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Hello,

I'm new to the forum and looling forward to learning from the experience of the experts here! 

I'm a (primarily) vintage Seiko collector and I'm now at the stage where I want to get stuck into servicing, nothing too difficult to start with.

I found the forum when looking for details on the L&R Varimatic and I was impressed with the information on hand!

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