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Hi all , first please excuse my English , my name is vasilis and i am from Greece .

I own a jewlery shop here in Greece .i sell jewels and watches .

i like watches and beside selling them i try to repair them too , all those diffirent kinds and mechanisms are a real chalenge and seems that

no tools or parts are enough when you decide to deal with them .

Marks videos were those that lured me here and i am happy for it:)

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Welcome to our forum parmenion! We are happy to have a jeweler with us...I don't think anyone has identified himself as one so far? As you can see, our members come from many fields and that enriches our watchmaker knowledge that "borrows" from all the available technology, old and new.

In any case, we are here to help with your questions and be receptive to your answers! Enjoy!

Cheers,

Bob

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Thank you all for the warm welcome ,and vinn " let watchmaking be a relaxing hobby " in greek is like " Άσε την ωρολογοποιία να γίνει ένα χαλαρωτικό χόμπι "

and you are right it is a relaxing hobby ,until i loose a tiny part and make upside down the whole place to find it   haha.
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Yasou Vasilis and kalosorisma,

Good to have you here and I look forward to your postings.  I have had a lot of holidays in Sidari and Kalamaki and now I tend to go to Crete once a year and I always look in the jewelry shops, well my wife does so I have to !

you will get help here if needed and of course Marks videos are what brought a lot of us to the forum.

Yamas, 

Vic

 

 

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