A discussion with my local Watchmaker.

[TheVTCGuy]

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone,

I had the chance to sit down and have a chat with the only Rolex-certified watch maker in my area, who works at my local AD (Ben Bridge). It was an interesting and enjoyable conversation.

He talked about motiviation for his work, saying it was repairing, over-hauling and generally improving the movement of a fine timepiece like a Rolex. Every day was different and every piece had a unique challenge. I asked if he would ever like to be a watch MAKER, i.e. start from scratch, put the parts together and realize you are the creator of this beautiful piece. Me being a project-orientated guy, I thought that would be very rewarding, for obvious reasons. He said absolutely not, which... suprised me. He stated that yes, he had to do that to earn his certification, but once you've done it for a while, it is completely boring. The thing that got him enthused, was wondering what type of watch would be brought in to him for repair that day, what was wrong with it? And how would he bring it to it's finest function again?

That really opened my eyes to something, how do those watchmakers over in Geneva do this, hour after hour, day after day, month after month etc, and NOT get bored? The watchmaker told me that they will do different models, to try and mix it up a bit, but that every day, they're doing the same work... over and over.

What do you think? Would it be a boring job?