Horological Meandering

A chronograph from the watchmaker’s school Technicum La Chaux-de-Fonds. It has a rare 36.6mm two-part waterproof Brevet case. Inside it is a Valjoux 23, finished to a very high standard as you can see in the photo. The name of the student ‘Pierre Wenger’ ...  

I find those 'ecole' watches tend to have a few weaknesses (very simple dial, cases sometimes a little rough) but the movement of this one is amazing! It would deserve a display case back

Yes I agree that they tend to come with very simple dials and people sometimes find them visually boring. And yes I really should order a display back for it!!

This one, on the right... With a very nice Peseux 260... Best, Nicolas ...  

Do you happen to know what the number ‘124’ stands for?

My grail school watch is the Ecole d'Horlogerie in a Patek 2509 case. Here’s a photo from Antiquorum. ...  

The solid gold one looks so classic calatrava like Best. René

because that movement looks great and so does the rest of the watch!

Thanks for the kind words.

Beautiful movement and a nice story..

I can tell you are a movement person...

a vintage watch dealer named Mimandcroket in Barcelona. He sometimes gets nice school chronographs. It’s not so easy to find one and I know there are collectors that are crazy about these... Sometimes they come up for auctions as well.

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Thanks for sharing🙏🏻

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...someone on this site has M. Dufour’s school watch. Cheers, pplater.

(But don’t know to whom the photo credits should go) "/> Cheers, pplater. ...  

I’ve never seen this chronometer before. What I do know is that he also made a chronograph when he was a student, and the watch is still with him I believe. Best, Z

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Wish I could find out more about his watchmaking career...