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Post by stvalentine on Jun 2, 2017 14:51:36 GMT -5
Yesterday I received the good news that my son will be able to have another apprenticeship at our watch manufactory. He just got through his tests and is a metalworker by profession now but the work is very hard to the body. Hauling around heavy fireproof steeldoors and railings isn´t something he want´s to do for the rest of his life. This was when my boss (and friend) suggested he might have another apprenticeship as a watchmaker at our manufactory. Right now he is doing an intership and he likes the job very much. So this August he will start and might even cut short the apprenticeship from 3.5 to 2.5 years because he has already a full training for a profession under his belt. And I even get to seem him more often than before which is very nice too! I am very happy that he has got this chance to "turn around the ship" and learn a job that is so more easy on the body and his health!  |
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Post by Darin on Jun 2, 2017 15:38:23 GMT -5
Fantastic news ... congrats! |
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Post by Baboo on Jun 2, 2017 16:01:08 GMT -5
Yesterday I received the good news that my son will be able to have another apprenticeship at our watch manufactory. He just got through his tests and is a metalworker by profession now but the work is very hard to the body. Hauling around heavy fireproof steeldoors and railings isn´t something he want´s to do for the rest of his life. This was when my boss (and friend) suggested he might have another apprenticeship as a watchmaker at our manufactory. Right now he is doing an intership and he likes the job very much. So this August he will start and might even cut short the apprenticeship from 3.5 to 2.5 years because he has already a full training for a profession under his belt. And I even get to seem him more often than before which is very nice too! I am very happy that he has got this chance to "turn around the ship" and learn a job that is so more easy on the body and his health! Wonderful news! I can tell the you are deservedly a very proud father. Best of everything to you and yours! |
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 2, 2017 16:12:27 GMT -5
Thank you guys, this news made me happy all day! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 16:15:29 GMT -5
Great news. Sounds like a great opportunity and move for your son Frank.
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 2, 2017 16:20:31 GMT -5
Watchmakers have a lot of job opportunities. Even the big opto-electronics companies have their head hunters lingering around our watchmakers school here. After all you can do this job until old age. Nothing to become rich by but money shouldn´t decide what you do for a living anyway...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 16:20:36 GMT -5
Congratulation to your son and to you. Watch making is a good trade.
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 2, 2017 16:26:17 GMT -5
...yes, and he can surround himself wiht the most beautiful things since pipes.   |
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Post by crapgame on Jun 2, 2017 19:16:04 GMT -5
Damn good news frank!!!
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Post by sjmiller on Jun 2, 2017 19:52:43 GMT -5
That's a beauty of a watch. I know if you have to ask you can't afford it but what do the watches your company makes cost?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 2, 2017 20:21:53 GMT -5
 Frank, happy for your Family, hard worker , good Dad, So glad for both of you.
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Post by papipeguy on Jun 2, 2017 21:26:43 GMT -5
Fantastic news, Frank. The world needs young watchmakers as the older generation leaves the trade. Good luck to him.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 2, 2017 21:49:44 GMT -5
awesome! congrats! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 21:53:43 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by peteguy on Jun 2, 2017 23:23:33 GMT -5
Terrific news - congratulations to both of you!
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Post by trailboss on Jun 3, 2017 2:46:50 GMT -5
That is great news indeed, them labor intensive occupations have a way of revisiting you as you age.... I for one am glad that I didn't spend too many years hauling swinging beef. That was backbreaking work.
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 3, 2017 14:24:44 GMT -5
Thank you so much guys! It is fun coming to work every day and seeing that my son is already there. @sammy: Our watches start at Euro 3.980,-- (incl. 19% VAT) which sounds like a lot but if you consider that they are handbuilt on order in Germany it is not that much any more. Take a look here: hentschel-hamburg.de/en/Currently I am in the process of translating the page. There are still a few that are only in German but that will change. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 19:03:11 GMT -5
Thank you so much guys! It is fun coming to work every day and seeing that my son is already there. @sammy: Our watches start at Euro 3.980,-- (incl. 19% VAT) which sounds like a lot but if you consider that they are handbuilt on order in Germany it is not that much any more. Take a look here: hentschel-hamburg.de/en/Currently I am in the process of translating the page. There are still a few that are only in German but that will change. Pretty watches. I like the H2. Out of my league, but like a lot of fine things, I still enjoy looking at the craftsmanship. |
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Post by JimInks on Jun 3, 2017 21:17:37 GMT -5
Great news, Frank!!
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Post by trailboss on Jun 3, 2017 23:23:33 GMT -5
Google translate popped up for me...no problem reading the webpage. Nice looking pieces!.....I am closer to Larry the cable guy than I am James Bond on caring for watches....Casio G-shock are about my speed.  |
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 4, 2017 9:13:24 GMT -5
Although working with luxury watches I am no watch snob. Believe it or not - right now there is a G-Shock on my wrist! |
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Post by antb on Jun 5, 2017 1:34:21 GMT -5
Many congratulations and the best of luck!
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Post by sparks on Jun 5, 2017 7:02:05 GMT -5
Congrats, Frank.
Man, those are some nice looking watches. Out of my league, but maybe someday.
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 5, 2017 12:56:58 GMT -5
Thank you very much Gentlemen! @justin: Drop me a line anytime! We have quite a few customers in the USA. |
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Post by crapgame on Jun 5, 2017 13:17:53 GMT -5
Frank when I hit the BIG lottery I will buy one!
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 5, 2017 16:24:04 GMT -5
Oh common Mike, we´re not THAT expensive! |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 5, 2017 16:31:01 GMT -5
the ladies watches were very nice!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 20:57:46 GMT -5
Good to hear another fine craftsman up and coming .
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Post by isett2860 on Jun 6, 2017 8:29:40 GMT -5
That is awesome news for your son Frank congratulations to him and to you.
All those years that you spent making sure he got up to go to school as a teenager. Now he's beating you in to work 😄
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Post by stvalentine on Jun 7, 2017 14:51:05 GMT -5
You´re damn right Charlie and that makes me very proud! One day he will know more about watches than his father. BTW, today we had an very friendly American couple in the manufactory. A friend told him "when you come to Hamburg you MUST visit Hentschel"! As it seems we are world-famous by now!  |
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Frank, happy for your Family, hard worker , good Dad, So glad for both of you.
