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Hello everyone.  I am retired (from being in the software business for 40 years) and started to study watch repair in the past few months as a hobby.  I found it both relaxing and focusing.  I have traditionally also been a woodworker and general do-it-all but watch repair and restoration is sooooo much cleaner and does not require a huge space, big machinery, or overalls 🙂 I started with 2 pocket watches that belonged to my grandfather.  Neither worked.  So lots to do on those.  

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Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

As you progress buying tools and material you will find you never have enough space . 

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5 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

As you progress buying tools and material you will find you never have enough space . 

Yes, I thought space wouldn't be a problem, but it has started to become one already.  I naively thought small tools, small space, 

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Thanks for the intro, 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'm also retired and was also in the CAD/CAM s/w business for 20+ years.

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