Background
Expertise forged in the field
Andrea Accolla has dedicated his career to watchmaking and multi-brand after-sales service. After gaining hands-on experience in servicing and restoration in Italy and completing specialized training in Switzerland, he joined one of the world’s most renowned watchmaking schools, where he spent nearly twenty years as a senior instructor.
Throughout his career, he developed extensive expertise in watch servicing, complications, micromechanics, and restoration techniques, while training watchmaking professionals from around the world.
Today, this combination of technical expertise and teaching experience lies at the heart of ATS: delivering practical, demanding training designed around the realities of the workshop.
Convinced that passing on expertise is essential to the future of the watchmaking profession, Andrea Accolla founded Accolla Training Solutions in 2026.
ATS brings together technical expertise and educational know-how to support professionals and companies through specialized training, tailored solutions, trainer development and the design of training projects.
A flexible, trilingual and international approach, built around real-world needs and the long-term development of skills.
Timeline
1999
Workshop beginnings
Watchmaking training at L'Orologiaio. Watchmaker in a multi-brand workshop through 2005. Advanced and turning courses at WOSTEP.
2007
WOSTEP Trainer
Assistant instructor then senior teacher at WOSTEP Foundation. Theoretical and practical courses, international assignments.
2011
Training Coordinator
Coordination of WOSTEP's technical training team. Programme development and design of tools and teaching materials.
2016
Andragogy certification
Adult & Continuing Education certificate (CPLN). Federal BFFA modules (CEFNA). Formalisation of the pedagogical approach.
2026
Accolla Training Solutions
Launch of the independent training business. Trilingual FR · EN · IT offering, Switzerland and international.