WEDNESDAYARTISANS’PLAYGROUND

Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve

A day dedicated to future generations

Watchmaking has always aroused passion and wonder. We all remember discovering our first watch. Our inner child remembers this symbolic moment when time becomes quantified and shapes into a small object we can carry everywhere. One Wednesday a month, we open our workshop’s doors, four children and four watchmakers around a workbench to discover the craft’s secrets.
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I have spent a day learning about watchmaking, using tools, I am very happy.

Lisa, 6 years old
Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve
Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve

Introduction to
watchmaking fundamentals

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The first part of the initiation is a time for discovery and interaction to familiarize yourself with the watchmaking vocabulary and the many components of a watch that will be used.
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Skills training:
learning to bevel

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Watch decoration is a technique to enhance each element of the watch through a play of light reflections. Beveling is a traditional and passionate craft passed on from a master to his apprentice. Supervised by our beveler, each child explores the gestures, using specific tools: carbons, files, polishing paste.
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In the shoes of the watchmaker:
assembling a movement

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At the workshop, each child is accompanied by a watchmaker. At the workbench, they learn the watchmaking gestures with the help of tools: magnifying glasses, screwdrivers, file and then disassembling and assembling a mechanical movement.
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Awarding the
certificate

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The last step marks the end of the initiation—a certificate given to each child, a souvenir of a memorable afternoon.
Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve
Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve
Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve
Artisans' Playground - Artisans de Geneve