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Evening all.   Wanted to introduce myself.   

 

Only recently have gotten into this amazing hobby.   I credit Marshall at wristwatch revival and Mike at my retro watches for this new obsession.   Had a couple of their videos pop up on my feed and decided to see what their videos were.  Ive restored cars( thus the name), small engines, ATVs and motorcycles.  If its mechanical ive probably tinkered with it.   

 

After watching several of these fellas videos I thought I bet I could do that.  The scale of the hobby really intrigued me.  Bought a couple old seikos on ebay and started learning.  This progressed to a restoration of a pogue then a ufo then a diver and now working on a helmet.   Ive fallen for the quirky designs of the 70s seikos and im sure ill have tons of questions as I get deeper and deeper into the hobby.  

 

Cheers Chevy

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3 minutes ago, 54chevy said:

Evening all.   Wanted to introduce myself.   

 

Only recently have gotten into this amazing hobby.   I credit Marshall at wristwatch revival and Mike at my retro watches for this new obsession.   Had a couple of their videos pop up on my feed and decided to see what their videos were.  Ive restored cars( thus the name), small engines, ATVs and motorcycles.  If its mechanical ive probably tinkered with it.   

 

After watching several of these fellas videos I thought I bet I could do that.  The scale of the hobby really intrigued me.  Bought a couple old seikos on ebay and started learning.  This progressed to a restoration of a pogue then a ufo then a diver and now working on a helmet.   Ive fallen for the quirky designs of the 70s seikos and im sure ill have tons of questions as I get deeper and deeper into the hobby.  

 

Cheers Chevy

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Hello There!

Welcome!  Welcome! 

Marshall is an inspiration to me as well - he and Mark got me through TWO three week hotel quarantines!

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I blame Marshall at Wristwatch Revival, Mike at My Retro Watches, and Theon at Vintage Watch Services for getting me interested in the hobby.  Once I found Mark's channel and courses, I was completely hooked.  Excess funds are rapidly shrinking, but I've got a bunch of really interesting tools now!  Such an enjoyable hobby to become involved with, and I find it encouraging to see so much support and advice within the community.  

Welcome to the hobby and to the forum.  I'm a fan of the 70's Seiko's as well.  I apologize for any past or future bidding wars on vintage Seiko's on eBay!

Another excellent channel that really specializes in Seiko's is Spencer Klein.  His videos are a bit different, as he sort of goes off rambling about non-watch things during his work, but it's entertaining to watch nonetheless.  He seems to be an encyclopedia of Seiko information.  He doesn't solely work on Seiko's, but they are definitely his specialty.  Apparently he runs a business that specializes in restoring them.  It's worth a look if you haven't found him on YouTube already.

Here's my first three completed Seiko's as well.  Seems that we're on a similar path.

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9 hours ago, thor447 said:

I blame Marshall at Wristwatch Revival, Mike at My Retro Watches, and Theon at Vintage Watch Services for getting me interested in the hobby.  Once I found Mark's channel and courses, I was completely hooked.  Excess funds are rapidly shrinking, but I've got a bunch of really interesting tools now!  Such an enjoyable hobby to become involved with, and I find it encouraging to see so much support and advice within the community.  

Welcome to the hobby and to the forum.  I'm a fan of the 70's Seiko's as well.  I apologize for any past or future bidding wars on vintage Seiko's on eBay!

Another excellent channel that really specializes in Seiko's is Spencer Klein.  His videos are a bit different, as he sort of goes off rambling about non-watch things during his work, but it's entertaining to watch nonetheless.  He seems to be an encyclopedia of Seiko information.  He doesn't solely work on Seiko's, but they are definitely his specialty.  Apparently he runs a business that specializes in restoring them.  It's worth a look if you haven't found him on YouTube already.

Here's my first three completed Seiko's as well.  Seems that we're on a similar path.

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I have seen Spencer's videos as well but I blame Marshal and Mike 

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