“Naming scholarships after individuals allows us to honor their commitments to horology and lets watchmaking students know they can be the next generations to continue their legacies.” “Horology is very much about the people who paved the way, and our industry would not be where it is without the contributions of the leaders and pioneers we’ve named scholarships after,” Navarro says. The Fryer scholarship offers female watchmaking students awards of up to $5,000 every April. For example, last year’s new scholarship highlighted Grace Fryer, who, as one of the Radium Girls watch dial painters, fought for compensation for those who were poisoned by the element. They also honor the people they are named for, Navarro says.
“Our scholarships aim to alleviate those stresses and allow students to focus and, more importantly, enjoy their time at watchmaking school.” The Charles Sauter Scholarship for Innovation in Horology honors the innovative spirit of Charles Sauter (above), who worked for Bulova Watches and served as principal engineer for the Apollo 17 Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment. HSNY wants to help watchmaking students succeed in every way, and we feel they should not have to forgo an education because of their environment,” Navarro says. We recognize that many watchmaking students are also young adults. “Although most watchmaking schools in the United States are free, living expenses can be a challenge. All of HSNY’s scholarships seek to further support its mission of advancing the art and science of horology, she says. The purpose behind these, says HSNY deputy director Carolina Navarro, is to give watchmaking students the means to complete their degrees while also honoring those who came before them. The three scholarships are the Charles Sauter Scholarship for Innovation in Horology, the Charles London Scholarship for Watchmaking Students, and the Simon Willard Award for School Watches. These new financial aid opportunities are made through the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), which announced the scholarships in mid-January.
Three new watchmaking and education scholarships-one named for a Bulova Watches visionary, one for the founder of London Jewelers, and one for a 19th-century innovator-are now accepting applications for U.S.
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