Blood Sweat and Toil

Blood Sweat and Toil

Week 27

Harman Wadhwa 

Origin : New Delhi, India

Age : 28

Watchmaking class : 8 month Service & Technician course

Current mood : I had a busy week, visited Simonin to purchase a few books. I am still practicing on Hairspring had my first trial exam this week, it was average need to improve on a few things. I will have my real exam probably by next week. 
Looking forward for the cook out this weekend by Markus. Have a great week.

Pierre Aubert

Origin : Toulouse, France

Age : 23

Watchmaking class : 2Y Fullskill Program

Current mood: Very diverse week! I dedicated most of my time to pivot gauges. I also worked on some tools and tool planning on the side. Last but not least, I did some work for my school watch by starting to design its bridges! This diversified planning allowed me to achieve greater efficiency when tackling each task rather than spending all my week on a single task! Have a great weekend and see you next week! 

Markus McDonald 

Origin : Stockholm Sweden 

Age : 20

Watchmaking class: 2 years Fullskill Program

Current mood : This week was incredibly satisfying as I finished my exam which when graded was above a passing grade, this allowed me to focus on preparation for making my tools and next week start an introduction to the next course.
Alex
Origin : Kaohsiung, Taiwan 

Age : 26

Watchmaking : 2Y Fullskill Program

Current mood: It's been a great, productive week. Finished 2 tools with internal and external corners. Also get to work on steel which is a rather interesting experience. Steel is more resistant in comparison to brass. It has this "sticky" texture, biting back when filling. The upside about harder material such as steel is that you cannot really make any big mistakes with it for you filling away very little with each stroke. Overall, it's a good week. Look forward to learning a new machine next week.

STEP 1: IN SEARCH OF A STRAIGHT LINE (HARMAN)

 Tweaking the Hairsprings for perfect centering.

STEP 2: TOOLS (ALEX)

STEP 3: GRINDING HARD METAL GRAVERS (PIERRE)

STEP 4: SCHOOL WATCH BRIDGES DESIGN (PIERRE)

HENRIK's WORDS:

This week was very diverse! Markus passed his filing exam with very good results. Alex continued working on his tools and finished two of the harder ones filing them by hand, the internal and external corners were of sublime quality! Alex also got introduced to Mr. Simonin and his bookstore, Harman continued with timing of the movements and did also two hairspring practice exams. Pierre got back to his school watch, designing his bridges as well as learning how to make another type of graver in the Agathon grinding machine. We also had a very nice visit and demonstration from KEYENCE a Japanese microscope producer of the best microscope system we have ever seen before with 3D function! its almost like being inside the watch! We also realized on Monday that it was Svenjas 5th year work anniversary! its crazy how time flies!! Thank you Svenja for all these amazing years!! Hopefully many more to come!! Have a great weekend to all and see you next week!

Svenja 5 years at KHWCC

David from KEYENCE demonstrating the use of their microscope systems