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Hello,  I am from NC and fell into some great old Mickey Mouse watches.  I found that fixing watches has become my new niche in life.   However, I don't have any experience.  I just got lucky on an estate lot and found all I had to do is replace a battery.   I now have over 40 MM watches working and tend to pat myself on the back.  I really like the windups better.  I hope to learn and maybe teach a thing or two.  I am excited about this website due to the fact you have videos to learn from, even the basics.  I hope to gain new friends that have something in common with me.  I look forward to chatting with the community and am eager to learn.

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Thank you. I bought one Mickey Mouse watch to repair the the one my brother gave me over 30 years ago. I seen there were lots more on eBay and started bidding. I got lucky on my last one with over 50 + watches along with their respective batteries. I fell in love with all of them. And still have today, haha. Look forward turn learning Lots

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Hi MM, welcome to the forum, you will find very knowledgeable people on here who are happy to advise and help you. ( I am not one of them) every problem I have had concerning watch repair has been sorted simply by asking. This is the best and friendliest watch forum around. I look forward to seeing photos of your collection.

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I have finally found time to post the pictures of the lot that I bought.  There are more that I have bought one by one, however, these came all in one package (with batteries!).  I have fixed most with just a battery change.  Any other Mickey Mouse Watch fans out there?  I have turned into a MM watch collector and I LOVE IT! 

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Wow, that's an impressive collection of mostly Disney watches. It's nice that those analog watches got into good HANDS. Congratulations, and welcome to a great resource, populated by many fine watchmakers, hobbyists, and enthusiasts.

BTW: If that Tinkerbell watch has "Flirt" on the dial, I just fixed one just like it. Of course I also broke one just like it, as in the crystal while trying to replace a VERY stubborn back. If it's like the one that I worked on, I'm very impressed that you could replace that back. After replacing the convex glass crystal, I was more careful with how the case was shifting around in my case-closer. Good luck.

 

 

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Thank you.  I can not get the back of the Flirt Tinkerbell watch.  I have tried and tried.  Any secrets to it Mr. Roundel?  Manodeoro, when I strike oil,lol
Could you post some pics of that Flirt Tinkerbell ?
- open case
- inside of the caseback
- outside of caseback
Did you tried with a crystal press ?

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10 hours ago, Vacherin said:

Looks like a fake! Shouldn't Mikey's hands move to show the time?

Well ... it was just a joke.

Though I both love Mickey Mouse's watches and Rolex watches I consider the two sorts being contradictory.

I really don't think , though I can't be 100% affirmative, that Rolex ever produced a Mickey Mouse watch nor that they did let a firm officially modify their production.

Nevertheless the watch seems to be, as far as I know, a real 1601 Rolex, so that dial could be both what some people call a "refinished dial" or a fake dial.

I suppose Rolex would probably consider all the watch as a fake, even if only the dial is fake, but this is definitely a nice MM watch.

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