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Well, I guess I am kind of young for my age to start this hobby (22y), atleast my wife is bullying me loads about it. But anyways, nothing much to tell here, I have very little experience for now, and I am excited to start with few watches that are coming from auction!

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I have still yet to get my first Elgin back operational. I understand your enthusiasm. I have a number of movements and I almost have enough stuff to get going on what I have already ordered as far as movements. This is a good place for getting help getting started.

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22 minutes ago, Michael1962 said:

That's the one.

I've been trying to get my butt into gear for 2 years.

Haha. If you want to get going then you need to get going. Having a dedicated workroom that you can walk straight into and start work is a must. I loved the planning of mine and enjoy refining it. Its fairly temporary as I'm waiting for the lad to move out AGAIN but when that happens, I'll be starting the room from scratch and working from the ground up with a lot of planning going into it.

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