The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America’s oldest watchmaking guild, founded in 1866, is crossing a fourth continent off its Traveling Education list with a trip to Melbourne, Australia on February 29 and March 1, 2020.
Serving as one of the oldest continuously operating horological associations in the world, the 154-year-old Society stands today as a nonprofit with the mission to advance the art and science of horology. Armed with a curriculum of Horology 101 through 103, a team of professional watchmakers, and portable ergonomic watch benches, HSNY will go from the Big Apple to Down Under in the name of horology.
HSNY’s award-winning classes will be hosted by The Hour Glass, a world-leading specialty luxury watch retail group with boutiques in key retail corridors throughout the Asia Pacific region. During each four-hour course, eight students will disassemble and reassemble a complete mechanical watch movement (ETA 6497) and find out what makes a watch tick. The hands-on experience will allow watch enthusiasts to go beyond scratching the surface of horological education, learning the proper usage of watchmaking tools and gaining insight to the terminology and theories of modern horology. Steve Eagle, HSNY’s Director of Education, will guide students through the fundamentals of movement mechanics, gear training, and winding and setting.
For the first time in Traveling Education history, HSNY will also collaborate with a regional media partner - Australian watch media publisher Time+Tide. As the country faces critical times, HSNY is honored to match The Hour Glass’s donation of a ticket to participate in the lauded Traveling Education courses. Both tickets will be raffled at Time+Tide’s Watch & Act! World Watch Auction Wrap Party with all proceeds from ticket sales going to the Bushfire Appeal.
Classes hosted by The Hour Glass will be held at The Westin Melbourne - just a few feet away from the boutique - on Saturday, February 29 and Sunday, March 1, 2020. Watchmaking tools and ergonomic benches will be provided for the duration of each course. No prior experience is required.
Visit HSNY’s Eventbrite page for tickets and times. Any profit from sales is directly reinvested into HSNY’s ongoing educational mission.
For more information about the Horological Society of New York, please visit http://hs-ny.org.
To learn more about The Hour Glass, visit https://www.thehourglass.com/.
To learn more about Time+Tide, visit https://timeandtidewatches.com/.