American Watchmakers – Clockmakers Institute: Over Fifty Years of Keeping Timepieces Ticking The AWCI (American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute) hosts roots existing before the turn of the 20th century. As early as the late 1800s, German immigrants formed regularly, sharing a passion for creation and repair of timepieces. How did a small group of enthusiasts transform into a nation of specialists influencing vendors and practices? Early Beginnings It’s understood the modern society formed due to an amalgam of enthusiasts. German immigrants formed the Uhrmacher’s Verein in 1866. Thereafter, it was re-organized in the 1930s, becoming the Horological Society of New York. In […]
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Independent watchmakers are going the way of the dinosaur with the way the Swiss are running around anti-trust rulings. Many watchmaking schools have disappeared.