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Hi everyone! Jesse here. I'm from Sydney, Australia. I've taken up a new hobby fixing watches and have been doing basic battery replacement and hand restoration for friends. It's a rewarding experiencing tinkering with watches and knowing that you're able to successfully fix stuff albeit minor. 

I hope to hang around the forum as I try to learn more of the trade.

Thanks so much everyone.

Jesse

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2 hours ago, szbalogh said:

Welcome to the forum!

There was another guy from Australia complaining about hard to get parts and tools there. Maybe You can work together. Reducing shipping cost for example.

Yes that was me, but unfortunately I'm in Perth on the other side of the continent, although I had some good luck with tools tonight with a retiring watchmaker bringing some of his surplus tools into my watch repair class tonight for sale and picked myself up a jewelling tool.

 

Welcome Jesse TAFE in Sydney runs watch repair courses, but they are only during business hours and are very expensive unfortunately.

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Hi sperki77,

Welcome aboard! I haven't really been digging around here yet but as you will see, it's a treasure trove of watch wisdom, tips and tricks, and a lot of friendly people around, all ready to help and share their passion. It's definitely a place to be.

Oh and yeah, we don't really say howdy doody. Hahahaha. That was just me. Unless others do the same. It's more of "G'day. G'day". Also depends on the generation you're speaking to.

Good luck in your horological intrepid adventure.

Regards,

Jesse

 

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12 hours ago, HouseofGeorge said:

Hi sperki77,

Welcome aboard! I haven't really been digging around here yet but as you will see, it's a treasure trove of watch wisdom, tips and tricks, and a lot of friendly people around, all ready to help and share their passion. It's definitely a place to be.

Oh and yeah, we don't really say howdy doody. Hahahaha. That was just me. Unless others do the same. It's more of "G'day. G'day". Also depends on the generation you're speaking to.

Good luck in your horological intrepid adventure.

Regards,

Jesse

 

Well, I go back several generations, so sometimes I do say howdy.  Mostly here in Texas we just say a big old friendly, "Hi".  We do say,"Y'all" a lot, but only in the plural sense, never in the singular sense.  Anyway, it's good to know you and I think I'm gonna like it here.

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