Mathias Ryf is a Swiss watchmaker with over 15 years of experience working for major watch brands like Breitling and Rado. He has extensive skills in servicing mechanical and quartz watches, including complete overhauls, maintenance, setting hands and dials, water resistance testing, and quality control. Ryf holds multiple diplomas in horology and retail from Switzerland and has a strong work history there and in South Africa. He is reliable, diligent, and a team player interested in continuing to develop his watchmaking expertise.

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Curriculum Vitae
Mathias Ryf
• Personal Information
Full name: Mathias Ryf
Nationality: Swiss
Languages: German mother tongue
English experienced (fluent)
French basic knowledge (school)
Japanese knowledge (verbal)
Driving License: Swiss driving license
Health: Excellent
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Qualification achieved: Swiss Diploma for Horology as Watchmaker
Swiss Diploma for Shop Assistant (Sales and Administration)
• AdditionalSkillsand Attributes
There are further important qualities and abilities which are important for a good atmosphere
and to add to a successful enterprise.
• used to work within a team (team player)
• good communicator
• accurate and diligent in execution of duties
• quiet, conscientious and purposeful person
• reliable and consistent
• School education
1999 – 2000 WBK ‚Weiterbildungsklasse‘
further education for students in Spiez, Switzerland
1996 – 1999 High school in Wimmis, Switzerland
1990 – 1996 Primary school in Wimmis, Switzerland

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• Apprenticeshipsand Diploma
2006 – 2009 Apprenticeship as Watchmaker in the highest degree (Niveau
E) with RADO Watch AG, Lengnau (Switzerland)
(10 month micro mechanics experienced)
2005 Lehrmeister/Instructor (qualified to instruct trainees)
Technical College Retail Trade in Bern
2000 – 2003 Apprenticeship as Shop Assistant, sales and office
administration with BUCHERER AG Bern (Jewellery and
Watches)
Improvement of know-how during special trainings and career
path.
• Work experience(with Certificates)
2014 – current Breitling Head Office Switzerland
Watchmaker SAV (Customer Service)
Mainly doing complete overhauls and maintenance services on
mechanical as well as quartz watches. Setting hands and dial, casing up,
Water Resistance and doing the Quality Control on those pieces.
2011– 2014 Breitling (South Africa) Ltd.
Agency Jabree C.C. in Johannesburg
Watchmaker SAV
Complete overhauls and maintenance services on mechanical
and quartz watches. Setting hands,casing and quality control on those pieces
as well as the final control.
Disassembling, assembling and doing the refurbishment on cases and
bracelet, unfortunately I’ve never done a course to further improve my
polishing skills.
Diagnostic on incoming repairs and ordering spare parts for those repairs.
2010 – 2011 The Swatch Group (South Africa) Ltd.
Watchmaker SAV (new-opening)
Sandton, Johannesburg
Doing mainly Diagnostic on Customer Repairs as well as complete overhauls
and maintenance services on mechanical and quartz watches.Setting hands,
casing and quality control on those pieces as well as the final control.

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2009 Rado Watch AG in Lengnau (Switzerland)
Watchmaker SAV
2006 Hirsch (Schweiz) AG
Watchmaker assistant in the subsidiary Marcco Service in Zürich
2005 LOEB AG, branch Bern
Sales assistant in the Watch and Jewelry Department
2003 – 2004 Galleria Casagrande AG in Interlaken and
Swatch Shop Grindelwald (Jewelry and Watch Trade)
Sales assistant (new-opening)
• Additional work experience
September 2009 Rado
Caliber: 1789, 2798
September 2009 Tissot
T-Touch: Expert, Sea-Touch
Caliber: E40.302,304,305
September 2009 Longines
Caliber: L 607.2 ETA 2896
L 599.2 – L 601.2
L 697.2 – L 698.2
October 2009 Ω Omega
Caliber: 1120, 2500, 2610, 2627, 2628
Co-Axial
April 2010 Ω Omega
Caliber: 3301, 3303, 3313 (B/C),
861 A, 863 A, 1861 A, 1863 A (Lemania)
June 2012 Breitling
Level 1 Maintenance Service
Level 2 Full Service (Family 7750, Family 2892A2,
2824-2, Dubois Depraz Chronograph Module Family
20’000, 10’000, div. Quartz)
2013 Level 3 Full Service on Dubois Depraz Chronograph
Module (Family 2000, 4500)

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• Militaryservice Section: Artillery Battery 10/3 Rank: Bombardier
Since my return from South Africa I have duly returned to my military duties (completion of
Military service latest in 2016).
• SociallyCommitted Interest
Interest: Horology science of watch making, Reading in general,
Geology, Gemology, Cooking
Special interest in adventure hiking, climbing, travelling and
culture. Sport activities (Pétanque, Handball and Dancing)
Sport Club Member: Pétanque Parkhurst Organizer/Founder
Johannesburg Hiking Club Hike Leader
Swiss Alpine Club Biel/Bern Member
Mountain Club of South Africa Member
Computer: Windows experienced, Office 2007 (Word, Excel and
PowerPoint) Internet and Office Outlook.
I have basic knowledge in hard-, software and networking.
Future: I am motivated and interested to improve my knowledge and
abilities to your satisfaction and requirements and to reach a
higher technical level of competence.