Bench Test!

Week 22

This week we had a bench tester! Cesar from the UK!

Here he is learning how the escapement of a watch works.

He brought a watch with him which Michael is using to teach him about the parts of the watch and what goes into a proper service.

 

STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS


Workshop AB

Students:
    Art, Daniel, David, Harold, Miguel, Nine
    Craig, Dunham, Ivan, Louis, Mun, Varun 

    This week Art and Nine continued to practice making winding stems. 

Art's most recent winding stem

 

    This week David finished making a new barrel for his pocket watch.

David's new complete barrel with the drum, lid, arbor and he milled recesses in the lid for the maltese cross

 

    This week Miguel made a new plastic, L gasket for Faris' Longines. He turned it down from a plastic bar and bored out the steps to make the L shape.

New Gasket (Left) and the old gasket (Right)

 

Close up of the new gasket, the translucence makes it difficult to see the L profile.

Close up of the old broken gasket. Here you can clearly see the L profile.

Testing the fit of the gasket on the watch

    This week Ivan, Louis and Varun are alternating taking their gear train exams. Ivan has just taken his exam, Louis has taken and passed his exam and Varun has just taken another practice exam before he takes the real one.

 

Thank you for reading!


 Hope to see you again next week!