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iFixIt, a site mostly known for their DIY repair info and disassembling the latest tech gadgets recently posted two videos about mechanical watches as a followup to all the Apple watch news. Part of a trend where mechanical watches become popular as a result of the new smartwatches.

 

 

 

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Always makes me kind of sad to not have the opportunity to go to a proper watchmaking school.

I'll just have to keep reading about, watching videos, and practicing on scrap mechanical movements and maybe in a few years i can transition to working on mechanical as well as all the quartz work I still very much enjoy.

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