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Hello all,

Originally from PIttsburgh, PA USA but have been living in Ibarra, Ecuador for the last 20 years and work at Yachay University as an English teacher. Along the way, I met a nice gentleman here who does watch repair and helped me out with a mechanical watch that my father had gifted me. But, he is getting older and his sons do not know mechanical watch repair. So, I like to do things with my hands (electronics and motorcycle repair) and decided I would learn how to take care of my watches. My interest lies mainly in Japanese watches like Seiko, Orient, and Citizen as I gifted my father's Swiss timepiece to my nephew on his graduation since I do not want to walk around the streets with an expensive timepiece here. 

The drawbacks to doing repair here is that nothing is easily accesible from solutions for cleaning (restricted due to government control) to replacement parts. But, things are possible with planning. 

Thanks for the welcome and will enjoy reading the posts here on WatchRepairTalk. 

All the best

Kev 

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