Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spencer Torok, 25, a watchmaker at J.N. Shapiro Watches in Torrance, recently graduated from Rolex's Lititz Watch Technicum.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shona Taine, a 27-year-old watchmaker, became the first woman to join the prestigious Académie Horlogère des Créateurs ...

Rolex is training college dropouts and disillusioned office workers to become watchmakers. More than 560 people applied for just 27 spots in 2024—a 4.82% acceptance rate, close to Harvard’s.

How Kelloseppäkoulu has become the go-to institution for the next generation of top horologists, attracting attention from Swiss giants Rolex and Patek Philippe. Kelloseppäkoulu, The Finnish School of ...

In the digital era, when most of us tell the time almost exclusively by glancing at our smartphones, the historic craft of analogue watchmaking may seem like a relic of times gone by. But far from ...

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Spencer Torok, 25, a watchmaker at J.N. Shapiro Watches in Torrance, recently graduated from Rolex's Lititz Watch Technicum. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Ever since watches began bringing ...

(CNN) — Watchmaking doesn’t feel like the most 21st century profession. The job requires unwavering patience and a delicate touch, with watchmakers taking months or even years to create a single ...

The company is hoping its tuition-free program in Dallas will nurture its next generation of watchmakers—even those who have never tinkered with a timepiece. And so far, the training has driven fierce ...

Ever since watches began bringing order to the ephemeral passage of time, they also started doing something else: breaking. Own one long enough and something will probably go wrong. It'll run slow. Or ...