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2 minutes ago, livefastdieold said:

Hello, just wanted to quickly introduce myself.

I'm an absolute beginner in watch repairs but hoping to dive in deeper and learn through this community. 

I just ordered all my essential tools to get me started today. 

Hello mate . Sounds like you are into cars ? Welcome. Yes you will learn plenty here on this friendly  forum. Read through posts already here you will start to pick up tips along the way. 

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4 minutes ago, livefastdieold said:

Thank you for the warm welcome. 

I know nothing about cars but I do love watches. 

I was referring to the name you have chosen.  It doesn't really fit in with the watch repair theme. Lol. Great that youve started your journey its a very enjoyable hobby. Good tool selection will definitely  help you from the start . 

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8 hours ago, livefastdieold said:

I just ordered all my essential tools

Don't worry, you'll need more! 🙂 

Do you have a movement that you're planning to start working on?

Welcome to the forum!

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2 hours ago, grsnovi said:

Don't worry, you'll need more! 🙂 

Do you have a movement that you're planning to start working on?

Welcome to the forum!

Haha I'm sure I'll be needing more.. 

I picked up an old military watch by Hamilton but not sure if I should start with this.

I'm looking for a cheap pocket watch on eBay at the moment. 

2 hours ago, watchweasol said:

Hello and welcome to the forum.  I have attached a little reading to introduce you to complexities of the watch. Hope you find it usefull

1612608791_ToolsfortheHobbyist (2) (1).pdf 371.51 kB · 0 downloads TZIllustratedGlossary.pdf 4.2 MB · 0 downloads

Thank you! 

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33 minutes ago, livefastdieold said:

I'm looking for a cheap pocket watch on eBay

I went that route. I even got two that were "the same" - except they weren't really (same grade but 16 years apart).

27 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Buy a working movement

Richard's advice is sound, if you get one and you think all you need to do is clean it, oil it and put it back together you may find all sorts of other problems that you're not really ready to tackle. Like Richard, I too have learned the hard way 😞 

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