By Hans Schwarz, CW21 Most orreries are built with the observer outside the solar system, looking top down, with Earth’s north pole facing up. My orrery has a decidedly different […]

By James Sprague An AWCI clockmaker is the 2025 winner of a national horological scholarship. In December, the Willard House & Clock Museum of North Grafton, Massachusetts, named AWCI member […]

By James Sprague Roughly an hour’s drive north on Interstate 75, from AWCI headquarters in Harrison, Ohio, is Dayton, Ohio, nicknamed “The Gem City.” And while that nickname doesn’t refer […]

By James Sprague For two centuries, the lever escapement has reigned supreme as the primary choice for portable timepieces. In addition to being relatively easy to manufacture, adjust, and repair, […]

By James Sprague A popular clockmaking course returns to AWCI later this year, taught by one of the masters of the craft. AWCI, in conjunction with AWCI member Bob Ockenden, […]

By James Sprague A student horologist at the Watch Technology Institute at North Seattle College, who was awarded grant funding from AWCI earlier this year, figuratively dove into an entirely […]

By James Sprague In early May, AWCI Education Director Jason Champion, CW21, paid a visit to Germany and Switzerland as part of an outreach effort by AWCI to connect—in person—with […]

By James Sprague The AWCI Industry Advisory Board (IAB) welcomed a new member to the fold in September, one that wants to make a connection to time—so much so, in […]

By Aaron Recksiek, CW21 It has been just over seven years since AWCI introduced the highly-successful Build a Watch course, and now hundreds of collectors are wearing watches they assembled […]

By James Sprague It only comes once a year—like Christmas—and, in some aspects, it is very much AWCI’s Christmas. And, what an enjoyable event the 2025 AWCI Fall Symposium was […]