Jon Woods

I'm known as Jon the Watch. With a diverse engineering background spanning over three decades, I discovered my passion lies in the craft of watchmaking.

Back in 1999 I started to teach complete beginners to watchmaking in a structured weekly evening class at the Epping Forest Horology Centre. I then went on to write and teach a second-year course, which is a linear progression from the first-year course, focussing on automatic and chronograph watches, as well as precision repairs, hints, tips, and techniques.

How To Use Rodico for Detailing and Cleaning Small Mechanical Parts

13 September 202424 January 2024 by Jon Woods

The History of Watchmaking Putty and Rodico Let’s start with a little history. Bergeon Rodico 6033 was first developed and used in 1966, before then bread was used to mop up oil, grease, and particles that were on the watch …