The following courses are currently available through the Field Suitcase Workshop Program. 

If there are other courses you would like the FSW Program to offer, please contact:  Mike Dempsey at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Fred Tischler at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Click on the titles below to see an overview of the course.

F101 - Introduction to Basic Time & Strike...The American Kitchen Clock

No Prerequisites

This course covers the eight-day, time and strike clock movement with open mainsprings, typically found in "American Kitchen" clocks. Four days.

F102 - Time & Strike Clocks with Spring Barrels

Prerequisite F101

This course will cover time and strike clocks with two spring barrels and rack/snail strike mechanism. Four days.

F103 - Introduction to Chime Clocks

Prerequisite F102

This course introduces the student to chiming clocks, with spring powered or with simple weight driven wall and floor clock movements. Four days.

F104 - Introduction to Weight and Fusee Driven Clocks

Prerequisite F103

This four-day clock repair course will focus on one-, two-, and three-weight regulators, grandfather and fusee clocks including tubular and bell chime. Four days.

F105 - 400-Day Torsion Pendulum Clocks

Prerequisite F101

This four-day course is designed for the clock repair person or collector who is already proficient in basic clock service and repair techniques. Four days.

F110 - Clock Camp III

Prerequisites F101 thru F104

This four-day course is for students who have completed F101 through F104 FSW classes and want a refresher course of that material. The course gives the student an opportunity to expand their basic knowledge learned previously and become more proficient with a variety of clocks. This is their chance to get help with that troublesome movement that defied their repair skills in the past. Four days

F200 - Fundamental Skills for Lathe & Clock Repair Course Part I

No Prerequisites

The material in this course is a basic skill set that is required and continued in FSW F201. This four-day basic course prepares the student for fundamental Lathe operation and clock repair skills. Tools are made in this course that are required for F201.

F201 - Fundamental Skills for Lathe & Clock Repair Course; Part II

Prerequisite F200

This four-day course is a continuation of the FSW F200 course and students will need tools made in that course to complete the F201 course. The student will be instructed in the fundamental skills of Lathe operation and maintenance for clock repair.

F202 - Lathe II for Clock Repair Course; Part III

Prerequisite F201

The student will take what he or she has learned in the F200 and the F201 classes and further the skills needed to make selected clock parts and tools using a cross-slide. Four days

F301 Introduction to Basic Pocket Watch Repair: The American Pocket Watch

No prerequisites

This is a pocket watch course for entry-level students wanting to learn the fundamentals of watch repair. Four days

 F302 Indroduction to Basic Wristwatch Repair

No prerequisites

This wristwatch course is designed to familiarize the student with working on a basic time only, manual mechanical watch movement, identifying individual parts, their names and function. Four days.

F401 - Reverse Glass Painting

No prerequisites

This four-day course covers an introduction to Reverse Glass Painting. Four days

F402 - Dial Painting

No prerequisites

This four-day course covers an introduction to Dial Painting. Four days

F500 - Introduction to Basic Time Only Movements, “The American School House Clock”

No prerequisites

This course is for the beginning clock repair person and covers the eight-day, time only clock movement with open mainsprings, typically found in the "American School House Clocks" clocks. Two days.

F501 - The Repair & Replacement of an American Strip Recoil Escapement Course

No Prerequisite Course; however, there is a requirement for a specific movement described in the course overview.

This two-day course will instruct the student on how to repair and replace the recoil strip escapement generally used in an American open spring clock. Two days

F502 - The Atmos Repair Course

Prerequisites - At least one year of clock or watch repair experience, plus completion of either the FSW F102 or F301 courses.

This two-day course is for the advanced student who wants to learn the repair of the Atmos clock. Two days

Required Tools

F510 - Clock Camp I

Prerequisites F101 and F102

This two-day course is for students who have completed F101 and F102 FSW classes and want a refresher course of that material. This course gives students an opportunity to expand their basic knowledge learned previously and become more proficient with a variety of clocks. This is their chance to get help with that troublesome movement that defied their repair skills in the past. Two days

F511 - Clock Camp II

Prerequisites F103 and F104

This two-day course is for students who have completed F103 and F104 FSW classes and want a refresher course of that material. This course gives students an opportunity to expand their basic knowledge learned previously and become more proficient with a variety of clocks. This is their chance to get help with that troublesome movement that defied their repair skills in the past. Two days