Howdy doody from the land down under!

[HouseofGeorge]

Hi everyone! Jesse here. I'm from Sydney, Australia. I've taken up a new hobby fixing watches and have been doing basic battery replacement and hand restoration for friends. It's a rewarding experiencing tinkering with watches and knowing that you're able to successfully fix stuff albeit minor. 

I hope to hang around the forum as I try to learn more of the trade.

Thanks so much everyone.

Jesse

[Cad101]

Hello Jesse glad to have you here its good to know the horology bug has bitten someone else. Look around  ask any question you like and most of all enjoy your new hobby.

Mick

[szbalogh]

Welcome to the forum!

There was another guy from Australia complaining about hard to get parts and tools there. Maybe You can work together. Reducing shipping cost for example.

[oldhippy]

Hello, your in the right place, for starters this forum is very friendly and we all help each other. You will find plenty here to get you started and we welcome photos. 

[vinn3]

welcome Jesse.  it;s good to know something about watches as opposed to TIME ON THE CELL PHONE.  VINN

[Tmuir]

2 hours ago, szbalogh said:

Welcome to the forum!

There was another guy from Australia complaining about hard to get parts and tools there. Maybe You can work together. Reducing shipping cost for example.

Yes that was me, but unfortunately I'm in Perth on the other side of the continent, although I had some good luck with tools tonight with a retiring watchmaker bringing some of his surplus tools into my watch repair class tonight for sale and picked myself up a jewelling tool.

 

Welcome Jesse TAFE in Sydney runs watch repair courses, but they are only during business hours and are very expensive unfortunately.

[dadistic]

Greetings!

If you spend any amount of time here, it's almost hard *not* to improve your watchmaking abilities.

Have Fun!

[HouseofGeorge]

Wow! Thank you so much everyone for the warm welcome. As a newbie to this craft I surely will learn a lot from this forum and you guys. Hopefully, as time passes, I'll be able to return the favor when my skills have sharpened.

Thank you. Thank you.

J

[diveboy]

Welcome from another aussie. I'm in Melbourne and mainly focus on Elgins, Elgins and would you believe ? Elgins from 1867 to 1973 with a kink for their electronic movements from the early 60s.

 

[Cad101]

Would that be Elgin Elgins or Swiss Elgins too.

[diveboy]

44 minutes ago, Cad101 said:

Would that be Elgin Elgins or Swiss Elgins too.

all Elgins from 1867 to 1969 but recently I've also included 1969 - 1973 from the Elgin National Industries days as well.

[Cad101]

4 minutes ago, diveboy said:

all Elgins from 1867 to 1969 but recently I've also included 1969 - 1973 from the Elgin National Industries days as well.

Nice I Have 3 with swiss movements one from 1912 Proper Elgin.

 

[bobm12]

Welcome Jesse, enjoy the forum!

[sperki77]

Welcome from another newbie... Do they really say, "Howdy Doody" down under? In any event, Howdy Doody back to you!  I bet we both learn a lot on this forum.  Looking forward to it. 

[HouseofGeorge]

Hi sperki77,

Welcome aboard! I haven't really been digging around here yet but as you will see, it's a treasure trove of watch wisdom, tips and tricks, and a lot of friendly people around, all ready to help and share their passion. It's definitely a place to be.

Oh and yeah, we don't really say howdy doody. Hahahaha. That was just me. Unless others do the same. It's more of "G'day. G'day". Also depends on the generation you're speaking to.

Good luck in your horological intrepid adventure.

Regards,

Jesse

 

[clockboy]

Welcome Jesse, No question to trivial here on this friendly forum. Enjoy the forum.

[sperki77]

12 hours ago, HouseofGeorge said:

Hi sperki77,

Welcome aboard! I haven't really been digging around here yet but as you will see, it's a treasure trove of watch wisdom, tips and tricks, and a lot of friendly people around, all ready to help and share their passion. It's definitely a place to be.

Oh and yeah, we don't really say howdy doody. Hahahaha. That was just me. Unless others do the same. It's more of "G'day. G'day". Also depends on the generation you're speaking to.

Good luck in your horological intrepid adventure.

Regards,

Jesse

 

Well, I go back several generations, so sometimes I do say howdy.  Mostly here in Texas we just say a big old friendly, "Hi".  We do say,"Y'all" a lot, but only in the plural sense, never in the singular sense.  Anyway, it's good to know you and I think I'm gonna like it here.

[Vich]

Hello Jesse and welcome to the forum.

Cheers,

Vic