The following News items are presented as a public service announcement to the
general public and Norwest School Of Horology
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday August 22, 2026
Program:
"Power Reserve Indicator Mechanisms"
In addition, as per popular request, we will all be participating in a quick discussion on internet horology resources. Please come to the meeting with a list of your favorite internet YouTubes, forums and discussion groups. Let's discuss which resources we like and, perhaps, those that we feel should be avoided at all costs. This should be an interesting and useful discussion.
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
There will be a horological gathering of members from Mt.Rainier Chapter #135, Puget
Sound Chapter#50 and the Washington Watchmakers and Clockmakers Association.
When: Sunday, July 26th 9am - 2pm
Where: Cedar Valley Grange #306, 20526 52nd Ave W, Lynnwood, WA 98036
Please see the attachment 2026 Horological Social.pdf
This will be the first gathering of Puget Sound horological groups since 2019. We'll have some good food for the fiesta. Gary Myers - Wendy's chili recipe, cornbread on the side. Zachary Tremblay - Chicken dish. We are looking for someone to bring a morning dish, cookies or donuts. Drinks, Gary will have coffee made, but we'll need some soda and other refreshments. I want to thank our volunteers ahead of time. They are the true heart of our multi-horological organization! Zachary Tremblay - Zach will be manning the door and helping folks check in. He is our newest member to the WWCA. Give him a good welcome when you arrive. Bill Porter - Bill has been a long time loyal member of NAWCC Chapter 50, and has served as treasurer for the chapter. He will be helping us set up the mart and seating area. Roy Thompson - "Member of all!" Roy will be coming around and doing our 50/50 drawing and helping with the silent auction. See the attachment for details. BTW, Roy is becoming well known by all and is considered the "Swiss army knife" of the multi-horological organization! Steve Hawley - Steve is a clock enthusiast and is an elite member of NAWCC Chapter 50. He will be helping check members at the door. Please invite others who are interested in horology to this meetup. All of our organizations are welcome to new members. As a special offer, NAWCC Chapter 50 is giving a free NAWCC 1-year National membership to new members. Registration forms will be at the front table. Hope to see you there! Cheers, Gary Myers Treasurer WWCA and President NAWCC Chapter 50
Norwest School of Horology
Open House
Saturday June 6, 2026
Norwest School of Horology invites you to join us at school for Open House on Saturday June 6, 2026, from 9 a,m. to 1 p.m. It is designed to give all who have expressed an interest in attending classes or requesting additional horological information an opportunity to see our facilities, meet our instructors, and observe some of our students working at their benches.
Marilynn Willard for Norwest School of Horology.
location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday June 20, 2026
Program:
"Timex: The Democratization of Time and the Pursuit of Technological Legitimacy"
by: Trefor Delve
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday April 25, 2026
Program:
"John Harrison and His Chronometers"
Last December I had the pleasure of being able to travel to London and visit the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. I will be sharing with you what I learned about what is often described as the most important watch ever built.
by: Jeff Grieff
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday February 28, 2026
Program:
“Repairing Worn Bushings: Hole and Post Bushings". All of us who work on old, worn out vintage wristwatches have to deal with this issue on a regular basis. Come and find out what you can do to revive your badly worn watch movements.
by: Dave McConnon
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday December 13, 2025
Program:
““ The Evolution of the Alarm Wristwatch""
This is a fairly under appreciated group of watches that deserves more respect. Come learn about them!! I hope to see you there.
by: Jeff Grieff
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday October 25, 2025
Program:
““ Dave McConnon precision timing""
This is a really interesting topic for us all to discuss. Our goal when working on watches is to get them to operate as precisely as possible so this will be a very useful presentation for us all.
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday August 16, 2025
Program:
““ Tools: The Good, Bad and the Ugly""
An open discussion on watchmaker's tools. This will give us all a chance to discuss tool purchases we have made, both those we were happy with and those that we regretted. Are the Chinese tools adequate or do we really need to spend the big bucks for Swiss tools? What do you think? Bring to the meeting some of your favorite tools as well as the really horrible ones we have picked up along the way. Let's all learn from each others' experiences. If you have any tools you like that you have made yourself, come and share them with the group. You can't do the work if you don't have the tools!!
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday June 28, 2025
Program:
““ Waltham Chronographs""
description of the chronographs produced by the American Waltham Watch Company. These are some of my favorite chronographs of all time. Come and learn about them!
by:
Jeff Grieff
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday April 19, 2025
Program:
““Alternate Escapements - Beyond the Swiss Lever""
by:
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday February 8, 2025
Program:
“Workflow Management"
by:
David McConnon
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday October 19 , 2024
Program:
“The Evolution of the Chronograph"
by:
Jeff Grieff
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
NAWCC Chapter 135 meeting
Sunday November 10 , 2024
Program:
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by:
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11:30 for socializing and Mart buy/sell/tra
12:30 business meeting followed by the program
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday June 15 , 2024
Program:
“Vostok Amphibia, Legendary Soviet Technology.
by:
Rob Apsel
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday April 27, 2024
Program:
“Horological Decorations and Finishes"
by:
David McConnon
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday December 16, 2023
Program:
“The Seiko Automatic Chronograph"
by:
Dave Davenport
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
NAWCC CHAPTER 135 MEETING
WHEN:
WHERE:
Cedar Valley Grange Hall 20526 52nd Avenue W Lynwood, WA
TIME: 11:30AM
PLEASE NOTE – This is an in-person meeting only. No zoom.
