Remembering a Trailblazer: Alice Carpenter, CMW, CMEW, FAWCI 1932-2022
By James Sprague The AWCI community is mourning the passing of one of its legends last month. Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CMEW, FAWCI, age 89, of Tarboro, North Carolina, […]
American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute
Supporting and Advancing Horology through Education and Cooperation
The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) is the premier organization dedicated to the timekeeping or horology industry.
Since 1960 we have been serving watchmakers and clockmakers through our mission of Supporting and Advancing Horology through Education and Cooperation.
Upcoming Events
Introduction to Basic Clock Repair Skills
January 4, 2023 @ 8:00 am - January 6, 2023 @ 5:00 pm UTC-4AWCI – Harrison, Ohio
701 Enterprise Dr
Harrison, OH 45030 United States + Google Map
Harrison, OH 45030 United States + Google Map
Introduction to Basic Clock Repair Skills is a foundational class that offers to those new to clocks a basic understanding of the most fundamental operations involved in clock repair, restoration, and conservation and to those more advanced a deeper understanding and exposure to different techniques...
Find out more »Horological Times
A Respiratory Therapist’s Adventure in Becoming a Watchmaker
By Kathleen Cardwell Peering over a lathe at a workbench in the York Time Institute, Louie Barrera is focused and excited at the same time. That’s because he just started […]
Want More Articles?
Log in and read many other fascinating articles in Horological Times.
4,256
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
Supporting and Advancing Horology through Education and Cooperation.
The 2022 AWCI Fall Symposium is three weeks away! Register now!!
It is that time of year again – time to get together and celebrate AWCI, its efforts and its mission!
The 2022 AWCI Fall Symposium takes place September 29-October 1 at AWCI headquarters outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the goal to bring its members and others in the horological community together for a weekend of fellowship, learning and planning for the future.
Registration is open for those wanting to attend, and can be done at the following link: awci.memberclicks.net/2022symposiumregistration
Attendees can also register by contacting AWCI Office Manager James Sprague at james@awci.com, or by phone at 513-367-9800, ext. 301.
The registration fees of $150 cover all classes, lectures, discussions and demonstrations throughout the three-day event, along with lunches and dinners throughout the Symposium. Attendees are free to float between classes, lectures and demonstrations as they desire.
From clock case restoration to putting a new lathe through its paces, business classes, a demonstration on oiling, a panel discussion on young watchmakers, David Lindow’s Rose Engine, a watch sales/tool mart and more, this Symposium will have something for everyone!
Register today! #horology #time #clocks #clockmaker #clockmaking #watches #watchmakerslathe #lathe #roseengine #watches #watchmakingworkshop #watchesofinstagram #watchmakerlathes #horological #horoloupe #horologist #horologicalmachines #horologicaltools
Register now for the 2022 AWCI Fall Symposium!!
It is that time of year again – time to get together and celebrate AWCI, its efforts and its mission!
The 2022 AWCI Fall Symposium takes place September 29-October 1 at AWCI headquarters outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the goal to bring its members and others in the horological community together for a weekend of fellowship, learning and planning for the future.
Among the programs to take place during the three-day event, which marks the 62nd anniversary of AWCI’s founding, will include presentations on slide rest maintenance; presentations on lubricants; the testing the tolerances of a watchmaker’s lathe from a new horological tool company, along with a gear cutting session on that very lathe; and a panel discussion on the topic of what needs to be done to get more young watchmakers into repair shops.
Also being worked on as possibilities for the event are a business class; a potential clock case class; a watch sales/tool market; presentations on depthing tools and gearing, along with pivot straightening; and more.
Taking place will also be AWCI’s annual in-person meeting of its Board of Directors, along with the swearing in of two of its new board members – Mike Creasey and Scott Walters. AWCI’s Affiliate Chapter and Industry Advisory Board will also hold their annual meetings, the awardees of the 2022 Harold J. and Marie Borneman Greenwood Memorial Fund Grants will be announced, the winner of the bidding on the vintage rolltop watchmakers bench by the AWCI Education Library and Museum (ELM) Trust will be announced, and more.
That's only a sampling of the programming for the AWCI Fall Symposium, as more is still being worked on for the event. Registration is now open for those wanting to attend – the cost is $150 per person, which includes all activities and meals, including the Saturday night dinner, taking place at the event.
Registration is open for those wanting to attend, and can be done at the following link: awci.memberclicks.net/2022symposiumregistration
Attendees can also register by contacting AWCI Office Manager James Sprague at james@awci.com, or by phone at 513-367-9800, ext. 301.
For those wanting to book their hotel stays for the Fall Symposium, there are two local hotels in the vicinity of AWCI headquarters which offer AWCI member rates and are within a five-minute drive of AWCI headquarters. Those two hotels are the following:
Best Western Whitewater Inn
391 Comfort Drive Harrison, Ohio 45030
513-845-4970
AWCI member rate: $74 per night
Holiday Inn Express
10906 New Haven Road Harrison, Ohio 45030
513-367-1111
AWCI member rates: $79 per night
Other activities, taking place outside of the Fall Symposium, which may be of interest to attendees include the Cincinnati Bengals hosting the Miami Dolphins on September 29 for Thursday Night Football at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati; Major League Soccer’s FC Cincinnati hosting the Chicago Fire at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium on October 1; the Cincinnati Toy and Collectible Show on October 2, the Cincinnati Reds hosting the Chicago Cubs October 3-5 at Great American Ballpark; and the acclaimed Broadway production Hamilton at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center on October 2, among other events.
We want to see as many of you as we can fit in the building, and we can't wait to see you at AWCI headquarters next month! #horology#horological#watchmaking#clocks#watches#watch#clockmaking#time
Michael Gainey, CC21, imparting some Herschede wisdom during his class this week at @americanwatchmakers #clock #clockgeek #clockmechanism #clockmaking #clockrestoration #clockrepair #horology #horoloupe #horological #horologist #bell #bells #clocks