatchmakerNicholas Hacko · official retail and service website · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Masthead, Sydney workshop contact and second-hand watch listings.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  3. Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker: Doing it their way, in their own timeAMTIL · manufacturing association profile · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Biographical and manufacturing chronology; first own watch in 2013.. External source.

  4. ManufactureNicholas Hacko Watchmaker · official manufacturing history · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: 2016 manufacture decision; up-to-85% capability by 2020; NH Micro in 2021; machine and component descriptions, lines 28–44.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  5. The first and only watch manufactured… — NH1 announcementNicholas Hacko · maker announcement · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: NH1 announcement and locally manufactured movement-component discussion.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  6. Nick Hacko watchmaker blogNicholas Hacko · maker blog · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Dated post heading: 12 June 2026.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

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