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Hello folks,

I fell into the rabbit hole of American pocket watches and just a year in and loving it, I live in the UK and it has made the hobby rather difficult re spares manuals etc, I have managed to aquire some descent watches usual suspects ebay and the like.

I am going to dive staright in and ask does anyone have a PDF copy or a hard copy of The E&J Swigart Co. Illustrated Manual of American Watch Movements?

Regards Dave.

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