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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Interesting video - amazing that there was no hammers deployed, cursing, or watch pieces thrown about the room.

Fort Worth has a school that trains watchmakers in the Swiss tradition. They say only 6 students out of 100 applicants are accepted.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/fort-worth/headlines/20130112-its-all-in-the-timing-at-fort-worth-watchmaking-school.ece

17 posted on 01/03/2015 2:26:06 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: HonkyTonkMan; ImJustAnotherOkie

For the Okie and any other interested person, there is also a watchmaking program at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee OK. Here’s an article with details on the history and capabilities of the program:

http://go.osuit.edu/communications/news/content/cowboy-clock-work


51 posted on 01/03/2015 4:53:59 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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