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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: November 2014

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Friday, November 21, 2014. Robert teaching workshop 1 students automatic watches. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Drilling the mainspring and bridle. Bridle riveted together with mainspring. New mainspring on top and old on the bottom. Thursday, November 6, 2014. Monday, November 3, 2014. A great article about after-sales service in watchmaking. We read a great article last week, made by Watces by SJX. The typical wait [for a service of...

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: From BBQ to a visit with a living legend

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Monday, June 29, 2015. From BBQ to a visit with a living legend. We are finally getting nice weather in Le Locle, so the school decided to have a barbecue. We went to the nicer part of town and found a spot to build a fire. We prepared an assortment of Swiss meats and vegetables to grill. It was nice to spend time outside for a change. Everyone enjoying themselves under the perfect weather. A fluffy piece of aerogel. Mr Simonin is a...

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: June 2015

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Monday, June 29, 2015. From BBQ to a visit with a living legend. We are finally getting nice weather in Le Locle, so the school decided to have a barbecue. We went to the nicer part of town and found a spot to build a fire. We prepared an assortment of Swiss meats and vegetables to grill. It was nice to spend time outside for a change. Everyone enjoying themselves under the perfect weather. A fluffy piece of aerogel. Mr Simonin is a...

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: October 2014

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Friday, October 31, 2014. Student Interview with Stefano Magagni. Next up in our student interview is our Italian godfather, don Magagni. A man of great passion, he has made a legendary reputation within the school walls as a micro-mechanical/part-making wizard. What attracted you to watchmaking? What did you do before you started studying watchmaking? What has been your favorite part/subject of your time at school so far? Well I'm ...

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: Partying hard on slots

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Monday, July 6, 2015. Partying hard on slots. Tomas preparing the cones for the slots exercise. Henrik showing the students how to thread steel. Henrik taught the students how to thread steel, which is also required for the winding stem production. It is not a complicated procedure but requires a lot of technical knowledge and a lot of focus/concentration to achieve the best results. Simone maintaining the 8mm lathe. The Rolls Royce...

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: January 2015

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Friday, January 30, 2015. Our stock of movements is always growing and this here is the majority of our vintage stock of movements. In various sizes and types, most of them in mint condition. This is a stock of vintage AS 1012 movements, small female movements. Once the students become more and. More skilled in repairing, they will repair those beauties since it requires more. Skills to repair smaller movements than big ones. The ar...

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: Summer holiday!

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Thursday, July 16, 2015. This week we had visitors from a high school in Hong Kong. They are doing a special project on watchmaking and wanted to see how the school works and looks. The students from Hong Kong with Henrik. We also had another taster course student who came from the United States of America. She really enjoyed the course, and hopefully we'll see her soon. Sophie disassembling a watch movement. Partying hard on slots.

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: May 2015

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Fondue and Exams, the perfect menu. Everyone stuffing themselves with cheese fondue. On Monday the school hosted this years first Fondue party! All our students were invited along with some friends of the school. It was the first time many of our students had cheese fondue. They had a lot of fun and are looking forward to the next school event. Tomas and Theren taking a practice exam. It is also exams week!

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K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre: Le Garde Temps, enjoying classic watchmaking

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School Blog of K&H, a watchmaking school based in Le Locle, Switzerland. Friday, June 19, 2015. Le Garde Temps, enjoying classic watchmaking. Henrik and the students got a picture with Mr. Forsey of Gruebel Forsey. Tomas checking out the amazing finishing on a wheel from Gruebel Forsey. The result of years of dedication. This week the students learned how to file squares in two different ways. The traditional hand filed way using just simple tools and also the more practical way by using the 8mm lathe.