Watches and Geneva

 Eventful week, starting off with Henric teaching our senior students. Here he is teaching the more senior students how to attach a hairspring to a collet. Bending the spring, inserting the stud and cutting the stud. 

Bending the hairspring 

Inserting the collet

Jaewon our new student is now starting to learn the basic machinery. Here he had started to work on his press fit plate. Chris is using the 3D printer to make himself tracer for the pantograph to mill out parts for a tourbillon cage.

Now let’s get to Friday! A long day, met a lot of people and saw a lot of watches. The school travelled to Geneva to attend Geneva watch days and some appointments with watchmakers.

The boys

We were lucky enough to get a chance to speak to Bernhard Lederer about his creation and get some hands on experience with his lovely watch.

At the old town we sat down with Cyrano Devanthe from Oscillon and got to hear about his colour carrer as a watchmaker. With his watches in hand he broke down his philosophy behind his craft of making a watch completely handmade without the aid of a CNC at any step. He enthusiastically showed us photos on his phone of technical production methods which make it possible for his team and him to master every facet of horology. 

Look at the dial

The evening is not over yet, the team over at Urwerk were super kind to slot us in between appointments with buyers to look at their new pieces. Everyone was welcoming and happy to spend their time talking about their unique watches. Every watch we handled was unlike any other, both aesthetically and technically. 

That’s it’s for this week. Thank you for reading. Until next time!

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