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I'm slowly getting into doing more and more things on my watches and I thought I'd come here to pick up some knowledge.  I made a list of things I've done so far:

1) Adjusting bracelet length

2) Replacing spring pins

3) Removing/replacing case back

4) Polishing scratches from crystal

5) Removing movement

6) Removing movement ring

7) Removing crown and stem

8. Removing/reinstalling hands

9) Removing dial

10) Removing day wheel

11) Removing date wheel

12) Inspecting/replacing plastic gears involved in day/date change

13) Removing cannon pinion

14) Removing rotor

15) Replacing mainspring barrel (haven't reinstalled yet, waiting for part)

16) Simple regulating

I've had some casualties!  In particular I mangled a mainspring while doing some of the above.

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Hello Rob, 

If I may play coaching you, swimming trunk or bare a**  , just jump in.

Get you couple of scrap movements, preferably of same caliber, and tear one of  them suckers down/ reassemble/ tear down again,  doing this,   I promise you wouldn't trigger world war 3  .

We all have broken parts, so will you.

Welcome here and good luck pal.

 

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12 minutes ago, RobBrandywine said:

Thanks for the welcomes.  I actually meant to say I mangled a hairspring, not a mainspring.  Much more serious!

Hi Rob welcome fella. Joe's advice is bang imo. Get watches of little value but complete to begin learning with. Less stressful knowing that mistakes are not so painful. Mangled mainsprings are non repairable whereas mangled hairsprings can be. The possibility of replacing a mainspring though is higher.

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