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Week 3, Day 1-Crowns

May 28, 2014by watchmakingjourney 2 Comments

Today will be a short post today since we didn’t have class on Monday (Memorial Day). The first half of the day was spent with watch movements. I spoke with […]

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Week 2, Days 3 & 4

May 25, 2014by watchmakingjourney 1 Comment

Week 2 (Days 3 & 4) I am starting to sense a pattern with classes. Monday was working on watches. Tuesday was a lecture. Wednesday was working on watches, and […]

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Week 2, Days 1 & 2

May 21, 2014by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

Monday was a continuation of what I had done last week. It was tearing down and re-assembling movements. Again, the whole point of the exercise is getting used to the […]

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Watchmaking School Days 3 & 4 (very image heavy)

May 17, 2014by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

*Note about Today’s Post* I have a lot of pictures that I took. A lot. Close to 200. They are all the same thing (step by step tear downs of […]

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Watchmaking School Days 1 & 2 (Image Heavy Post)

May 14, 2014by watchmakingjourney 2 Comments

A quick statement: Since I am using this space to document my journey to becoming a watchmaker, the nature of the content is going to evolve along with me. My […]

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Things are getting complicated…

January 15, 2014by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

We, as people, are not easily entertained by simple things. Look at our relationships (work and personal), the media that we consume and the foods we eat. Anything that can […]

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Watch Basics: Differences in Regulation

December 22, 2013by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

What is a watch? Such a simple question deserves a simple answer: A watch is an instrument that was designed to give time. Watches can be simply classified into two […]

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Blog Content-Now vs Future

November 17, 2013by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

I wanted to take a moment to outline my hopes for this blog. If you haven’t checked out the “About Me” page, I’ll shorten it for you. My intent is […]

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Applying to Watchmaking Schools, Where I’m Going

November 16, 2013by watchmakingjourney 1 Comment

One of the first things anyone who wants to be a watchmaker should do is start gathering information on all of their options for school. I’m assuming two things here: […]

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Why Watchmaking?

November 5, 2013by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

If you had asked me 4 years ago if I thought that I was going to getting into watchmaking, I would not have believed you. I was at a critical […]

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