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Thanks Amanico and the Jaeger team
I have been away from my computer for a while, so here is at last some feedback on the event:
- great organisation: no corners were cut as everyone had his/her own bench and own movement to work on
- Andre (our teacher), with 47 years of service at Jaeger was extremely knowledgeable and was not biased towards modern pieces as he could happily talk about other brands and older models. He was extremely funny and his Swiss humour drew laughs from the class every 2-3 minutes. He continually compared the forces at work in the movement to ordinary things in life (a sandwich, a mother pushing his son on a swing etc. ), which made things easier to remember
- always nice to meet fellow purists and have a nice lunch with them
- the Jaeger team was not too eager to push the new pieces, which shows that this event was really for purists and not just a commercial thing
- modern technology was handy as we could practice their virtual watchmaking game on our computer before taking the actual movements apart
- a big thanks to everyone responsible to put this together: it was a memorable day
Next step: finding that perfect memovox... and leave its servicing to a good watchmaker
Thank you!
By: cfn : December 1st, 2008-13:43
Dear Nicolas, Thank you for a fun afternoon - it was very good to meet you, Aaron and Vincent and see all (or rather some...) of your watches....and very interesting to hear your story on the work behind the Tribute to Polaris. I'll have a look at my pict...
I didn't organize nothing, Karim
By: amanico : December 1st, 2008-22:21
As JLC organizes Master Classes for several years, now, and yes, this is really a good thing, not to pretend to be able to service a movement, but to just understand it, as you perfectly said, Karim. I saw your post, my friend. Yes it is an experience to ...
i meant...
By: kkhazen : December 2nd, 2008-02:47
... organizing in the futur something to take things to a higher level. These seminar gives a general idea of a watch movement. When toying around with the movement, we physically feel how precise, complex and delicate a movement is. We evalutate more the...
Why not...
By: BDLJ : December 2nd, 2008-19:33
Buy some old cheap pieces, a simple array of tools and begin yourself. Old Seikos are a good start as they are very cheap, rather simple and there are full instructions (exploded diagrams, lubrication charts, etc) available for download. Not to belittle t...
not that simple...
By: kkhazen : December 3rd, 2008-04:54
... what you are saying can be applied for an old Tv, or an old car, etc... but regarding watch movements, you definetly need to be assisted by some pro. Its not jst about unscrew screws, opening it up and start guessing how it works. This would take 1-2h...
Assistance?
By: BDLJ : December 3rd, 2008-18:13
I already do it! If you are doing hobby pieces, that you are not scared to make mistakes on, then I don't think you need a pro to assist. These are "just clockwork". They all run on the same principles (particularly if it's a simple 15 or 17 jewel piece)....
I'll get an AP replica...
By: kkhazen : December 4th, 2008-02:31
...With an automatique movement. Then will try that surgery, open heart operation. At least will learn a bit more about replica movements a little bit more. Watch cost around 20$ so its ok. About the ferrari, nowadays, to fix them, you need to plug it to ...
