WINTER IS COMING !

 WINTER IS COMING 

Harman Wadhwa 

Origin : New Delhi, India

Age : 28

Watchmaking class : 8 month Service & Technician course

Current mood : New Week, new topic- I have started working on balance, hairsprings and how to replace a broken shaft with various different methods, it has been an interesting week with my exam and new topic. I am looking forward to the result as well as to be working on hairsprings in depth.

On the other front, I did some shopping ;) bought used tools from an old watchmaker and got made a decent bargain, which is great!!

Pierre Aubert

Origin : Toulouse, France

Age : 23

Watchmaking class : 2Y Fullskill Program

Current mood: In the zone! I had two more trial exams last week, it went really well and allowed me to become more efficient in approaching the making of winding stems. The final exam is next week, I really look forward to it. Have a great week-end and stay warm (near a fireplace?)..!! Fall is already here..!

Markus McDonald 

Origin : Stockholm Sweden 

Age : 20

Watchmaking class: 2 years fullskill course 

Current mood : This week was split into two sections; the first being further filling and preparation of a tool before precision filling and the second being learning the milling machine. This machine was very taxing specifically in learning all the procedures and how to calculate accuracy for tool making. 

Alex

Origin : Kaohsiung, Taiwan 

Age : 26

Watchmaking : 2Y Fullskill Program

Current mood : There goes another week. Learned the basics of how to operate the lathe this week as well as threading with the drilling machine. The lathe is, according to Henrik, a very involved machine, and it definitely is. The beginning of the learning is quite overwhelming due to all of the information I have to take in. It must have taken me about 3 practice runs to get a clear picture of what exactly I am doing. Also did some filling to get closer to the tolerances given. That is pretty much it.

STEP 1: TREASURE HUNT (HARMAN)

                 It is a happy feeling when your passion and your career come together 😁

 Treasure

More than a century old "burin fix", will restore it soon :D

Extracting the balance staff from the balance wheel on lathe

                          

STEP 2: PRACTICING AND LEARNING NEW SKILLS (ALEX)               

Tapping

Learn how to make cones/tapers (Alex)

STEP 3: LEARNING HOW TO MILL (MARKUS)