Module – Automatic Watches (PDF Course)
Explore the evolution of automatic watchmaking and learn how to service self-winding movements from every era.
Watch Servicing: Automatic Watches is a downloadable PDF course focused on the practical skills and servicing knowledge required to work confidently with a wide range of automatic wristwatches.
Hands-On Techniques for Servicing Automatic Watches — From Early Calibres to Modern Movements
Explore the evolution of automatic watchmaking and learn how to service self-winding movements from every era.
Automatic Watches is a downloadable PDF course focused on the practical skills and servicing knowledge required to work confidently with a wide range of automatic wristwatches.
Servicing the Machines That Wind Themselves
Automatic watches are a mechanical marvel — and each generation brings its own servicing challenges. This course takes you through the core procedures for cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting self-winding watches, from early bumper automatics to advanced modern calibres.
Learn to identify design changes across eras, troubleshoot winding systems, and maintain movements built for everyday reliability and precision.
What the Course Covers
- How Automatic Watches Work
Understanding rotor systems, reversers, gear trains, and mainspring interaction. - Servicing Vintage Automatics
Techniques and cautions for working with older movements like bumper winders and early unidirectional systems. - Modern Self-Winding Mechanisms
Strip-down and reassembly of the widely used ETA, - Cleaning & Lubrication
Specific oiling points for automatic winding modules, rotor bearings, and friction-sensitive components. - Diagnosing Winding Faults
Troubleshooting low power reserve, slipping mainsprings, worn reversing wheels, and inefficient winding.
Course Format
- Full-colour diagrams and step-by-step photography
- Covers both vintage and contemporary automatic watches
- Ideal for printing or digital reference at the bench
- Includes tool lists, parts handling tips, and movement-specific insights
Who It’s For
- Intermediate and advanced watchmakers developing automatic servicing skills
- Horology students preparing for the Practical or Vocational routes to qualification to MBHI
- Independent repairers working on a broad range of vintage and modern automatics
- Collectors and hobbyists expanding beyond manual-wind servicing
Familiarity with basic mechanical watch servicing is recommended.
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£350.00
Please ensure you have completed the required course(s) before booking, see "Course Requirements" below for more details.
Hands-On Techniques for Servicing Automatic Watches — From Early Calibres to Modern Movements
Explore the evolution of automatic watchmaking and learn how to service self-winding movements from every era.
Automatic Watches is a downloadable PDF course focused on the practical skills and servicing knowledge required to work confidently with a wide range of automatic wristwatches.
Servicing the Machines That Wind Themselves
Automatic watches are a mechanical marvel — and each generation brings its own servicing challenges. This course takes you through the core procedures for cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting self-winding watches, from early bumper automatics to advanced modern calibres.
Learn to identify design changes across eras, troubleshoot winding systems, and maintain movements built for everyday reliability and precision.
What the Course Covers
- How Automatic Watches Work
Understanding rotor systems, reversers, gear trains, and mainspring interaction. - Servicing Vintage Automatics
Techniques and cautions for working with older movements like bumper winders and early unidirectional systems. - Modern Self-Winding Mechanisms
Strip-down and reassembly of the widely used ETA, - Cleaning & Lubrication
Specific oiling points for automatic winding modules, rotor bearings, and friction-sensitive components. - Diagnosing Winding Faults
Troubleshooting low power reserve, slipping mainsprings, worn reversing wheels, and inefficient winding.
Course Format
- Full-colour diagrams and step-by-step photography
- Covers both vintage and contemporary automatic watches
- Ideal for printing or digital reference at the bench
- Includes tool lists, parts handling tips, and movement-specific insights
Who It’s For
- Intermediate and advanced watchmakers developing automatic servicing skills
- Horology students preparing for the Practical or Vocational routes to qualification to MBHI
- Independent repairers working on a broad range of vintage and modern automatics
- Collectors and hobbyists expanding beyond manual-wind servicing
Familiarity with basic mechanical watch servicing is recommended.
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