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WRT is full of links to some really excellent videos on the perplxr Youtube channel  https://www.youtube.com/@perplxr. However, it would seem all of these videos have been made private or even removed 😢

Does anyone know what happened to this channel and has anyone saved these videos and would be willing to share them? It is truly a loss that these videos are no longer available.

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2 hours ago, VWatchie said:

WRT is full of links to some really excellent videos on the perplxr Youtube channel  https://www.youtube.com/@perplxr. However, it would seem all of these videos have been made private or even removed 😢

Does anyone know what happened to this channel and has anyone saved these videos and would be willing to share them? It is truly a loss that these videos are no longer available.

I was hoping you are mistaken unfortunately are not the channel appears to be gone.

Then they do appear to have an It still has pictures? I wonder if they know that their videos are no longer there?

https://www.instagram.com/perplxr/

 

 

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Thank you for the Instagram link @JohnR725! I'm now following them and have sent a message to them (see below). I'll get back if I get a reply.

"Dear Lititz Watch Technicum, I just noticed that the videos published by you on your YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@perplxr) are no longer available. These videos are dearly missed by the watch repairer community, and I wonder if they will be made available in one or another form again. Thank you!"

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I have a few channels (not this one) that I save for this very reason. I use 4K Video Downloader which allows you to add a channel and then whenever a new video is released it automatically downloads it.  Another option that is free is youtube-dl.

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On 12/28/2022 at 3:56 PM, VWatchie said:

Thank you for the Instagram link @JohnR725! I'm now following them and have sent a message to them (see below). I'll get back if I get a reply.

"Dear Lititz Watch Technicum, I just noticed that the videos published by you on your YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@perplxr) are no longer available. These videos are dearly missed by the watch repairer community, and I wonder if they will be made available in one or another form again. Thank you!"

Good news! 🙂 I just heard back from "perplxr" with the following message:

"Hi, we are working on that. Please stay posted for further information about our videos - we are currently revamping our social media. Thank you so much for your interest and concern!"

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I kept asking them about the videos and the following conversation took place on Wednesday, 21 February 2024:

Me:
"Any news about the videos? Thanks!"


Lititz:
"I'm sorry, but not yet. In a nutshell: the school is scheduled to be shut down next year - a new school is being opened in Dallas, Texas. Because of that, all video access is blocked.

If a decision is made to not close the school, then at some point the videos will likely be made available. We just do not know that yet. So, just check in again in a month or three; sorry I can't be more specific than that."

I'll keep in touch with them and will keep you updated. Those videos were really good.

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I think it's unfortunately wishful thinking that the school will stay open. The reason why a new school is opening in Texas is because that's where the Rolex service center is.

the link below talks about the current school and funded by Rolex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lititz_Watch_Technicum

one of those unfortunate problems of the Internet things within your fingertips but if you really like something you should back it up because as fast as you can access it the wink of an eye it can disappear at the same rate.

 

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Well, that's not good news.  I've ridden past the school a few times on my motorcycle, Lititz is close to where I live.  I like the building, it's impressive, yet somehow fits in well with Lancaster County vibe.  The area has a lot of history in American watch production. Also somewhat close by is the old Hamilton factory building (I think it's apartments now), and RGM.  I'll be sorry to see the school close, even though I've never seen inside.

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