Watchmaking
Microtechnician specialising in restoration/complications
Microtechnician specialising in restoration/complications
Professional Education and Training (PET)
- Length of training:
- 2 years
- Languages:
- French
- Diploma:
- Higher vocational college Diploma
Admission condition
Hold a federal VET diploma (certificat fédéral de capacité - CFC) as a watchmaker-repairer or pass the practical exam.
École Supérieure Technique du Locle delivers the only training in Switzerland for a microtechnician specialising in restoration/complications. The course is open to holders of a federal VET* diploma (certificat fédéral de capacité) as a watchmaker-repairer. Students on this full-time course learn to repair and restore valuable antique timepieces, for the most part clocks and watches held in collections, and to master modern and traditional production techniques. Lessons in art and design history, materials science, watchmaking theory and construction technology complete this two-year course.
Source: École Supérieure du canton de Neuchâtel - ESNE; SERI Study Framework for Professional Education and Training colleges – Microtechnology engineering - approved 24th November 2010
Associated crafts
Associated schools
École supérieure du canton de Neuchâtel - Domaine Technique (CIFOM - ET)
Le Locle
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