We are very excited to be bringing our Annual Auction back!
Please see the attached for all the details on the Auction.
The success of this event depends on you – see what horological items you have that you are willing to put up for bid. Please have a short description of the item available.
If you don’t have anything to enter into the Auction, bring money! You may go home with something special!
This is always a fun event and we’re happy to bring it back.
http://nawcc135.org/
Program: “A Guide to Staking and Seitz Jeweling Tools". Did you ever wonder what those odd looking stakes and stumps that you always ignore were intended to be used for?
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
The Norwest School of Horology will be offering for sale a lot of their surplus tools, some watches, clocks and other horology related items. Come early to look everything over.
There will be some free items available as well. Come, look and shop!
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart!
If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Program: "Helping Hands: Restoration Techniques for Watch Hands" by Dave McConnon
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
The Norwest School of Horology will be offering for sale a lot of their surplus tools, some watches, clocks and other horology related items. Come early to look everything over.
There will be some free items available as well. Come, look and shop!
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart!
If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Program: "The Gruen Movement Factories" by Gary Meyers
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Sunday, November 12, 2023
WHERE:
Cedar Valley Grange Hall 20526 52nd Avenue W Lynwood, WA
TIME: 11:30AM
PLEASE NOTE – This is an in-person meeting only. No zoom.
We are very excited to be bringing our Annual Auction back!
Please see the attached for all the details on the Auction.
The success of this event depends on you – see what horological items you have that you are willing to put up for bid. Please have a short description of the item available.
If you don’t have anything to enter into the Auction, bring money! You may go home with something special!
This is always a fun event and we’re happy to bring it back.
http://nawcc135.org/
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday October 14, 2023
Program: “A Guide to Staking and Seitz Jeweling Tools". Did you ever wonder what those odd looking stakes and stumps that you always ignore were intended to be used for?
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
The Norwest School of Horology will be offering for sale a lot of their surplus tools, some watches, clocks and other horology related items. Come early to look everything over.
There will be some free items available as well. Come, look and shop!
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart!
If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday August 12, 2023
Program: "Helping Hands: Restoration Techniques for Watch Hands" by Dave McConnon
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
The Norwest School of Horology will be offering for sale a lot of their surplus tools, some watches, clocks and other horology related items. Come early to look everything over.
There will be some free items available as well. Come, look and shop!
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart!
If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com
NAWCC CHAPTER 135 MEETING
WHEN:
WHERE:
Cedar Valley Grange Hall 20526 52nd Avenue W Lynwood, WA
TIME: 11:30AM – Mart setup Noon – Mart and socializing 12:30PM - Business Meeting and Program
PLEASE NOTE – This is an in-person meeting only. No zoom.
PROGRAM: “Revitalizing American Watchmaking” We are fortunate to have Matthew Graham, owner of ARES Watch Company, based in Stanwood, WA. ARES is a US manufacturer of operational mission timers: durable, hard use timers guaranteed for life.
Show & Tell is always encouraged! We’ll be doing letters J-K-L-M.
Snacks will be served!
http://nawcc135.org/
Sunday, July 9, 2023
WHERE:
Cedar Valley Grange Hall 20526 52nd Avenue W Lynwood, WA
TIME: 11:30AM – Mart setup Noon – Mart and socializing 12:30PM - Business Meeting and Program
PLEASE NOTE – This is an in-person meeting only. No zoom.
PROGRAM: “Revitalizing American Watchmaking” We are fortunate to have Matthew Graham, owner of ARES Watch Company, based in Stanwood, WA. ARES is a US manufacturer of operational mission timers: durable, hard use timers guaranteed for life.
Show & Tell is always encouraged! We’ll be doing letters J-K-L-M.
Snacks will be served!
http://nawcc135.org/
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Saturday June 24, 2023
Program: "The Gruen Movement Factories" by Gary Meyers
Mart and/or Hospitality: 9am
Meeting and Program: 10am
Bring your tools, watches, books and other horological items to sell during the mart! If you have any items for show-and-tell, please bring them. If you have a power point about your show-and-tell the process is just a little easier but if not, we can make it work.If you have any mystery tools you would like to have us identify, bring them to the meeting.
Meeting location: Norwest School of Horology Classroom at Shoreline Community Center Map and directions may be found at: www.norwestschoolofhorology.com