Graduation

 

 Week 21

This week we celebrated the graduation of four students: Ivan Berets, Louis Stein, and Varun Kumar from the 2-year Fullskill course and Sheikh Bamadhaj from the 1-year Technician course. Congratulations to all of them!

Preparing for the party at the school

Ivan Berets

Varun Kumar

Louis Stein

Sheikh Bamadhaj

Going out to dinner to celebrate

Ivan, Louis, and Varun all went above and beyond the requirements of the Fullskill course, and the three of them already have jobs waiting for them with independent watchmaking companies. We will no doubt be seeing great things from them in the future.

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

Workshop A

Students:
    Art, Bernd, Cesar, Joan, Louis Lu, Mun, Nine

    Even with the celebrations, work doesn't stop for the students. Bernd passed his winding stem exam this week, and Art and Nine worked on pallet fork adjustments. Joan prepared for his own winding stems by making slot gravers, sharpened to a fine point.

 

Cesar spent his time this week learning how to make snailing finish. 

 

Workshop B

Students:
    Craig, Ivan, Louis, Sense, Sheikh, Varun

    

Before graduation, Ivan, Louis, Sheikh, and Varun got in one last lesson on servicing quartz movements.

 

Louis measuring for isolation between contacts

Craig continued work on his school watch, making sure the bridges were properly aligned to the mainplate.

Piece by piece....

Thank you for reading!

Hope to see you again next week!

The cows have arrived

 

The cattle of wisdom have come to informs us that summer is soon upon us.

This is a big week for KHWCC, after a week of examinations, four students have finished their final tests. Their movements will be assessed over the weekend and their graduation will be next week. Soon we will have a new batch of students starting their journey.

Game faces on

As for the other students, they have been busy too. Art polished a cracked pallet fork jewel, wasn’t an easy job.

Cracked jewel

Voila

The students making their way through the micro mechanics course are still mastering hand turning winding stems, getting ready to take their exams soon.

Joan’s threads 

Cesar’s tempered stem

We celebrated Craig’s birthday this week by devouring the chicken pot pies he baked for us. Looking forward to the next one.

Happy birthday Craig!

That’s it for this week, until next time!

Calm before the storm

 Some good weather came to wish us a good weekend in the end!

View from the workshop 

Concentrations sharpen as 4 senior students prepare for their week long practical exams next week. This Friday they say their theory exam and spoken exam with the professor.

Ivan has also been producing multiple ETA 7750 movement holders this week with the school’s new 3D printer.

The finished product 

Craig has been making progress on his school watch and this week he has been working on the great train bridges. Milling out the general shape and drilling through holes.

Coming along 

Art constructed a small jig to hold pallet fork jewels to be polished on a tin plate. The jig can be attached to the polishing tripod he made.

Jewel polisher 

The students on the micro mechanics course are currently working on hand turning winding stems. Learning all the skills from turning, hardening and tempering with polishing.

Slot making practice 

Hand turning the winding stem pivots 

That’s it for this week. Thank you for reading, until next time!