February 2009
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
8h 28m
English

The nation’s premier watchmaker’s college, in the heart of Amish country.

CLOCKWISE: Ficklin assembles and lubricates a cleaned watch. A watchmaker’s tools: Tweezers, hand installers, pin vises, movement holders, hammer, truing caliper, aperture plate, etc. Some of the 220-plus components of a Rolex wristwatch movement.
Photography by Ryan Heffernan
Twist the crown of a mechanical watch and you’re winding a tiny spring, which powers a gear that runs until the spring is completely unwound, some two days later. ...