Comments on: The Lititz Watch Technicum http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/ A mechanical watchmaker in a digital world Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Tick Talk » So you want to be a watchmaker? http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-51621 Tick Talk » So you want to be a watchmaker? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:41:39 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-51621 [...] as well since many questions have been asked and answered there: The post that started it all Lititz Watch Technicum Articles on LWT I can’t go to school full time, is there any other way to learn the [...] [...] as well since many questions have been asked and answered there: The post that started it all Lititz Watch Technicum Articles on LWT I can’t go to school full time, is there any other way to learn the [...]

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]]> By: jeanne http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-40882 jeanne Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:33:00 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-40882 how much experience did you have with mechanics when you applied? what do they look for in their students? how much experience did you have with mechanics when you applied? what do they look for in their students?

]]> By: Chris Carrier http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-40412 Chris Carrier Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:07:53 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-40412 I am looking into going to WOSTEP school in Seattle Wa after retirement. I will be most likely too old to be accepted into the Lititz school and probably could easily afford to concentrate fully on the program. However, I really have trouble seeing through a loupe of any multiplication. So, what I have done is, I purchased a stereo microscope and built a custom bench and purchased a drafting chair that has a greater range of height and adjustment. During your training, was using a loupe or eyeglass attachment loupe mandatory or could you use any form of sight aid? I am looking into going to WOSTEP school in Seattle Wa after retirement. I will be most likely too old to be accepted into the Lititz school and probably could easily afford to concentrate fully on the program.
However, I really have trouble seeing through a loupe of any multiplication. So, what I have done is, I purchased a stereo microscope and built a custom bench and purchased a drafting chair that has a greater range of height and adjustment.
During your training, was using a loupe or eyeglass attachment loupe mandatory or could you use any form of sight aid?

]]> By: Dre http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-35581 Dre Thu, 19 May 2011 22:18:17 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-35581 Did you find it difficult to get student loans due to Lititz lack of accreditdation? All of your info is helping immensely and I hope I'm not being a bother. Thanks. Did you find it difficult to get student loans due to Lititz lack of accreditdation? All of your info is helping immensely and I hope I’m not being a bother. Thanks.

]]> By: J.Peter http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-35574 J.Peter Thu, 19 May 2011 20:05:15 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-35574 Dre, While at LWT I worked at a car dealership in the evenings and on weekends. I had other classmates who worked full time, second shift, and others who worked part time. If you need to work to support yourself (i.e. mom & dad won't be supporting you) then you simply have to forego a social life for two years. I was married and had a son, I really had no choice but to work. Jobs were easier to come by in 04-06 than they are now. I also took out some student loans which I have since repaid. Dre, While at LWT I worked at a car dealership in the evenings and on weekends. I had other classmates who worked full time, second shift, and others who worked part time. If you need to work to support yourself (i.e. mom & dad won’t be supporting you) then you simply have to forego a social life for two years. I was married and had a son, I really had no choice but to work. Jobs were easier to come by in 04-06 than they are now. I also took out some student loans which I have since repaid.

]]> By: Dre http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-35572 Dre Thu, 19 May 2011 19:25:42 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-35572 Hello, your site is great and has been very informative. I have an interview at Lititz next month and I'm really excited. I'm very interested to hear how you were able to support yourself for the two years at the Technicum? It seems almost as if you have to be independently wealthy to be able to do this program. How does one of modest means make it at Lititz? Hello, your site is great and has been very informative. I have an interview at Lititz next month and I’m really excited. I’m very interested to hear how you were able to support yourself for the two years at the Technicum? It seems almost as if you have to be independently wealthy to be able to do this program. How does one of modest means make it at Lititz?

]]> By: Dipankar Barua http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-20957 Dipankar Barua Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:02:04 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-20957 It's a pleasure that much of opportunity is waiting. I am interested in this field when I first heared in BBC radio program. But it seems to me difficult to bear high expense as a people of less previlleged country like Bangladesh. Is their any other cost effective institution where I can apply for this field by support of study grant or scholarship. It’s a pleasure that much of opportunity is waiting. I am interested in this field when I first heared in BBC radio program. But it seems to me difficult to bear high expense as a people of less previlleged country like Bangladesh. Is their any other cost effective institution where I can apply for this field by support of study grant or scholarship.

]]> By: J.Peter http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-20098 J.Peter Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:21:27 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-20098 I do not know about the test in Switzerland, but it could likely differ a lot from the U.S. version. I do not know about the test in Switzerland, but it could likely differ a lot from the U.S. version.

]]> By: Nik http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/comment-page-2/#comment-20096 Nik Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:19:31 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/01/15/the-lititz-watch-technicum/#comment-20096 JP, thank you for your amazing and inspiring blog! I have a question about WOSTEP school in Switzerland. Do you know what their admission test consists of? It probably shouldn't differ from Lititz too much. I was just wondering what areas of math it usually cover? Thanks in advance! JP, thank you for your amazing and inspiring blog!

I have a question about WOSTEP school in Switzerland. Do you know what their admission test consists of? It probably shouldn’t differ from Lititz too much. I was just wondering what areas of math it usually cover?

Thanks in advance!

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