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I’m pretty sure everyone with even the slightest interest in mechanical watches has wondered what it takes to make one. What goes into a movement, and how do you assemble one? And I’m also pretty confident many of you have thought, “I could do that!” Well, it is MUCH harder than it seems on the surface. Kalle Slaap`s new book, Watchmaking Explained, gives us an inside look at the craft. Kalle Slaap is a professional watchmaker and teacher from the Netherlands, and the founder of his own Chronoglide Watchmaking atelier, where he specialises in the restoration and repair of high-quality mechanical watches. One of his true passions, or rather obsessions as he puts it himself, within watchmaking is to preserve the art and tradition of watchmaking and inspire the next generation to pick up the tools of the trade. He offers training courses, as well as explaining many of the watchmaking ins and outs through his YouTube channel, where he takes apart, services, repairs, and reassembles movements and watches. He’s also the recipient of the prestigious Fellowship of the British Horological Institute certificate, recognising his dedication to the craft. His latest project to support his dream of preserving watchmaking for the future is this book: Watchmaking Explained. And don’t be fooled into thinking this is another very academic study into the entire history of watchmaking. Instead, it’s an easy-to-understand, humourously written multimedia experience that explains everything you need to know about watchmaking. It not only covers the technical aspects of what goes into a movement, but also often-overlooked elements such as essential tools and machines, how to use your body, arranging your workshop, sourcing watch parts, making a profession out of it, and so on. There are over 100 QR codes that take you to all sorts of exclusive videos for more in-depth and visual explanations, which are very practical. I, for one, am much more a learning-by-seeing/doing kind of person than gobbling up the theory. The book is also endorsed by the British Horological Institute, and there will be future content to check out after you have received yours.