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I'm a long-time hobbyist who enjoys vintage watches, mostly LeCoultre along with others that have caught my eye.  My Grail vintage watch is a 1953 LeCoultre Futurematic which I restored with unused original factory parts purchased from a retiring Watchmaker. My current project is a 1968 Omega Seamaster Cosmic with a broken winding stem which is how I discovered this forum watching a video on how to open a watch with no back.   Looking forward to learning from folks on the forum and enjoying chatting with others who love mechanical watches.

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Welcome from Richmond VA (originally from Alexandria VA).

This is a great forum (I joined last year), the best I've encountered for getting help as a repair/restoration hobbyist.  Have also taken Mark's online classes, which I found invaluable after trying to start out by slugging through a couple 1940s vintage horology textbooks.

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