What exactly is a watchmaker? Chris poisons himself and Jon ponders a career as a whitesmith, before the two dive into a discussion about watchmaking schools. Oh, and they both encounter a dragon roaming the streets.

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• Gold alloys Optimizing gold alloys for casting

• Metallurgy of Precious Metals A primer on the metallurgy of precious metals

• Watchmaker Definition of a watchmaker

• Watchmaking The book Watchmaking, by George Daniels

• Roger W. Smith A detailed look at a one-of-a-kind tourbillon crafted by Roger W. Smith

• Whitesmith Some early watchmakers identified as whitesmiths, because of the high degree of post-processing they performed on blacksmithed parts which rendered the metal shiny and white

• Black Polish A demonstration of black polishing a spring for a watch, by RGM Watch Co.

• Aluminum Value Aluminum was at one point more valuable than gold

• Bauxite The most common source of aluminum on our planet

• Aluminum Smelting How bauxite is processed to create aluminum

• La Machine Creators of the massive mechanical dragon and spider puppets Jon & Chris saw in the streets of Ottawa

• Canada 150 La Machine was in town as part of Canada's 150th anniversary celebration

• École Nationale de l'Horlogerie Canada's National Watchmaking School

• WOSTEP The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program

• BHI The British Horological Institute's distance learning course

• NAWCC National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors training and education courses

• AWCI The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute

• HSNY The Horological Society of New York

• SAWTA The Swiss American Watchmakers Training Alliance

• Lititz Watch Technicum A watchmaking school established by Rolex in Lititz, Pennsylvania

• Patek Philippe Horology Programme The Patek Philippe Horology Programme in New York City

• Finnish School of Watchmaking The Finnish School of Watchmaking, located in Espoo, Finland

• Kari Voutilainen The work of master watchmaker, Kari Voutilainen

• Stepan Sarpaneva The work Finnish watchmaker, Stepan Sarpaneva

• Mika Rissanen A video interview with Mika Rissanen (in French)

• Torsti Laine The work Finnish watchmaker, Torsti Laine

• Antti Rönkkö The work Finnish watchmaker, Antti Rönkkö

• Alfred Helwig School of Watchmaking Watchmaking school in the German town of Glashütte

• KHWCC The K&H Watchmaking Competence Centre

• Birmingham City University Birmingham City University offers a bachelors program in horology

• Hiko Mizuno Watchmaking program at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Japan

• ETA Switzerland's largest producer of watch movements

• Eterna Caliber 39 A series of watch calibers Chris has been looking at using