Time to train new watchmakers

In these modern times the luxury Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe has struggled to find technicians to repair its wristwatches, which can sell for as much as $400,000. To solve this problem, they opened a school at its NYC office to train a new generation of watchmakers. Martha Teichner gets an up-close look.

[jerematthewjohnson]

i studied sept-sept 1987-1989 eight hours a day very proud of study of Horology

[briancho]

So the education is free, you get a stipend, you get hired by a famous watch company if you graduate, you get a great paying job even at entry level...what is the catch? Why isn't this being advertised more openly and droves of people waiting to get in?

[adolf-]

Wristwatches have evolved from a sensation, to a necessity, to a nostalgia. With its ebbs and flows of the timeline challenges for the makers I believe there will always be a demand for mechanical timepieces by adoring humans. The relationship required, the status it cultivates and the few possible accessories a gentleman has to choose from will prevail my theory. People like Phillipe DuFour F P. Journe, Romaine Gauthier and Roger W. Smith will always come around to carry on the tradition.

[watchmanable]

What they do not tell you is that you cannot buy parts from any of these watch companys. Sure they want you to get trained. But only so you can work in their shops. Not bad for many reasons. But if you do not live near one of their shops then you would have to move to work for them. Also when you work at a factory setting you do not develope a diverse skill set. If you want to work in one place with very little diversity in the work then it is a good oppurtunity. Most watchmakers I know would not reccomend this as a good thing to get into.

[ayemyatswe]

Is there any email of this school to apply apprenticeship?

[discoverkenya]

Dunno how I got here but I’m glad I came, just found the biggest flex I’ve ever heard and new meme 😂😂😂 and I bet I trigger the algorithm now… 38k views right now

[markomaric]

Anybody knows which is name of minute repeater watch from 0:45? And if there is same looking model without repeater complication?

[rickbar]

There is nothing like an automatic on the wrist.

[irkiIIer]

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[yipingyang]

To get a " right " bell sound/chyme, on the minute repeater is not easy task, by the way, all my wrist watches are serviced in Lucerne, Switzerland, servicing your watch in the U.S.A. could be a nightmare, and it is getting worse.

[donwatch]

I will love to be one of your student I'm a man in Nigeria