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Re:The Rising Appeal of Apprenticeship by ltnately on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:18PM (#9887737)
There are a few (albeit limited) places to get into watchmaking as a career.

One of the more interesting is The Lititz Watch Technicum (http://lititzwatchtechnicum.org/) which is a 2 year certification program funded by Rolex.

Re:The Rising Appeal of Apprenticeship by notahacker on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @04:43PM (#9887900)
It's surprising just how specialist conventional FE college courses can get for those inspired to get into a particular field. A flatmates' sister moved to England to take a course in piano tuning and repairing at a specialised musical instrument craft school within an institution that apparently also offers regular A-levels...