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Hi.

My name is Jason and I'm an alcoh watchaholic.

 I started getting into mechanical watches only 4 years ago. My daytime job is very time intensive, so I don't get as much time as I would like to indulge my hobby. I started off with Nicholas Hacko's tutorial but got frustrated (probably at the time with my lack of decent tools and lack of time) and never really got very far. I was drawn to this forum when I saw the videos showing the strip-down and rebuild of the Seiko 7S26 on youtube, which has given me the enthusiasm to have another go. 

In the last few years I hav been mainly playing at restoring (as best as I could) some old watch cases and have also been doing quite a few custom/modified seiko auto's. Basically I'm having fun and doing bits when I can.

Here's an example of one of my latest. It's a Seiko SRP275 handwinding and hacking 4R36 but now with a new hands, dial, chapter ring and domed sapphire.

 

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Hello Jason welcome to the forum if your looking at repair you've come to the right place. That's a couple of nice mods you have there.

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