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Hey all! New to the forum, obligatory intro, y'know how it goes. I'm a developmental biologist for my dayjob, general dilettante otherwise, figured I'd add watch repair to my list of skills. Part of this was definitely driven by cost, 'cuz so far I've mostly been interested in cheap pocket watches using modern (i.e. inconsistent) Chinese standard movements; I figured I'd save on repair costs if I learned to just fix 'em myself. What can I say, I like the more creative cases. As you can imagine I've already got a problem on my hands, but that's for another forum; for now, suffice to say that I'm enjoying the challenge of troubleshooting, even if it's putting me at my wits end between the lack of documentation and the low-quality beginner tool kit I got. I look forward to seeing y'all around!

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