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Curriculum Vitae

James Harris BA (Hons) FBHI

Work

• Conservator-in-Residence - The Clockworks, South London (2017 - 2023)

• Horology Lecturer - Birmingham School of Jewellery (2017)

• Watchmaker - Hoptroff London (2015 - 2017)

• Watchmaker - Omega Boutique, Knightsbridge (2015 - 2016)

• Watch Technician - Christopher Ward (2015)

• Watch Technician - Tag Heuer & LVMH (2014)

Awards / Bursaries

• Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Hain Sanders Award (2019)

• WatchPro Hot 100 'Trailblazer' (2016)

• AHS Award for Best Combined Masterpiece and Supporting Written Work (2015)

• George Daniels Educational Trust bursary recipient (2013-2015)

• Fellows and Son's award for Horology: Highest Overall Achievement BA (Hons) First Year (2013)

• British Clock and Watchmakers' Guild 1st Prize for Technician Grade (2013)

Exhibits

• Clockmaker’s Gallery at the Science Museum (2015 - 2017)

• Birmingham Made Me at Millennium Point (2015)

Public Speaking

• South London BHI Branch: Harris Horology: Becoming a Watchmakers in the 21st Century (2019)

• Sensing Time study day at the V&A Museum; Making Time: How to make a clock or watch (2016)

Projects

• International Watch Seminar (2017 - Present)

• AHS Online Clock museum (Ongoing)

Appointments

• Upgraded to Fellow of the British Horological Institute - FBHI (2023 - Present)

• BHI Examiner for Watches and Clocks (2023 - Present)

• Antiquarian Horological Society Wristwatch Group Secretary (2016 - Present)

• Member of the British Horological Institute - MBHI (2015 - 2023)

Education

• BHI Balance Staff Course (2022)

• KHWCC Le Locle Restoration and Decoration Course (2019)

• BA (Hons) Horology from Birmingham City University; First Class Honors (2012 - 2015)

• BHI Diploma in the Servicing and Repair of Clocks and Watches (Final Grade Part I & II) (2013 - 2015)

• BHI Diploma in Watch Servicing (2012 - 2013)

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