American Watchmakers - Clockmakers Institute
Supporting and Advancing Horology through Education and Cooperation
Learn how mechanical clocks work while assembling your very own clock. Your introduction to clockmaking begins with a tour of the Cincinnati Observatory and a short lecture about timekeepings relationship to astronomy. Then you will sit down at a clockmakers bench and the experienced clockmakers at the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Instititue will show you how to […]
Join AWCI for our annual convention in Cincinnati, OH!
Join AWCI and Kenneth DeLucca for this great upcoming webinar. The purpose of this webinar is to discuss the parts that make up the strike train of a clock movement. It builds off of the webinar, A Clock Movement-Time Train Side: Pieces & Parts! The instructor will examine each part and describe the function of the […]
Michael Gainey CC21 Herschede Tubular Bell Restoration Class August 11-13 2021 Location: AWCI Headquarters in Harrison, Ohio Cost of class: AWCI members - $595 Non-members - $745 Michael will share his hard earned knowledge gained from forty years of experience through his extensive power point presentation with over 200 photos that focus […]
Come to AWCI in our well-equipped machine shop and join David Lindow for this practical, hands on class where gearing and gear cutting will be practiced. Not only will the student learn the basic set ups involved cutting horological gears but multiple approaches to tooling will be explored as well as theory […]
Come to AWCI in our well-equipped machine shop and join David Lindow in the second offering for this practical, hands on class where gearing and gear cutting will be practiced. Not only will the student learn the basic set ups involved cutting horological gears but multiple approaches to tooling will be explored as well […]
Michael Gainey, CC21, will share his knowledge gained from 40 years of experience through his extensive PowerPoint presentation, with over 200 photos focusing on examples of issues before and after a rebuild that are unique to most common Herschede Tubular Bell movements.
The renowned Ken De Lucca is returning to AWCI headquarters November 2-4, 2022 to teach his introductory course on the American Time/Strike Clock Movement!
This course is aimed at analyzing the American style, time-and-strike clock movement, which is often the “bread-and-butter” of many clock repair centers. This introductory or beginner course is to present the learner with the various aspects of these types of clocks.
