Seminar Overview
So you're interested in making and finishing your own watch? After more than 20 years of successful watch seminars in Mannheim, Germany this experience is available with our partners across the world.
The Seminar is a tour through some of the most sought-after finishing found on modern watches, all done by you. Join our expert watchmakers as they teach the theory and history behind what makes your watch tick, and then guide you through each process with careful and accessible tuition. You don’t need any prior experience; the weekend is built from the ground up to be accessible to anyone, even if you’ve never even picked up a screwdriver before.
We also offer bespoke packages and can arrange weekends for groups of friends,
colleagues or anything in between.
Get in touch to find out more.
The Watch
Unique. Original. Hand finished by you to keep forever.
Based on the famous Unitas 6497, well known for its robust and reliable running, the IWS watch is tailored to your tastes with a range of dials, bezels and crowns. Further to this, the movement becomes totally unique due to your hand finishing. Fitted to a leather strap of your choice further increases the uniqueness.
There is also the opportunity to upgrade your movement with premium finishes, such as snailed ratchet wheels, or a skeletonised balance bridge. For an extra luxurious finish there are also a range of strap upgrade options in exotic leathers.
The Seminar
In addition to getting to know your mechanical watch technically, you will also work hard on this day. You will disassemble the inner workings yourself and provide the bridges of the Swiss Unitas calibre with 'Perlage', a decorative pattern that is normally only used in 'Haute Horlogerie'. After this, the bridges will be gilded.
You are then ready to reassemble everything and apply the dial plus the hands, choose the strap and many extras and put your personal watch on the swiss timing machine for precise adjustment.
The maximum number of participants per seminar is 6 persons and a minimum of 4 persons. In the event of registration of less than 4 persons and if you have registered, we will let you know well in advance and we will refund you the already paid seminar fee or we will agree on another date.
The Watchmakers
James Harris: After attending Birmingham School of Jewellery to gain one of the world's first BA degree in Horology, James has worked for companies such as Omega and Tag Heuer before becoming an independent to work on more varied and exciting projects.
Till Lotermann: misc etc