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WOSTEP opens in Neuchâtel with a 1-year course for North American watchmakers.
Director: André Farine
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The Refresher Course is opened to watchmakers from all over the world.
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Director: Mr. Antoine Simonin
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The Refresher Course is now a 20-week session held twice a year.
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First session of the course on complicated watches.
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WOSTEP becomes a non-profit association with 23 members. Mr. Roland Frêne is the president.
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Some training sessions and education programs offered in Neuchâtel are also offered around the world.
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WOSTEP celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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The concept of the Worldwide Partnership is first presented to offer opportunities worldwide in budding watchmakers.
The methodical guide for the 3000-hour watch repairer program is published
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Presentation of the worldwide Partnership to 9 French speaking.
5 schools introduce the 3'000-hour program.
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WOSTEP celebrates its 30th anniversary and inaugurates its new premises.
Presentation of the Worldwide Partnership to 10 new English speaking.
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5 of the first Worldwide Partnership schools graduate their first students of the 3000-hour program.
The Partnership is now implemented in English, French and German speaking schools.
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The Worldwide Partnership develops educational models for classroom instruction.
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8 schools graduate students in the United Kingdom, United States of America and France.
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The WOSTEP offers now 27 courses for watchmakers, teachers and sales people in 4 languages.
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The Worldwide Partnership delivers examinations in English, French, German, Japanese, Swedish and Mandarin.
Director: Marteen Pieters
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The Worldwide Partnership designs optimal infrastructure and refines additional service to support schools in reaching highest standards in watchmaking education around the globe.
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WOSTEP has over 100 members including representatives of the leading watch brands, manufacturers of movements and complicated watches, retailers in Switzerland and abroad, watchmaking organisations, allied trades and firms that manufacture electronic and workshop equipment, spare parts and tools.
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WOSTEP 40th anniversary.
Launching of the Fondation WOSTEP.
President: Maître Jean-Patrice Hofner
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Students of 12 sessions in 6 different countries graduate as watchmakers.
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OFIAMT (Swiss Federal Office for Industry, Trade and Labour) and the OPET (Swiss Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology) now called SEFRI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) recognise the 3'000-hour WOSTEP program which becomes an official part of adult watchmaking education in Switzerland.
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WOSTEP presents its newest development, the W-01 School watch.
The first WOSTEP Forum is held in Neuchâtel, inviting instructors and industry representatives to attend a vivid exchange of educational and technical topics.
The WOSTEP 640-hour Encasing Technician program is introduced to the Worldwide Partnership.
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The future 4-month CS Polishing Technician program is tested in a 3-week pilot course.
Development of the 4-month CS Polishing Technician Program
The WOSTEP in-house school watch calibre W-01 is introduced to the Partnership.
Students who excel in the W-01 project are given the opportunity to submit their piece to C.O.S.C for chronometer certification.
The second WOSTEP Forum is held in Neuchâtel.
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Successfully the 4-month CS Polishing Technician program completes the program offer.
The WOSTEP 3000-hour Watchmaker program integrates revamped intermediate examinations involving complete encased products.
The pivot gauge examination is phased out and the balance staff examination is introduced.
Specialised tooling is developed by WOSTEP for the Worldwide Partnership.
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The WOSTEP 1800-hour program, recognised by the CP and the SEFRI, is introduced to the Worldwide Partnership.
The first W-01 school watches are completed by students of the Worldwide Partnership.
The third WOSTEP Forum is held in Neuchâtel.
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New 3-day course: Introduction to polishing
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WOSTEP celebrates its 50 years in watchmaking education.
The Worldwide Partnership celebrates its 20th anniversary.
The fourth WOSTEP Forum is held in Neuchâtel.
President: Patrick Jaton
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The course offer is enriched by a teacher development curriculum called Train the Trainers, where WOSTEP instructors share the transmission of the knowledge with the theatre linked speaking support company Exprimerie.
Director ad: Marco Schommer
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The polishing unit pushes for more specialization with a 5-day course Lapping.
A new partnership between FHH Academy and WOSTEP gives birth to a 1-day Introduction to Watchmaking course.
For the first time the Worldwide Partnership members reunites the school principals in Neuchâtel.
The year culminates in a 5th Forum with the participation of the WWP school teachers also in Neuchâtel.
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New: The different techniques related to polishing course has been splitted on 3 different courses.
1) Lapping course
2) Preparation techniques course
3) Final finishing techniques course
Director: Johann Kunz-Fernandez
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Finally, the 1-year program Customaer Service Watchmaker is given also in Neuchâtel.
