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SHOPPING EXPERIENCE  INITIUM Watchmaking Course GET TO KNOW Initium offers exactly this at its seminar in the centre of Geneva in Switzerland. After practising mechanical watches and their operation, you yourself will assemble your watches under the guidance of an experienced watchmaker. All watches are mechanical and are variations of the famous ETA / Unitas movement, originally developed for pocket watches and then applied in large watches. Usually, they were made with different finishes. Interestingly, Initium seems to be completely deviating from these standard variants and offers skeletonized versions of the mechanism in various variations and finishes. Of course, those who want to get a classic watch can get it with the Geneva wave and blue-screw screws. In class, you will carefully assemble your watch, but first, you will have to make difficult decisions about what the case, dial, hands and strap will be like. Yes, some brands offer it online, but in this case, you don’t collect your own watches, but here you can try different combinations, look at them with your own eyes and see how it works. After assembly, before you go home in the new hours, you will also conduct their final tests. Prices for participation in the seminar and the creation of your own hours are objective. The cost of the class "Gamma" is 1,690 Swiss francs, with a duration of half a day; The cost of the Delta class is 2290 Swiss francs for a full day with a sumptuous lunch at the Relay- e-Chateau Georges Wenger restaurant, marked by two Michelin stars, and you will get an individual engraved watch.