First steps
Son of Polish immigrants, Helmuth W. Buchkosky graduated in 1935 from Dunwoody Institute as a draftsman. These were depression years, and finding work in his trade proved impossible. Helmuth met a streetcar motorman in his neighborhood who fixed watches at his kitchen table at home. He let Helmuth work with him, for company as much as anything, one or two nights a week. After some time the motorman suggested that Helmuth go to watchmaker school. Following the suggestion he enrolled in St. Paul Vocational Watchmaking School. Graduating in 1937, Helmuth gained employment for Mr. Geist, a jeweler on 7th St in St Paul. Mr Geist retired in 1939, and left Helmuth once again unemployed.
