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Hi there.  I'm very new to the hobby, but if just watching videos and reading about watch repair made me an expert - I would be one!

Wanted to get into this as a hobby for over 20 years and I now have some extra funds and some time to start.

I've been cobbling together vintage quality tools from eBay and buying other things from China for a few months now.  And I did sign up for Mark's course and have started that.

I bought an Asian 6497 clone to start with and had plans to take it apart, and re-assemble 10 times to develop some basic skills.  Last night when trying to re-assemble the movement for the first time, the top incabloc spring launched several times, and I found it every time - except the last time 😞 I saw this forum before, but found it again when trying to find a replacement and turns out I'm not the only one who's done this! 

So I'm now signed up and looking forward to the journey and learning a lot - and sharing with others at some point when I actually know what I'm doing.

Russ         

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For the foreseeable future I'll use a plastic bag for these tiny little things - great advice.  Also head about using a bit of rodico and of course peg wood.  So much of watch repair seems to make complete sense and should be fairly self evident - after you've heard it once that is!

I'm trying to find a replacement for the balance jewel spring for the clone 6497 movement, but no luck so far.

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