Elgintime Vintage Horological: The Chicago School of Watchmaking

The Chicago School of Watchmaking

I am in the process of posting web editions of the Chicago School of Watchmaking Home Study Course, here:

http://www.rdrop.com/~jsexton/watches/csw/

There's a lot of material, this will take awhile, but there are two lessons available now. Enjoy...

Update

I received the following email October 25, 2010.

From: Steve Sweazey <stevesweazey@msn.com>

Date: Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:46 AM

Subject: Chicago School of Watchmaking Lesson Plans

Mr. Sexton,

I am writing in regards to current links on your website displaying entire Lesson Plans of the Chicago School of Watchmaking Home Correspondence Course. The web address is located at http://www.rdrop.com/~jsexton/watches/csw/. As the rightful copyright owner for this publication, I respectfully request that the links to these Lesson Plans be removed from your website. Many years ago, I donated a few sets of the complete course to the National  Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC) Library and Research Center. Therefore, anyone interested in studying this course are encouraged to join the NAWCC in order to borrow the material from their lending library program. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Steve Sweazey

It appears that the Chicago Watch School home study course will have to remain of "underground", limited and exclusive availability. It's a shame they can not be available to a wide audience, but there it is...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: I've been hoping to take a look at these for quite a while now.

Thanks, Jeff!

Mike O.

(Longtime reader, first time poster); July 18, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Anonymous said...: I think you've bee bamboozled by
a guy on Ebay who falsely
claims copyright ownership of
"The Chicago School of watchmaking"?

Actually I know you have. The manual is still under the copyright of the defunct school.

What this Ahole did was scan the material, watermark the pages and claim ownership. Ebay's too stupid to care; plus there's not much
interest in watch repair now.

If you have a hard copy of the book
go ahead and feel free to post the courses. I will, when I get a copy of the book.

I will post for free though--I hate
parasites.; May 30, 2011 at 6:59 PM
elgintime said...: Hello - If you have evidence that the material has passed to public domain, let me know. For what it's worth the old copyright on the material is a person, not the school. And what I have electronically is text (HTML actually), and not images. No connection to eBay...

Thanks!; May 31, 2011 at 6:27 AM

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I received my grandfather's watch which you restored for me yesterday. It is gratifying to see this watch in action after many years. It has probably not been working since 1912.
R. Z.

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Thanks so much,
Anna

Hey jeff. I got the watch safe and sound and the cd today. The watch looks better than I had anticipated. Another good job again.
Steve

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A. T.

Hello Jeff
The watch came today works great, it`s neat to hear it run. I wonder how long its been since it ran, my great grandfather who owned the watch died in 1925. I want thank you for bringing it back to life
J. S.

Dear Jeff,
My Elgin pocket watch arrived today. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. My family will treasure it.
D. L.

Jeff,
Just a quick note to let you know the watch is back home. It is an absolute joy to see and hear it run again after all these years. It was extremely emotional for me. I remember playing with it as a small boy, and never known it to work. My father would be very proud and humbled to know it was working again. I'm sure he knows. Thank you.
S. Welsh

Jeff,
Watches look fantastic, run great. I can see why you're in high demand, you're a class act. You provide detail historical summary and preliminary review of watch prior to work, fair estimate, provide post work summary, along with high res images of watches to boot. Thanks again and will certainly share your name around.
Thanks!
D. H.

Jeff,
I received the watches today and must say I couldn't be more pleased. Thank you so much. It was wonderful to wind them up and here them tic again.
G. M.

I'm very pleased with the outcome and want to thank you for a job well done. The watch looks and runs great, and the hands you replaced are very much more in keeping with an Elgin watch of this time period.
As you might imagine, to send such a precious family heirloom all the way across the country to someone who I really didn't know, or know anything about, took a lot of faith and courage. You really measured up to my expectations.
Thanks and best wishes,
B. H.

Good Morning Jeff
I got the watch back and I'm thrilled! I really appreciate your professionalism and workmanship. It's really nice to have the watch back in working order! Especially since the local repair indicated that it couldn't be fixed! Thanks so much for everything. I'll certainly be back in touch when it needs maintenance.
M. H.

Hi Jeff –
I just received the watch you repaired for me. It’s absolutely fantastic! Thanks so much for your excellent service.
A. C.

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