Sunday, June 12, 2011

we really have a BIG big school ...

Well, WOSTEP has a website with some really nice pictures. The Hayek School in Miami has a really cool facebook page ( which we are going to have as well ! ). Lititz has an awesome looking school. 

Anyway, don't we all love a little competition ? 

So here we go, we have a cool lab-like school !! 


 Classroom 1 : Henrik's teaching bench is housed here.


Our hallway 


Lecture room


Lathe works in Classroom 1


A typical 2nd year student's desk


Classroom 2 : 4 more benches are on the way. This is where Robert sits. 


Our Schaublins. We stress its PLURAL. We have more than one.


Student @ work on one of the Schaublins


Hallway again but from the 2nd level entrance.


We are so pretentious ! We just had to make the classrooms look cooler. Oh, if you look at the empty space on the right side of the picture, thats where we might put our own macro photo studio. We are lucky to have a professional photographer come down and set it up for us soon in June, so we're hoping the students will be posting some really cool pictures soon after.


Here is the main hall again. The table on the right is for our meals. We also have a Wii, Playstation and all you can drink beer. ( No we don't ! But we are working on it ! )


If you're sitting down at the meal table, this is what you see. On the room, left side, is where we place most of the bigger machines. The room in the middle is the Principal's private room. ( Henrik isn't usually in there because he's usually at his teacher's desk though ) And the room on the right is the Lecture room. There's a well stocked library in there as well. Its mainly modern books but there are a few old books as well. And when we say its well stocked, its very very well stocked. It costs the school a fortune to stock the library !

Say hi !!

The crew at KHWCC .... 


 The Korpelians ....


Left to right : Icelandic Cyclops, Wei-man, The real KGB, Tom yam goong, Stranger, Our Great Leader


Alrightey ... behave yourselves ...
Left to right : Robert Michelsen, He Wei, Olga, Oh, Phillipe, Henrik Korpela

Is this Japanese or chinese made ?


I saw this from a Japanese watch tool supplier at their website here.

It looks pretty cool and very well made. 

Anyone has used one of these before ?

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Autodesk Inventor .. Great software for prototyping ...

AutoDesk Inventor

Here's another great tool for aspiring Independents. Its the AutoDesk Inventor software. Its essentially a 3D CAD/CAM programme but the great thing about the Inventor is that it is able to run simulations. Think about the benefits ! You could design a movement, put the dimensions through Inventor and make it run virtually. You would not need to spend 3 months actually building the parts to know if one thing or another is going to jam up.

And you can't go wrong if Ulysse Nardin uses it for quick prototyping. Read the article here.

And the BEST part. 

There is a FREE trial for students ! Click here for details.

Hey there ! Calling ALL watchmaking students ! This is something in ENGLISH and its free for us to try out !! 

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Very cool promo clip from Sarpaneva ...

Sarpaneva has to be one of the coolest young guns around ...

This is not a product review post nor have we been paid to say good things about Sarpaneva but his watch promo video clip rocks ! Click on the link below and see for yourself !


The right thing to do ?


Come on. If you're a real watchmaker, you will surely have to agree with Swatch on this. Its not good for the industry if everyone just depends on one company to do everything. Nothing will improve. Nothing new will happen. Then it will die out eventually.

What am i ranting about ? Read the article here.

Monday, June 6, 2011

TellWatch : 3D CAD/CAM watchmaking software

Polysoft Tell website
TellWatch screenshot from Polysoft Tell website.

This has to be something which everyone should know about. Its a 3D CAD/CAM designed and made solely for watchmaking. Its called TellWatch. This software should be taught and used in all watchmaking schools. Its made by a Swiss company called Polysoft Tell.


It seems like most major watch manufacturers have this software. Read an article about TellWatch here.

Watchmaking students ! Take note !

TellWatch has a student version which is FREE for download on the Polysoft Tell website. Just register your details and download !

And for the rest of us, PolySoft Tell has courses on how to use TellWatch.

This has been a great discovery !

Benefits of TellWatch

- Specifically designed for watchmaking.
- Swiss based
- PolySoft has training courses for Tellwatch
- Student version available for free so all students will be able to learn Tellwatch
- TellWatch used by most major watch companies so learning the software will greatly enhance employment opportunities upon graduation
- Aspiring Independents have a powerful and industry accepted tool to design their own watches on


* After discovering this software, Henrik has emailed Polysoft Tell and is awaiting their reply. He intends to make TellWatch a core component in his Full Skill course.