Lycée Les Savarières

Located in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, near Nantes, Lycée professionnel Les Savarières is one of the French public schools offering a dedicated pathway into professional watchmaking. Its horology programme combines extensive workshop practice with technical and artistic education, allowing students to develop the precision, patience and mechanical understanding required to service, repair and restore watches and clocks. The school currently offers nationally recognised qualifications including the CAP Horlogerie and BMA Horlogerie, with training covering movement disassembly and assembly, fault diagnosis, maintenance, component manufacture, materials, applied mechanics and restoration techniques. Students also benefit from professional and international exposure, including exchanges with other European watchmaking schools and placements designed to strengthen their technical experience. Through this combination of traditional craftsmanship, practical training and recognised qualifications, Lycée Les Savarières provides a solid route into watch servicing, restoration and the wider horological industry.