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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adhoc" data-source="post: 3676061" data-attributes="member: 131373">Thanks Dalat for that information. But surely Swaro. is taking that further: below, I copy from the article. Also, my second quote above is from Germany (perhaps here and there "the world is still in order"!)...For instance, they will do a lot of grinding, sanding and polishing by hand to get an understanding of the glass before they learn about the machining...The apprentices also learn how to construct the binocular and scope housings by hand, starting out with the manual machines before moving on to the CNC machines. After the first year they are tasked with making their own clocks. This is a longstanding Swarovski tradition and a fascinating array of students' clocks adorns the walls...</blockquote>