Jewellery training
Placements with MATY and a jewellery workshop: making, transformation, setting, soldering and polishing.
Alexandra Schmitz · Practising anglage since 2006
A teaching method built at the bench.
Since 2006, Alexandra Schmitz has practised hand and micromotor anglage in production, quality inspection and high-end watchmaking environments. After managing and training teams, she opened her workshop in Les Brenets to pass on a method built directly from components.
2005 — today
More than twenty years of craft, inspection and teaching.
From jewellery to high-end watchmaking, this path connects production, workshop leadership, professional training and the creation of Art de l’Anglage.
Compagnie Horlogère Locloise
Beveller then co-manager of a decoration workshop, leading five people, training and quality follow-up.
Decotech then JBH
Hand and micromotor bevelling, decoration, inspection, dispatch and training of new colleagues.
José Lopes
Bevelling, straight graining, circular graining, black polishing and other high-end watch finishes.
INHOTEC
Two periods in hand and micromotor bevelling, including file work under a binocular microscope on complex components.
Swissmec
Hand and micromotor bevelling trainer for future watchmaking professionals.
Art de l’Anglage
Creation of Art de l’Anglage, followed by the opening of the Les Brenets workshop to students on 16 June 2025: private learners, professionals, teams and manufacturers.
Teaching conviction
A correction is learned only when the student can find it again alone.
Alexandra does not take over the component. She makes the deviation visible in the light, connects its effect to pressure, tool angle or trajectory, then lets the hand try again. The aim is not only to produce a beautiful bevel; it is to build an eye that can diagnose and correct.
Passing on a craft also means taking the time to understand how each person learns. Small groups, shared observation and progress portfolios support this attentive approach.
The workshop setting
Les Brenets. Space and light for the craft.
Based in Les Brenets, near Le Locle, the workshop belongs to a region shaped by watchmaking. Its setting connects the training to the craft and to the professional environment in which students can continue their path.
A bright workshop gives observation its place: move around the component, compare the surfaces and return to the detail. Daylight and dedicated bench lighting complement each other as the eye and the hand learn together.
The Les Brenets workshop
Today’s tools to pass on an exacting craft.
Files, buffs, micromotors, work supports and light remain at the heart of the workshop. A dual-view microscope, HD camera and 4K screen let Alexandra and the student inspect the same detail at the moment of correction.
- Dual-view microscopeAlexandra and the student observe the same gesture live.
- HD camera & 4K screenThe detail becomes shareable without losing the link with the hand.
- Hand toolsFiles, buffs and supports adapted to the geometry.
- MicromotorsControlled preparation and consistent surfaces.
- Real componentsWatchmaking constraints are present from the start.
- Small groupsUp to four participants.
Direct contact
Tell Alexandra about the component or technique that interests you.
An introduction, a complete programme, focused development or team training: a few lines about your experience and objective are enough to start the conversation.
Discuss your project with Alexandra