Workshop News
A page to make visible what is shown, what circulates, and what concretely comes out of the workshop.
Concrete markers to follow the activity: fair presence, student portfolios, educational interventions and moments when the gesture becomes visible.
On 20 and 21 June 2026, Alexandra Schmitz will be present in Besançon for the 24 Heures du Temps, an event dedicated to time and watchmaking. The aim is simple: show the anglage gesture, discuss training, and make the link between craft, transmission and watchmaking finishing visible.
This presence follows the same logic as the workshop: speak precisely, show the gesture, and let the component, the tool, the light and the real level of work be seen.
From 14 to 19 April 2026, Art de l’Anglage was present in Geneva as part of Time to Watches. The point is not simply to be there: it is to show the gesture live, open useful conversations, and make the level readable beyond the workshop.
This presence naturally extends the workshop’s work: hand and micromotor anglage demonstrations, conversations with professionals, meetings with profiles trained in the workshop, and discussions around subcontracting, training, and the development of an in-house decoration department.
A short sequence to clearly situate Art de l’Anglage’s presence at Time to Watches 2026.
The workshop does not merely talk about the gesture. It trains, supports, and produces results that can now be consulted directly through several final portfolios.
Coming from precision micro-mechanics, Aristide completed a full 100-hour anglage training course in the workshop. His portfolio shows solid progress in file anglage, micromotor work, straight graining, satin finishing and polished drops.
A watchmaking AFP operator, Christophe followed a 40-hour path focused on the fundamentals: flank straight graining, micromotor anglage, file anglage, satin finishing and polished drops. The booklet shows concrete progress on a real component.
A young watchmaker trained over 100 hours, Gwenaël worked on file and micromotor anglage, straight graining, satin finishing and polished drops. His path shows an applied, precise profile already strongly oriented toward movement métiers d’art.
An angleur and manufacturing professional, Jérôme completed a 100-hour training course. His portfolio focuses on regular straight graining, micromotor anglage, file anglage, satin finishing and polished drops, with strong attention to cleanliness and consistency of gesture.
With a background rich in grinding and industrial precision, Pierre turned his technical base into a more artisanal mastery. His portfolio highlights a very strong level in straight graining, hand and micromotor anglage, inward angles, satin finishing and the reading of volumes.
Sébastien arrived with an already solid background in movement decoration. His path in the workshop extends that standard with very clean work on file anglage, micromotor work, straight graining, satin finishing and the most demanding components.
On 15 November 2025, Alexandra took part in a discovery day on anglage at BBZ CFP Biel-Bienne. The setup was simple: a little theory, a live demonstration, then each student at the bench with a brass part, a file, a cabron, a polishing stick and polishing paste.
What made the difference was not a speech. It was the possibility of seeing the gesture up close: the material responding, the light settling or relaxing, the corrections visible to the whole class each time a part came back under the optical system. In those moments, an interest can become a direction.
