Passion for watches

On June 13 and 14, 2025, the Lublin Conference Center will once again become a meeting place for watchmaking enthusiasts. For two days, participants will have the opportunity to listen to lectures on the future of watchmaking, the history of Polish brands and issues related to collecting. In addition to scientific conferences, the event program includes numerous workshops, including those on watch repair and renovation and watchmaking techniques. There will also be collectors’ exhibitions and presentations of watches from different eras and accompanying events, such as the concert ” Z biegiem czasu” or the screening of the film “Antoni Patek – zegarmistrz i patriota”.

PROGRAM 13-14 JUNE 2025:

Conferences (Friday/Saturday) Room S1 (ground floor)

• Unknown Polish heroes – Marcin Fidler
• What is time and why does it flow – dr Stanisław Bajtlik
• Determining geographical longitude using a clock – dr Małgorzata Telecka
• Chasing the shadow. The story of an eclipse hunter – Karol Wójcicki
• Organizing car rallies – Dominika Dudak
• The clock at the Royal Castle in Warsaw – Władysław Meller
• Watch production in Poland – Marcin Karolewski
• Łódź Clock Factory – This is how Poland woke up – Piotr Orzechowski
• Franciszek Czapek – co-creator of Patek company – Benjamin Czapla
• Counterfeit watches- Eugeniusz Szwed
• In triumf perfectum: Watches, Emotions and People. – Leon Morawiec i Tomasz Tomanek

Debates (Friday/Saturday) Room S5 (3rd floor)

• Watchmaking – the future or decline of the profession?
• How to buy and sell watches?
• Fakes vs. replicas
• Will there be a Polish wristwatch movement?
• What is the truth about these Polish Błonie watches?
• Is there a chance for another Antoni Patek today?

Workshops (Friday/Saturday) Foyer of Room S5 (3rd floor)

• Watch Repair Equipment: Watchmaker Equipment Demonstrations
• Watch Repair Demonstrations
• The Art of Clock Restoration
• 19th Century Watchmaker
• Foucault Pendulum (LCK Patio)
• Clock Mechanism Modelled on the Clock from the Tower of the Royal Castle in Warsaw

Exhibitions (Friday/Saturday) Room S5 (3rd floor)

• Patek watches,
• Czapek watches,
• watches,
• Collection of watches for the blind,
• Railway watches,
• Błonie watches,
• Conceptum watches,
• Gerlach watches,
• Military watches