TASTER COURSE!

  WEEK 81

Pierre Aubert

Origin :Toulouse, France.

Age : 24

Watchmaking class: Fullskill

Current mood: All holes were drilled! It was now time to make sure all holes were signed with the mainplate! I realized the center wheel and incabloc holes were off by 0.03mm. While this would still be a functional watch, I wanted to make sure they’d be centred to the micron: I centred everything on the lathe with the wobble stick and also with the microscope and set 0s at the high point of the holes. I turned the excess material away to make it centred again and then went to turn these two holes to their final diameters by checking with pivot gauges! Now off to a good week of rest! See you soon!

Name: Markus McDonald.
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden. 
Course: 2 years full skill course.
Current mode: This week I started the trial exams, this was very interesting as even though their are less parts than the gear train. Balance, palet fork and escape wheel this section was still a challenge as even though it wasn’t hard it required a lot of focus for the adjustments and problem solving making it both challenging and stimulating.

In conclusion this week was interesting but at the same time demanding making it a solid experience.

Michael

Origin : Malaysia

Age : 28

Watchmaking class : 2 years Fullskill Program

Current Mood: This is another week of completing pivot gauges. Done half of the pivot gauges. Looking forward for the one week off next week. Recharge and come back again after our break! 

Alex

Origin : Kaohsiung, Taiwan 

Age : 27

Watchmaking : 2Y Fullskill Program

Current mood: Another rather intense week. Been working on a personal project. It is a nice change after non-stop pivot gauges. Hope I can get it done soon so I can post it on the blog. See ya~

STEP 1: WOODWORKING! (ALEX)

Pierre, Alex and Michael were discussing a different approach to drilling, as for this special project they did not have an enough large drill press, interesting setup for sure!

Worked like a charm!

STEP 2: TURNING! (WILLY)

Willy trying out the Schaublin 70!

STEP 3: TASTER COURSE! (ANDRES & RENATO)

Andres working on a movement.

Renato the same.

STEP 4: SCHOOL WATCH! (PIERRE)

Pierre on the jig borer working on the school watch.

Pierre adjusting the balance bridge and center wheel jewel holes.

HENRIK's WORDS:

This week turned out to be very interesting! Andres from South Korea and Renato from Switzerland came for the taster course, both seemed to be very passionate already about watchmaking and perhaps we may see both in the near future here in our school. Willy got introduced to hand filing, drilling and turning this week, Pierre continued with his school watch, now nearing bridge completion, Markus is going strong with the escapement course and already did 2 practice exams, Alex and Michael are completing some final pivot gauges and other interesting micromechanical exercises, all in all, a very pleasant week! Have a great weekend everyone.