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Hi, I'm Robin from Scotland in the UK

I've ended up here having watched a you tube video - or 40 just looking at the possibility of watch repair being a hobby, though having just braved the strange world of replacing a battery I'll admit I'm a little out of depth!

I'm a bit of a Casio fan but looking to change that and move to a mechanical at some point soon.

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Hi Robin,

Welcome to the forum! 

Where abouts in in Scotland are you? I'm Fife based myself.

Changing a watch battery was what got me into the hobby, I've just kept pushing myself further each time, wondering "if I can do that then I can surely do this" and am definitely hooked now. Certainly requires patience though, I've just spent the last hour on my hands and knees trying to find the worlds smallest spring in my carpet...

Mechanical watches still amaze me to this day, how can something that can be made by hand be so reliable, accurate and efficient. Only trouble is, I have too many grail watches and not enough money for any of them, yet!

James

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Thanks for the intro Robin, welcome to the WRT forum! I'm also relatively new and I'm in the middle of my first service of an Elgin Grade 313 movement.

I started replacing batteries years ago out of a sense of frugality. Usually doing it yourself is less expensive however I tried to replace a battery in my wife's Movado and crushed the crystal trying to get the back back on. At the time replacing the watch was the fastest way of keeping my mistake a secret  😞 

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