i would be carefull with such advice, we have a school here for watchmakers that takes 3 1/5 yrs and people may know something about movements but know nothing about a daily workingroutine in a workshop, as an apprentice you get to know the daily problems and how to solve them. i can only speak from my country obviously but here the apprentinceship also takes 3 1/2 yrs with daily working in the workshop and either blocked(like 4 weeks at once) or 1-2 days a week units at school.

when people only come out of a course you have to invest even more time into getting them ready for the workshoplife beside the natural timespan you need to get them into your workshoproutine anyways. you will have to take courses for brands anyways to learn their specific stuff.

i mean maybe the teachingplan at the swatchschools covers it but i highly doubt that if it only takes one year when compared to here where the school takes 6 days a week for 3 1/2years and they cant do it.

showing interest and passion in things you want to do is never a mistake, no matter what topic it comes to but nearly nothing can beat practical knowledge paired with passion and interest. so take that in consideration aswell.

again, i can only speak for how it is here in austria, i dont know the hard facts about an apprenticeship somewhere else, like how long it takes and if you get paid enough etc pp but a real practical knowledge and workshoproutine is worth gold in craftmanship. :)