http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/31/3426266/a-moment-in-time.html

Please be sure to watch the video embedded in the article.

There was a similar article published several years ago that focused on independent watchmakers who were trained in Cuba but stayed independent once coming the to the US.

http://www.watch-pop.com/vintage-watches/vintage-06669.html

Now, many of the next generation of watchmakers are being snapped up by the big watch company as in-house watchmakers.

Just one more sign that it's going to become very difficult to find good independent watchmakers in the future, when the current crop retire.
gatorcpa

 

So very true - good independent watchmakers are becoming harder and harder to locate. It is truly a vanishing profession.