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  1. Hi, Welcome to the forums Dbals, there are all skill levels on here, I'm a 50/50er, about 50% of what I work on survives the operation!
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  2. Hi Dan I love tinkering not great at it yet but there is time, I love a bargain and fixing broken things so this works out well as a hobby! Just got this seiko sold as spares or repairs and all it needed was a retaining ring and it is good as new!
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  3. Nice - Howard made good movements - and yours is in fine fettle!
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  4. I will not allow that to happen Lee ;)
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  5. With the help of the youtube videos. I stripped it down, cleaned/oiled and now this seiko 7s26 works! Dan
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  6. I wish, since starting homebrewing- I would of never believed how many people are interested in trying my beers and how many people are willing to do favors for my beers. I just had a doctor from my work (originally from Belgium) tell me he that my saison was fantastic and good enough to sell even back home. I made 5 gallons (20 liters) of a 6.5% ABV saison and it cost me about $15 USD, 4 hours to brew, a week in the fermentor and overnight being carbonated. The watchmaker was from Mexico and spoke very little English and my Spanish is about as good as a 3 year old! Yet, it was a very cool learning experience. I figure in 15 years I'll have 30 years of employment at my current job and that's about the time in which my boss is retiring. I'm still hopeful to have the experience to be a watchmaker by then, I've tried to talk to several watchmaker about some sort of apprenticeship in which I would give them several hours a week of whatever work to keep showing me more. None have bitten- the watchmaker from Mexico told me to come back anytime with questions and/or problems. I just feel in most cases the questions I would have e.g. how do you tell between a plastic crystal, mineral and/or sapphire crystal? the language barrier would be too great.
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  7. Before long you will know a great deal more about repeaters than you do at the moment, should be an interesting journey. Keep us up to date about what you discover.
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  8. LOL! :D I have three basic angles when it comes to watch collecting. My main interest is in American Railroad-grade pocket watches - mainly Hamilton, Illinois, Waltham and Elgin, plus some US made WW2 military pocket watches. That's my collecting "mainspring", and I buy these very occasionally and only when there's something I really want - and, once bought, they're never sold. As far as wristwatches go, I split these into 2 categories: (1) cheap-as-chips bits of fun, rarely more than £5-£20, which I can buy and sell as I feel like it just for the hell of it, and (2) good quality timepieces which I keep, ranging from US Gruens and Wittnauers to Swiss chronos - which I also keep. The Dugena is a nice 1970s chrono, and it's a keeper. So, when I want to buy a "keeper", I have three sources of income: 1. I can sell a few of the cheapies 2. I spend part of my regular pension - but more usually: 3. I pick up my guitar, go out with the ceilidh band or to a jazz gig - and earn the cash! Simples! I usually do a wedding gig with the band about twice a month, and get around £80+ for each gig. I stick the money in the bank and - lo and behold! Another chrono... :rock:
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  9. Both fine watches and it's nice to know they have gone to good homes. Thousands of fine watches have ended up in the bin just so the gold case can be melted down, almost a crime against humanity. Would be punishable by flogging if I made the laws.
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  10. I wish you all the best with your repeater, like yo I enjoy a good challenge! Just a thought, maybe there called repeaters 'cause you've yo work on them again and again and again?? :-)
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  11. There was one student in my class who lost an escape wheel and did use a magnet, check the apron and still couldn't find it. He had a large beard and wouldn't you know the escape wheel fell out of his beard. True story I apologize for not introducing myself earlier. My name is Karim Noorani and I live in Fresno California. I am in to watch repair as a hobby.
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  12. I don't do safe :startle: I've never had any problem with it, but it certainly gets the old stem fizzing & sometimes you can wait for days & days for the process. since microwaving its usually an overnight job. I just fizz it up every time I go to the loo & also leave the solution simmering on a chocolate maker! Simple! Lee
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