Cornell Toncz was 13 years old when he began formal training for his profession. For 3 years he attended Watch & Clock Makers School in Eastern Europe, behind the Iron Curtain. He was trained, then mentored, by German and Swiss Masters. In 1969, Cornell started his own shop at the age of twenty-two.
Fifteen years later and after several unsuccessful attempts to escape his native country, he finally found freedom in the United States in 1984. To learn more about Cornell's courageous escape to freedom, call or visit the SWISS Watch and Clock Shop.