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WATCH 230: Balance Staffing & Timing Course
Build on what you know in this course by investigating the verification and analysis of the escapement function, poising (static and dynamic), truing, and timing adjustment in a mechanical watch, cutting out a balance staff on the lathe, adjusting the balance staff, and removing the balance staff from Glucydur balances with the Horia tool.
Find out more »CW21 Exam
Get certified today, the CW21 Exam is a 3-day examination covering topics in the AWCI Standards & Practices. It is also available to take the CW21 Exam in a modular format. Examinees are welcome to take the 4 components separately at at their own pace. For more details contact our Education Coordinator at 866-367-2924. If you are interested in becoming a Certified Watchmaker for the 21st Century please contact Jason Champion, AWCI’s Education Director for possible availability 866-367-2924, ext. 303. An…
Find out more »Build a Watch 2.0 Salt Lake City
Join AWCI's Watchmaking professionals in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 25, 2019 for a day of watchmaking. Our Build a Watch 2.0 includes are newly designed in-house watch case in stainless steel or pvd, your choice of 4 dials, and 3 different styles of hands and is taught on our brand-new state of the art mobile classroom. This is your opportunity to assemble a Swiss Made ETA 6497 movement, lubricate the moving parts, install a dial and hands, and…
Find out more »Tour our mobile classroom
Join us at the JCK Las Vegas show to tour our mobile classroom.
Find out more »Profitable Watch Battery Replacement
Join us as we demonstrate how watch battery replacement can be a profit generator for your store. Learn hands-on how to avoid costly pitfalls and transform your watch battery replacements into your most profitable part of the day. AWCI Certified Watchmakers will demonstrate tools & techniques to build success with watch battery replacement and watch repair. Limited to 8 participants. First come first served.
Find out more »Opening and Closing Difficult Watch Cases
Most watch cases open and close easily, but we have all experienced the stubborn watch case. Get hands-on with the latest tools as Certified Master Watchmaker Tom Schomaker shares the tips and techniques he has learned working in every segment of the watch industry. In this hands-on seminar you will see how the proper tools and some simple techniques will make you successful in opening and closing almost every watch case. Limited to 8 participants. First come first served.
Find out more »Mobile Classroom Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at JCK Las Vegas
Join us at the JCK Las Vegas show as we debut the Archie Perkins Mobile Horology Classroom and present the inaugural training classes.
Find out more »Sizing Watch Bracelets
After this hands-on seminar on watch bracelet adjustment you will be able to adjust the length of a bracelet on the first try every time without any struggle. Join AWCI and our Certified Watchmakers as we offer advice and demonstrate how to measure and size a watch bracelet. Get hands-on with the latest tools to assist in removing links of all types. Limited to 8 participants. First come first served.
Find out more »Profitable Watch Battery Replacement
Join us as we demonstrate how watch battery replacement can be a profit generator for your store. Learn hands-on how to avoid costly pitfalls and transform your watch battery replacements into your most profitable part of the day. AWCI Certified Watchmakers will demonstrate tools & techniques to build success with watch battery replacement and watch repair. Limited to 8 participants. First come first served.
Find out more »Identifying Fake Watches
Counterfeit watches look more real every day. Gone are the days when you simply look to see if the second hand sweeps to know if it is a luxury watch. Join us for this short seminar and learn how expert watchmakers from AWCI determine whether luxury watches are genuine or fake. **Course not endorsed by or affiliated with any major manufacturers.
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