Horological School in 1920

I was searching info on a watchmaker that worked in my Grandpa's Shop and found his yearbook from the Technological School Horology Dept. I thought it was pretty interesting.

https://ia800709.us.archive.org/3/items/horologicaldepar1920brad/horologicaldepar1920brad.pdf

It is still a university, more info here:

https://www.bradley.edu/dotAsset/49b654eb-1193-48a8-af6d-eda18df4d4f8.pdf

Canada had its own school of horology. Classes were available at three levels. The top level equipped the participants to build a watch from scratch. Except for the jewels, of course. The school had three levels of training. “Improvers” who had experience in watchmaking, A level, and A1 level. The latter were the students that fabricated a complete watch.

The Canadian Horological Institute closed in 1913. The founder, Henry Playtner, was looking for other opportunities. In May of 1920, the Elgin Watch Co. announced they would open a school for watchmakers, at Elgin, I’ll. Playtner was the one that head-manned the Elgin school.

It is an excellent read, being well illustrated with photos of the student’s watches, and many other photographs. The book is by Gary Fox, an NAWCC member. Hard cover, 173 pages. The ISBN # of the book is 978-0-9867307-0-2. I believe the book is available from the author. If the info I have is current, he can be reached at [email protected].

Note: The correct contact information for the author of the CHI book is:

[email protected]

In a reply from Gary this morning, he indicates he still has his excellent book available for sale. He is currently working on a book on the Elgin School of Watchmaking which was run by Henry Playtner of the Canadian Horological Institute.