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New watchmaking curriculum

November 19, 2008 – 10:16 pm

I reported a while back about the interesting development at Oklahoma State where they dropped their WOSTEP recognition. It appears they will be getting it back under a new program developed by Rolex. National Jeweler and Via Luxe report today the creation of a new standardized watchmaking program created by Rolex to be implemented [...]

By J.Peter | Posted in Watchmaking School, watchmaking | Comments (1)

Shock Resistance

April 28, 2008 – 8:27 pm

If you wear your watch it receives shocks (not the electrical kind). By shocks I mean it gets bumped around and makes sudden starts and stops. in fact this is what makes watches so different from clocks: They change position and they receive shocks. If they didn’t they would probably have pendulums in [...]

By J.Peter | Posted in watches, watchmaking | Comments (1)