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Hi All,

I'm currently trying to sell some watch making tools on behalf of a family member and I came across this website while researching a Bergeon platax tool (2677) that I have.

Seemingly they are quite rare and sought after! 

Is it ok to post items for sale here straight away?

 

Thanks, Tim

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Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

Sorry TRyn. You better read this.

Items for sale

We have decided that this forum is not to be used for the promotion of items for sale by members, and to concentrate on building this forums reputation as a community website dedicated to the discussion of watch repair and horology related matters. Therefore, promotion of items for sale by members is not permitted on this website.

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Thanks for the reply! 

No problem, that's why I asked here first. I plan on keeping some of the tools and attempting to repair a few of the pocket watches myself so I'll stick around! 

I have some of the items listed on various groups on Facebook too if anyone wants to contact me about the tools.

Tim

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I'll try and advertise it on eBay too. Although I've noticed that some items I have listed don't easily appear on other people searches for some reason, even with the exact title searched. 

I'm looking to sell it to pay for some legal fee's, the joys of dealing with a deceased persons house who didn't leave a will :)

Thanks for the advice!

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