Zimmerman Watch Repair

Holy nostalgia! I had the honor teaching today at “The Bowman Building” in Lancaster PA. My father graduated from their watchmaking department in 1979 where he spent three years studying watchmaking, clockmaking and jewelry repair. We took a picture by the window he spent so many years at. A lot of alumni came by to check it out. This was the first time a horological class has been taught there since the school closed down. The school lasted 115 years from 1877 to 1992. I assisted and his class with . I even got to go up into the observatory to end the day! It was a great weekend with “Lancaster Watch Week”, and I was glad to play a small part in it.

ZWR hosted a dinner last night to celebrate one of our past employees receiving the AWCI Fellow Award. The highest honor given to watchmakers in the US to honor one’s life’s work to horology. It was an honor to present Bernhard Stoeber with this award. It was a complete surprise to him to see so many friends gather for this monumental occasion.