Watchmaking Schools Episode 4 https://offhours.show/podcast-player/399/ep4.mp3What exactly is a watchmaker? Chris poisons himself and Jon ponders a career as a whitesmith, before the two dive into a discussion about watchmaking schools. Oh, and they both encounter a dragon roaming the streets. Gold alloys Optimizing gold alloys for castingganoksin.com Metallurgy of Precious Metals A primer on the metallurgy of precious metalssantafesymposium.org Watchmaker Definition of a watchmakermerriam-webster.com Watchmaking George Daniels literally wrote the book on watchmakingamazon.com Roger W. Smith A detailed look at a one-of-a-kind tourbillon crafted by Roger W. Smithwatchesbysjx.com Whitesmith Some early watchmakers identified as whitesmiths, because of the high degree of post-processing they performed on blacksmithed parts, which rendered the metal shiny and whitemerriam-webster.com Black Polish A demonstration of black polishing a spring for a watch, by RGM Watch Co.youtube.com Aluminum Value Aluminum was at one point more valuable than goldslate.com Bauxite The most common source of aluminum on our planetwikipedia.org Aluminum Smelting How bauxite is processed to create aluminum youtube.com La Machine Creators of the massive mechanical dragon and spider puppets Jon & Chris saw in the streets of Ottawa lamachine.fr Canada 150 La Machine was in town as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrationcanada.pch.gc.ca École Nationale de l’Horlogerie Canada’s National Watchmaking Schoolecolehorlogerie.com WOSTEP The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program wostep.ch BHI The British Horological Institute’s distance learning coursebhi.co.uk NAWCC National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors training and education coursesnawcc.org AWCI The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Instituteawci.com HSNY The Horological Society of New Yorkhs-ny.org SAWTA The Swiss American Watchmakers Training Alliancesawtacertification.org Lititz Watch Technicum A watchmaking school established by Rolex in Lititz, Pennsylvania lititzwatchtechnicum.org Patek Philippe Horology Programme The Patek Philippe Horology Programme in New York Cityabc7ny.com Finnish School of Watchmaking The Finnish School of Watchmaking, located in Espoo, Finlandkelloseppakoulu.fi Kari Voutilainen The work of master watchmaker, Kari Voutilainenvoutilainen.ch Stepan Sarpaneva The work Finnish watchmaker, Stepan Sarpanevasarpanevawatches.com Mika Rissanen A video interview with Mika Rissanen (in French)youtube.com Torsti Laine The work Finnish watchmaker, Torsti Lainelainewatches.com Antti Rönkkö The work Finnish watchmaker, Antti Rönkköronkkowatches.fi Alfred Helwig School of Watchmaking Watchmaking school in the German town of Glashütteglashuette-original.com KHWCC The K&H Watchmaking Competence Centrekhwcc.ch Birmingham City University Birmingham City University offers a bachelors program in horologybcu.ac.uk Hiko Mizuno Watchmaking program at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Japanhikohiko.jp ETA Switzerland’s largest producer of watch movementseta.ch Eterna Caliber 39 A series of watch calibers Chris has been looking at usingeterna-movement.com
