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[martyn]

Hello I am Martyn, from Norfolk,60 years old, I work part time in a watch shop, watches are one of my hobbies (20 years) I am also in to radio controlled aircraft, (42 years) not interested in DRONES don't get me started on that subject, the shop I work in is mainly quartz work , battery's, stems, crowns, movements, glasses, straps, I really enjoy the mechanical stuff, wind up, automatic  etc. just found the watch repair channel on utube , that got me here ,  that's about it

 

[SSTEEL]

Welcome aboard, Martyn  

[Vich]

Hello Martyn,

Welcome from me as well, sure you will enjoy the forum.

When I was in my teens I used to build and fly the control line (flying wings) type on Newcastle town moor, where the idea was to cut the paper streamers on the back of the opponents plane with your prop.  It was fun but the planes never lasted long, lines got tangled and crashing was inevitable. I was forever getting my fingers chopped when turning over the engines. 

Cheers,

Vic

[oldhippy]

Hello Martyn, I'm a few years older and retired. Never liked quartz watches, mechanical watches for me and high-grade clocks which is more my thing.  You should find lots of interesting things on here for you, don't be shy in asking questions and do take part in giving your advice. We all muck in on here. 

[Cad101]

Hello Martyn good to have you here I'm glad you found us 

[dadistic]

Cool! Another pro!

All of my park flyers ended up in the trees, so I eventually decided I couldn't fly them, tried the real thing,(Cessna) couldn't fly them either.

Oh well

[SeikoWatch]

On 11/02/2017 at 5:35 AM, martyn said:

Hello I am Martyn, from Norfolk,60 years old, I work part time in a watch shop, watches are one of my hobbies (20 years) I am also in to radio controlled aircraft, (42 years) not interested in DRONES don't get me started on that subject, the shop I work in is mainly quartz work , battery's, stems, crowns, movements, glasses, straps, I really enjoy the mechanical stuff, wind up, automatic  etc. just found the watch repair channel on utube , that got me here ,  that's about it

 

Welcome aboard Martyn .. I'm not often here due to my obligations but i read the forum

[SeikoWatch]

19 hours ago, dadistic said:

Cool! Another pro!

All of my park flyers ended up in the trees, so I eventually decided I couldn't fly them, tried the real thing,(Cessna) couldn't fly them either.

Oh well

Cool, I also find you here on this forum ...