[ltnately]

There are a few (albeit limited) places to get into watchmaking as a career.

One of the more interesting is The Lititz Watch Technicum (http://lititzwatchtechnicum.org/) which is a 2 year certification program funded by Rolex.

[notahacker]

It's surprising just how specialist conventional FE college courses can get for those inspired to get into a particular field. A flatmates' sister moved to England to take a course in piano tuning and repairing at a specialised musical instrument craft school within an institution that apparently also offers regular A-levels...