Watchmaker profile

Miki Eleta

Miki Eleta creates artistic mechanical clocks by combining handmade gearing, visual sculpture and time display. 1

Undated association profile: historical membership/candidacy is not a current operating-status claim; technical superlatives and priority language are not independently established.

At a glance

Dates
1950–? 1

The watchmaking story

A useful place to start with Miki Eleta's work is Kinetic and sculptural mechanical clocks.

Miki Eleta worked through a watchmaking practice under the same name. 1

Recognition: AHCI member; profile records 2008 1

Scope: Broader horology

Why this person is included

Professional recognition and documented craft

Background and working context

Affiliations and workshops: Miki Eleta

Documented origin: Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1

Geographic ties: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Switzerland. Documented workplace / industry location

Brands, workshops, and other relationships

  1. Movement / component supplier or manufacturer · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened

    Miki Eleta — Own watchmaking practice. Clockmaker / kinetic artist 1

    Legacy affiliation: Miki Eleta. Person-level contribution: Creates artistic mechanical clocks by combining handmade gearing, visual sculpture and time display.

    Original affiliation wording: Miki Eleta. No present-day employment or ownership inferred.

Evidence and limitations

This dossier connects 8 field-specific evidence records with 1 public source. Known links only; full career not established

Claim qualifications (8)
  • Noteworthy contribution: Scoped association statements, not independent technical-performance or present-status verification. 1
  • Birth year: Scoped association statements, not independent technical-performance or present-status verification. 1
  • Documented origin: Scoped association statements, not independent technical-performance or present-status verification. 1
  • Recognition: Scoped association statements, not independent technical-performance or present-status verification. 1
  • Birth year: Recovered earlier-branch mapping. Reopened inherited association source and added individual field mappings; source count is unchanged. 1
  • Documented origin: Recovered earlier-branch mapping. Reopened inherited association source and added individual field mappings; source count is unchanged. 1
  • Recognition: Recovered earlier-branch mapping. Reopened inherited association source and added individual field mappings; source count is unchanged. 1
  • Noteworthy contribution: Recovered earlier-branch mapping. Reopened inherited association source and added individual field mappings; source count is unchanged. 1

Sources

  1. Miki Eleta – AHCIAcadémie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI) · Institutional / association · Not stated

    [S0017] Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI). "Miki Eleta – AHCI." Not stated. https://www.ahci.ch/members/miki-eleta/ Accessed 2026-09-13.

    Source context

    Relationship to subject: Associated professional body

    How it was checked: Page opened; relevant text inspected in this pass.

    Limitation: Association profile; undated text can contain legacy role or production claims. Only the recorded biographical facts are used.

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