Meeting New Friends!

 

Week 44

    This week we had a nice surprise when Henry Ly came to visit! He was one of Henrik's previous students and we got to talk about the industry and get to know each other over dinner.

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS

 

Workshop A

Students:
Amer, Dunham, Daniel, David, Harold, Miguel 

    This week Daniel, took his pivot gauge and hour wheel exams. He also started minute wheel restoration on an old detent pocket watch.

The watch disassembled into a parts tray.

    Daniel also made a tool to remove the roller table from the balance wheel.

This week David made several bushings for a Peseux 7001 and an ETA 6498 movement.

The red arrow is pointing to the jewel bushing that David made.

 

This is a threaded bushing for the P 7001.

 

This week Miguel finished his polishing tripod.

Here it is straight grained, beveled, and plated in white rodium.

 

    This week Harold learned and relearned the terms, theories, and mathematics on how the escapement works, and was working on the movements.

 

 

GUEST STARRING

 

Workshop B

Students:
Dean, Faris, Ivan, Louis, Tetsu, Varun

    This week Dean and Tetsu finished their final exam!

    Ivan is in the process of making a new barrel bridge for an old pocket watch.

The bridge has been made and he is now modifying it to accommodate the balance bridge.

    Louis made a new jumper and pusher spring for his split second chronograph.

A: The new jumper spring that Louis made on the pantographe
B: The base of the old jumper spring

A: The old pusher spring with a broken tail
B: The new pusher spring that Louis made on the pantographe

    This week Varun finished his winding stem practice exam in preparation for the real exam next week!

 

Thank you for reading!

Hope to see you again next week!