![]() ![]() So when I walked in and saw a Rolex Submariner on a student’s wrist, I knew that I had come to the right place! And that certainly wasn’t the only (luxury) watch in the building.Īt the beginning of this year, I was teaching as well. But I was there for the watchmaking, of course. You can learn how to become a gold or silversmith, and they teach you all about how to become an all-around jeweler. ![]() Watchmaking is certainly not the only course they teach at the Zadkine vocational school in Schoonhoven. I went there last week, and I must say the visit didn’t exactly cure me of my longing to become a watchmaker! They would show me around the facilities and would make sure I could get a feel for what it’s like to be a watchmaking student. As I showed quite a lot of interest, they kindly invited me over to Schoonhoven, which is also called Silver City and is home to the Dutch Silver Museum. Last month, at a RedBar meetup in Amsterdam, I met two of the school’s teachers, Brendan and Hilbert. ![]() Well, to be fair, I didn’t actually decide to go all by myself. That’s why I decided to take a look at the watchmaking school in Schoonhoven, the only one of its kind in the Netherlands. At some point, don’t we all dream of being a watchmaker? I mean, how cool would it be to service your own watches or check a secondhand watch’s movement before you decide to buy it? I guess I’ve missed the opportunity to take that career path, but sometimes I still think about taking an evening course to at least get an idea of what’s actually going on inside my watches. ![]()
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