New Year: Start!

   Week 2

Here's hoping everyone had joyous holidays and a restful vacation, because now it's time to get back to work!

This week the school welcomes two new students for its fullskill program: Guilherme and Caio. The world of horology awaits them. 

Guilherme (left) and Caio (right) getting settled into their workbenches

 

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

Workshop A

Students:

    Bernd, Cesar, Caio, Guilherme, Joan, Louis Lu

     Bernd, Cesar, Joan, and Louis Lu got right back into the technician course with lessons on the escapement. There's plenty to learn here, from the proper clearance for the safety features to the method for adjusting the pallet jewels for proper lock.

 

Joan also used some of his time this week to work on barrel adjustments. 

 

Lubricating a mainspring

Adding braking grease to the rim of an automatic barrel

Workshop B

Students:
    Christiaan, Craig, Gary, Jaewon, Philippe, Sense    

 

Christiaan spent this week on the lathe, cutting and polishing hour wheels.

 

 

 Jaewon put his had to some woodworking; making a graver handle to make hand-turning a little more comfortable.

Thank you for reading!

Hope to see you again next week