West Village neighbors rally around shoe and watch repair shop – NBC New York

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The Global Watchmaker Shortage Inspired a Family-Owned N.Y.C. Shop to Open a School – Robb Report

The popularization of mechanical watches over the past five years will soon result in a wave of service requests that the watch industry is frighteningly ill-equipped to fulfill. According to the Employers’ Convention of the Swiss Watch Industry, which oversees the training of watchmakers, Switzerland alone will need about 4,000 more watchmakers by 2026. Expand