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Finishing Techniques

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Finishing Techniques

You will experience various classical movement finishing techniques, such as Black polishing, Frosting, and Graining.
We will be emphasizing on trying out the majority of common classical finishing techniques for the student to get an overview on finishing, however, to become good and effective at finishing and achieving brilliant results, the participants need to  practice this art after the course.

Date:                                           Next date 2026
Location:                                    KHWCC,  Le Locle, Switzerland
Teacher:                                     Michael Lau, instructor
Tuition fee:                                CHF 1500.-/5 days
Teaching language:          English
Pre-Requisite:                   Watchmakers

The course includes the following try outs, but is not restrictive to:
  • Black polishing steel parts such as screws and levers.
  • Frosting bridges and other soft metal parts.
  • Counter sink polishing of screw and jewel holes.
  • Bevelling bridges and other movement parts.
  • Making steel parts matt.
  • Blueing.
  • Electroplating with Rhodium or gold.
  • Tool and material knowledge.

Here you will find some awesome pictures and explanations from Henrik,
Read his passionate article about:
bluing here..
black polishing here...

 Inscription :
Min. 4 students max 6 students. Registration in the order in which they are received





 




Location

KHWCC, Au Verger 26, 2400 Le Locle, Switzerland
Contact: info(at)khwcc.ch, applicants only through requsest form

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