Time for celebration

 We are all in high spirits thanks to Craig’s final exam result returning. Craig is now a fully fledged watchmaker, and his journey is just beginning. So a huge congratulations to Craig, we are all very happy for him.

Now that Craig has spare time on his hands, he took the opportunity to teach us aspiring watchmakers his techniques to bevel wheel teeth. 

Craig (blue coat) sharing his secrets

Onto the other students, Joan also took an exam this week. Having done his escapement exam. A difficult and tedious exam. After having passed the exam very nicely, he has now started to restore a vintage IWC.

Cute lil guy

On the topic of buying watches, Jaewon has also made a special purchase, having acquired the legendary Valjoux 23.

A beauty

Chris accomplished a great feat. He made a negative set winding stem. Adapting a pocket watch crown and stem to have a pusher which goes through the winding stem.  A very difficult task, as you need to drill and very thin and very long whole through the stem. He did this by drilling two hole from different sides which met in the middle.

Finally, here we are celebrating Guillerme’s birthday!

That’s it for this week, until next time!