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Hi, 

it's only been a a few months I've gotten interested in watches, and that's gotten me interested in maintaining/repairing them.

It all started this summer when I was out for dinner with 2 other couples - it turned out both the "trailing husbands" were jewellers.
They didn't talk shop much - we talked 60s/70s cars + motorbikes, my passion for 70s and early 80s arcade machines, retro gaming consoles and various other retro stuff.
That led me to start looking at watches of the era (for fun). I fancied getting something from the 70s, more for a laugh than anything.

I started looking around websites and some Youtube posts.I suddenly discovered I have a real passion for watches!

I got myself a repro Direct Time, then a New Old Stock Direct Time, then a NOS Catena Spaceman from a serious UK collector, then various LEDs (no Pulsar yet - holding out on a good one), a little Seiko5 that I adore, then (again for a laugh) a lot of 100+ "junk" fashion watches, which had a number of LCDs I liked.

I realise most "watch repair" forums are for mechanicals, which is fine - and I definitely need help repairing the 2nd Catena Spaceman I bought!

Anyway, hello all :)
 

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Thanks all!

good to hear it’s a friendly place, and also I can ask for help with quartz and even LED/LCD :woohoo-jumping-smiley-emoticon:

 

my first tasks are to get my Seiko5 up and running again, presume it needs a new capacitor and some “standard” TLC.

 

Then, get my Catena Spaceman up and running properly. I assume it needs the same.

I will do some looking around the forum, but I’m sure I’m like most new folk on here, in that I need guidance on tools, training, where to buy spares etc.

I am a professional “IT geek”, and already seen a couple on here use apps to measure their timepiece health etc ;)

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