American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute
Supporting and Advancing Horology through Education and Cooperation
Join us at AWCI Headquarters for a 5 day course working on the lever escapement theoretically and practically. Fundamentals of the escapement, how to check and make adjustments will be covered. Lubrication and how adjustments will effect timing will also be covered in the class.
This is a great collaboration class with Henrik Korpela and the team at KHWCC in Le Locle Switzerland. The link is for the registration for the class and the described tour. You will need to make your own travel arrangements to Le Locle. You can extend before or after the class to make a longer […]
Polishing a case today requires many skills. Complex case and bracelet designs are common in the marketplace. Standardized polishing methods were often not taught in watchmaking schools here in the U.S. until recently. Many watchmakers learned polishing by trial and error or observing the procedures of others. Today’s consumer has high expectations concerning the […]
