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Hello everyone,

I am excited to join this watch repair forum and connect with others who share my passion for mechanical timepieces. Recently, I have become obsessed with watches and their intricate inner workings, and my dream and goal is to find and repair broken vintage watches and add them to my collection. I am fascinated by the mechanisms that make these timepieces tick and have been inspired by the Wristwatch Revival channel on Youtube.

Currently, I am working on my very first repair job and am eager to learn more from the experienced members of this community. I look forward to sharing my journey and learning from all of you.

Best regards, 

0812

P.S. I wrote this intro with the help of ChatGPT (which is awesome :)), but it does reflect my thoughts and ideas 🙂

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5 hours ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Hello and welcome from Leeds, England. Or Hello Chatbot. Hehe. 

We love photos on here, show us your project. 

Thank you. I posted a few questions on it already. The elephant in the room question is trying to identify this watch. Here it is 

 

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