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Hello All from Arizona,

Im new to watch repair, but have done a few minor things on some of my watches. I have changed a crystal, removed debris from a quartz gear, regulated a couple of mechanical movements by trial and error. Nothing serious but I am going to step it up a little and try to re-lume an old Seiko. 

I love mechanical watches and watches in general. Im looking to get into this more seriously now. I have been wanting to attempt a complete movement service on something like a Seiko7S26, or a ETA 2824, or 2836. I might start with a Vostok first, I love those watches but the lume is horrible on them.

I enjoy watching all of the videos on the watch repair channel, I can watch them for hours. Another motivator for me is that we don't have very many watchsmiths here. I had a horrible experience when I dropped off my Marathon GSAR for a service. The watchsmith they sent it to bent the hands and cracked several of the tritium vials. The jewelry store said he was a certified to work on Rolex and the best in town. If a guy like that can get away with that kind of work I know I cant do any worse on my own.

Anyways I will be doing a lot of lurking and reading. Thanks! 

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Hi and welcome!

I'll second the recommendation for Nicholas Hacko's 7s26 tutorial, I went through it and it helped me a lot. Mark has also hinted that he's putting a video together for that movement. Together, the tutorial and video would be awesome!

 

 

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