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  1. Hello all, Very, very new to this watch repair lark but reading and Youtubing my way along. No doubt you will see some exceedingly stupid questions coming along from me shortly. Thanks.
  2. Hello, I'm new to the watch repair and came across the watch repair videos whilst browsing YouTube. I've been through the free introductary lessons and once I have some basic equipment in place I plan on subscribing to the level 1 course. I became intersetd in watch repair as I picked up a couple of non-running Ingersoll Triumph pocket watches and started to investigate how I could get them up and running again. Hopefully they will be running smoothly again soon. PeeJay
  3. Hi all. I have a question about the fragility of hairsprings. I’m completely new to watch repair, and have started by regulating my mechanical watches (Seiko 7S26 and Orient F6922 movements). While adjusting the rate with a wooden dowel oriented parallel to the balance wheel, I have accidentally lightly grazed the hairspring. It was enough pressure to stop the balance wheel, but there appear to be no negative consequences. Both watches keep great time and have good positional accuracy. And according to my timegrapher the beat error and amplitude were not affected. So should I just chalk this up to good luck? Or could there be lurking damage I’m not seeing?
  4. Hi guys, I'm Steve from Australia. I'm a complete n00b at this hobby but after stumbling across a few youtube videos, I found my way here. This looks like too much fun, to not have a go at my self. I have never pulled apart a watch movement before - the extent of my tinkering is putting the hands back on a watch that was dropped. I have always replaced my own watch batteries*, ever since I have ever owned a watch in my teenage years, I'm now 41. My back ground is in Electronics Engineering, I've been doing it since I joined the Navy at the age of 16, so I'm no stranger to pulling stuff apart, and soldering surface mount components. Although watch repair would be more fiddly I would imagine. So I guess my first question is, what project do I get my feet wet with? 1. a working pocket watch movement 2. try and fix a dead pocket watch 3. quartz watch working or not, is that easier than a mechanical? 4. just a watch movement 5. dive right in and have a go at a simple mechanical (no date / calendar) Looking on ebay it seams that even a dead watch is more expensive than a brand new cheap chinese mechanical watch (as low as $AUD 2, free shipping) .. It gives a whole new level to the old saying "As mad as a two bob watch!" * by batteries I really mean cells. By definition a battery is a collection of "voltaic cells" (joined together in a single case). The coin cells in a watch are single cells.
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