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IN THIS VOLUME 42, NUMBERissue 2, February 2018 AWCI News Industry News TM February 2018 President’s Message Cas-Ker Has a New Tool & SETTING SERVICE STANDARDS AND EDUCATING THE HOROLOGICAL COMMUNITY By Joseph L. Cerullo, CMW, CMC Supply Catalog and Official Publication of the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute page 5 Updated Website EXECUTIVE & EDITORIAL OFFICES By Donna Hardy American Watchmakers- Executive Director’s Message page 25 Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) By Jordan P. Ficklin, CW21 701 Enterprise Drive page 5 In Summary Harrison, OH 45030 By Aaron Recksiek, CW21 AMERICAN WATCHMAKERS- 866-FOR-AWCI (367-2924) CLOCKMAKERS INSTITUTE Adjusting Cuckoo Clock Music Boxes Affiliate Chapter Highlights page 26 Controlling Dust in the Workshop or 513-367-9800 By Edwin M. Hydeman Book review: 100+ No BS Watch Tips Fax 513-367-1414 page 34 [email protected] • www.awci.com www.facebook.com/MyAWCI Education & Cover Image: Henry B. 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Ficklin things AWCI has to offer can [email protected] us. Their cooperation is vital for the [email protected] be found at our convention. independent watchmaker to survive. Specifically, our conventions provide exceptional net- When Bulova introduced the Accutron watch, they working and educational opportunities. knew that they would have to step up and do their part in This month I have been digging through other educating the independent repair person, just as Hamilton kinds of treasures at AWCI. Our library and museum had done a few years earlier with the first electric watch. have some very interesting items. Do you know who However, they knew there was no way they could do this by Theodore Gribi was? themselves. So, they reached out to their local and nation- Theodore Gribi was the first president of the al watchmaker associations to provide the proper train- American Horological Society, which was founded in ing and technical information. The manufactures also Chicago in 1892. He is also the author of A Practical provided the tools and spare parts to the trade. Their of- Course in Adjusting. However, I have unearthed more ficial jewelers received the first access to these critical tools interesting information about him. He moved to the US and parts. Then, when the quartz watch was introduced to from Europe in 1858 and founded his own horological the world, companies such as Seiko and Citizen joined with business. He returned to Europe after just eight years, Bulova to continue to support their products to indepen- but in 1876 he attended the Centennial Exhibition as dent repair people. Watchmakers who did not participate in an envoy from the Swiss government and received a the local trade associations started to be left out. This was a medal from the US government. He then remained in motivation to promote membership in the state and national the United States for the rest of his life. He worked for level. Soon bench courses were becoming available through the Elgin National Watch Company and the Waltham AWCI with the help of the watch companies. They provid- Watch Company, although he eventually settled in ed some of our key members with the training and mate- Chicago where he ran his own business.