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A watchmakers scholar operated by Rolex, Tokyo
Watch Technicum, has started to accept applications for admission
of 2009.
Tokyo
Watch Technicum was opened in April 2003, training young watchmakers
under the Swiss WOSTEP
program (*see below).
Conditions for admission for 2009
| Number of students |
12 students |
| Requirements |
graduates of high school or
more (incl expects in March/09) |
| Deadline of application |
October 1 , 2008 (Thursday) |
| Date of Examination |
scheduled on October 25(Sat) or 26 (Sun) |
| Examination fee |
10,500 Yen |
| Tuition fee |
1,050,000 Yen / year |
| Extra expenses for tools
and text |
315,000 Yen (for the first year
only) |
Prior to application, Tokyo
Watch Technicum prepares meetings to explain and show about school
for applicants. To participate the meetings, reservation is requested.
The schedule of meetings is as follows;
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| Meeting
schedule: |
Sept 6 (Sat) |
10:30
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14:00 --- |
| Sept 10 (Wed) |
18:30 --- |
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| Sept 12 (Fri) |
18:30 --- |
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| Sept 18 (Thurs) |
18:30 --- |
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Detailed information and application form can
be requested by postcard or download from the website;
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Tokyo Watch Technicum
3-28-6 Toyocho, Koto-ku, Tokyo
(135-0016)
Tel: 03-5857-2308 Fax: 03-5857-2353
e-mail : tokyo@watchtechnicum.jp
URL: http://www.t-wt.jp |
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WOSTEP (=Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational
Program)
A training institution of watchmaking
in Neuchatel/Switzerland, which is organized by Swiss watch
manufacturers. WOSTEP give partnership to schools in the world,
and those partnership schools are providing the entire curriculum
of 3,000 hours of WOSTEP. After completing the total curriculum
and passing the final certification examinations, students
will receive a WOSTEP diploma. In Japan, there are two WOSTEP
partnership schools, Tokyo
Watch Technicum and Hiko-Mizuno
College of Jewelry. |
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