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RoyC

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Hi. My name is Roy and I'm an amateur horologist aspiring to be less amateur. I'm in my 70s, groan.

I've collected (ie accumulated) modestly for decades. Nothing very exotic because my income has always been distinctly non-exotic. Though one of my closest friends I've also acquired a vast quantity of unsold parts, movements and complete watches. For the last few years I've been working through them, selling off the immediately usable items and gradually working my way though them, repairing at various levels of complexity  and difficulty. Lots of crippled  watches in my wake but it's getting smaller. Like most things in life you have to start out being very bad at difficult tasks, passing though the slightly less bad and approaching the not too bad if time permits - which at my age is a constant consideration. I wish I'd started on this path earlier however "if i knew then what I know now.... etc" is a refrain that most of us start singing if we live long enough.

I'm fortunate in that I have a good relationship with a horologist who does the more demanding work for me. We're also friendly so it's better than a purely commercial relationship. I try not to pester him too much for advice. I'm always in need of advice.

Mark's tutorials are simply outstanding - there's nothing else that I've seen on YT that even compares where this subject's concerned.

Roy

PS Anyone got a spare good LIP T18 balance kicking around that they don't need?  I have a good HS. Well, you gotta ask.......

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