Had an ice day!

Week #18

The weather was getting really warm this week hitting 20º yesterday, but we had an ice surprise this afternoon.

Surprise hail!

HIGHLIGHTS

Workshop A
Students:
    Amer, Dunham, Daniel, David, Miguel

    This week Daniel, David and Miguel took their first winding stem practice exam. They had to make a full winding stem, thread, square, pinion and have the whole thing hardened, tempered and polished within 8 hours.

    Dunham took his filing exam to make a male and female piece from 2 perfect squares within 8 hours. He also finished his pallet fork holder and started learning how to oil incablocs.

Dunham's finished pallet fork holder

Incabloc and custom brass pin to help manipulate the Incabloc spring

 

    Amer started learning how to oil incablocs and assemble ETA 6498, 2801, 7001, 2892 and 2671 movements.

GUEST STARRING

 

Fullskill Watchmaking Student
    Renato Kirin

Congratulations to our newly graduated watchmaker Renato Kirin!

 

Workshop B
Students:
    Åsmund, Dean, Francesco, Robert, Tetsu, Xin

 

    This week, Åsmund, Francesco, Robert and Xin started their Chronograph lesson.

Robert brought a book about the different types of chronographs

Diagram explaining the parts of a split-second chronograph

 

 

COMING UP NEXT…
 

Stay tuned for more highlights from Workshop B next week.

 

 

 

 

 Thank you for reading, hope to see you again next week!