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Hi!

After some peeking in here for a few months I thought it finally time to join up 🙂
No acute questions to ask (yet) but I like the forum and helpfullness here so it's sure to come up soon!

Watch interest took off about a year ago, as we got our second kid. I wanted a watch to commemorate our kids, but couldn't decide on (a reasonbly priced) one. Saw an article about Seiko mods around the same time and thought about that, but felt it a bit "too easy" for the occasion. But I randomly found a broken Festina watch with a ETA2824 in it and bought it straight away, thinking I could do something with it! 
So I bought a case (or more) and some hands and decided to make my own dial for it.

After a while I realized I would have to service the movement as well. So I bought two manual wind watches to practice on, Unitas 6300N movement. It worked out well after some studying and youtubing 🙂
Read the book "Amateur watchmaking" from a Swede called Per Torphammar which was quite good as well. And the toolbox is constantly growing, latest with a Timegrapher 1000. Have now bought a Zenith Sporto which is in line to be serviced as well. 

Before I decide to start with the ETA movement I wanted to try something cheaper automatic, and bought a dirty Seiko 7002 + a spare movement for parts from Ebay. Turned out to be the wrong decision to start with this one before the ETA I guess 🙂 It was so dirty (but almost no rust) and difficult to get clean (no machine, just cleaning benzine and rinse in IPA) They must have DIPPED it in oil. I am having a real problem to get the amplitude above 180-190 and the Beat error is still around 2 ms... 
But this from a Amplitude at around 300, Beat error of 7-8ms and + 120 sec. So it must have been feeling better with all that oil, regarding the amplitude which is a bit puzzling. 
Barrel shake seems ok, but I am now waiting for a new mainspring from CousinsUK (and some more tools) and will try to switch out some parts with the spare movement to see if does any difference!

Anyway, thanks to all previous askers and replyers as you've sure helped and inspired me !
And best wishes for the new year

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