Daily Schedule
9:30 am - Start of the Seminar
On your chosen Seminar Day we will be happy to welcome you between 9:00 and 9:15 in your Local Seminar Centre. Full instructions on location and arrival advice will be sent out with your booking.
10:30 - The fine but beautiful work is about to begin
Disassembly, cleaning and polishing.Disassembly, cleaning and polishing.
13:30 - Disassembly, cleaning and polishing.Applying the 'Perlage' to the bridges, and gilding.
Then cleaning, oiling and mounting the caliber. Placing the work in the watch case, mounting the dial and hands. You can make your own choice from our 10 different dials and dozens of hands. Disassembly, cleaning and polishing.
10:00 Presentation Introduction to Watch Technology
In this 20-minute presentation we will be introduced to the basic idea behind a mechanical hand-wound caliber that we will be using in the seminar: the Swiss Unitas 6497 movement.
12:30- 13:15 - Lunch
This consists of a warm organic regional dish / sandwiches / wraps drinks coffee tea etc. Of course we take dietary wishes into account.
We enjoy coffee and other drinks in between.
5:30 PM - Your homemade watch ticks proudly on your wrist.5:30 PM - Your homemade watch ticks proudly on your wrist.
Attach a watch strap (again a choice from dozens of straps) to the case and test the self-made watch for accuracy.