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Hey y’all, I’m 16 and have been working on watches and clocks for roughly 2 years now. My father got me interested in watches, but I never got into the art of watch repair until I stumbled upon Mark’s videos! I have been watching them for 4 or 5 so years and have gained much of my knowledge from them. I created an account on WRT in hopes to further my knowledge from the more experienced repairers! I hope to engage with the other members of this forum!

-Josh

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On 1/17/2021 at 3:43 AM, RushingOrDragging said:

Hey y’all, I’m 16 and have been working on watches and clocks for roughly 2 years now. My father got me interested in watches, but I never got into the art of watch repair until I stumbled upon Mark’s videos! I have been watching them for 4 or 5 so years and have gained much of my knowledge from them. I created an account on WRT in hopes to further my knowledge from the more experienced repairers! I hope to engage with the other members of this forum!

-Josh

Hey Josh!!  I was 12 yrs old or so when I started doing clock repair for my dad (that was a LONG time ago).  Great to see you are excited about horology!

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