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Hi all,

After watching YouTube's for the past year about servicing watches I thought I would jump in and give it a go myself! I have terrible eyesight and shaky hands, so what could possibly go wrong!

I managed to pick up a fairly cheap Seiko 5606a movement to practice on, should be arriving in a couple of days. I should really have gone for a pocket watch, but I fancied a challenge.

Looking forward to being part of the community and learning more about this fascinating subject!

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Welcome to the forums!

My hands are OK but you sorta rest them on the edge of your bench anyway. My eyes are another story. I had a stroke about 18 months ago that affected my left eye - such that I no longer have much depth perception. You'll need some sort of optical enhancement anyway and a single loupe of 4x seems to work for general work with a 10x loupe for inspection of jewels.

I often caution new folks that the 1 hour YouTube where somebody takes a 75 year-old Rolex that was found rusted in the mud and magically restores it to perfect time keeping and wonderfully shined and polished in a hour can set the wrong expectation... 🙂

Enjoy the learning and the challenge!

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Thanks grsnovi!

Sorry to hear about the stroke. I have initially picked up a 10x loupe, so may have to look at a 4x as well.

The movement is fully working except for the date set, which is apparently a common issue with this movement. So, at least I know it should work when I get it back together! Whether I get it back together is another matter though...

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Welcome to WRT forum and good luck with your forey into horology.

 

I had a close look at Seiko 5606a the other day, a decent grade movement I say. Pocket watch would have been more appropriate choice. 

Anyway good luck with your practice and enjoy.

Here is a walkthrow on 5606a, might come useful .

 

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