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Found this lovely forum looking for step by step instructions on servicing a vintage watch I recently acquired rocking a Tissot Cal. 781.

I am from Alberta, Canada and have had a passion for timekeeping devices for many years. It is only recently that I have dedicated some real work to learning how to service and maintain my mechanical watches. I am quite new to it all, and I look forward to the wealth of information stowed away in the depths of these general forums! 

Thank you to VWatchie for his forum post (http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Tissot_781_1), which led me here! 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen, 

Swiss

 

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Pics are from the seller's ad, since the watch is still in the post. Currently stuck in Home Counties North MC, only a few hours away from you Richardharris123! Maybe we should arrange a pick up? (jk). 

I wouldn't say I am ready to give it its service/overhaul, but it will be my 2023 goal to give it a basic service, and polish it up a tad. I have to find some beaters to practice on first! 🤔

 

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