matabog

[matabog]

Hello!

I am matabog and I am a WRT member since April 14, 2014.

I never introduced myself and I believe there are some members here that find this a bit offensive. I don't want to upset anyone so here goes, though it might seem more like a description then an introduction:

I am a watch tinkerer/broker/repairer/botcher/enthusiast. Usually I brake them before struggling to repair them. I am trying to do it by the books and obtain the best results. I also learned, as one of my friend watchmaker says, that "very good" is the enemy of "good" - trying to make it perfect may result in total failure! Usually I break more then I repair and the costs are marginally bearable.

Thank you,

Bogdan

p.s. I am also a tool freak

 

Edited October 1, 2018 by matabog

[ecodec]

Hi Bogdan, Take your friends advice!. You will not fix them all, especially the old ones that have given good service for many years but are now likely very worn or broken and will need replacement parts if available which is often unlikely.  Work with mechanical sympathy and do not force anything. I was lucky as a young man to get some professional in depth training part time many years ago but I class myself as a Watch Jobber !. My strike rate including all types is about 80%. All good wishes to you. Mike.

[oldhippy]

Welcome. Better late then never.

[Endeavor]

@matabog; Perhaps it is not per-sé the case that people are offended. Some might be, but not necessarily all.

Perhaps it's me, since I'm lately started following the forum at bit more, but I started to notice that "new members", without taking the effort of introducing themselves, pop-up in Watch Repair Advice or another chapters, ask one or a few question(s), getting all sorts of advice from helpful (steady) members and thereafter don't even bother to report back, never mind writing a "Thank you very much".

I also noticed that if&when @oldhippy asks them politely to introduce themselves before posting a question, some never do and just disappear.

Perhaps a "compulsory" introduction works a bit like a threshold, shifting the more serious people who really want to become a (long term) member from the "by-passers"?

Personally I would never knock on somebodies door, they open up and I start to ask questions. For me there is noting wrong by giving a brief introduction of yourself; at least all forum members get an idea whom they dealing with, what kind of experience the new member has etc.

I gain from the forum and try to give something back. But if forum-members are happy with energy flowing "one-direction" to by-pass "members" ...... in the end of the day, it's up to each individual forum member to decide whether to help the "stranger" or not, and how often doing so before running out of steam because there is no coal in return?

Edited October 1, 2018 by Endeavor

[clockboy]

Welcome, your find most of us a tool freaks. Enjoy the forum.

[Watchtime]

On 10/1/2018 at 1:39 PM, Endeavor said:

@matabog; Perhaps it is not per-sé the case that people are offended. Some might be, but not necessarily all.

Perhaps it's me, since I'm lately started following the forum at bit more, but I started to notice that "new members", without taking the effort of introducing themselves, pop-up in Watch Repair Advice or another chapters, ask one or a few question(s), getting all sorts of advice from helpful (steady) members and thereafter don't even bother to report back, never mind writing a "Thank you very much".

I also noticed that if&when @oldhippy asks them politely to introduce themselves before posting a question, some never do and just disappear.

Perhaps a "compulsory" introduction works a bit like a threshold, shifting the more serious people who really want to become a (long term) member from the "by-passers"?

Personally I would never knock on somebodies door, they open up and I start to ask questions. For me there is noting wrong by giving a brief introduction of yourself; at least all forum members get an idea whom they dealing with, what kind of experience the new member has etc.

I gain from the forum and try to give something back. But if forum-members are happy with energy flowing "one-direction" to by-pass "members" ...... in the end of the day, it's up to each individual forum member to decide whether to help the "stranger" or not, and how often doing so before running out of steam because there is no coal in return?

hi m8, welcome..again...;)

unfortunately the heritage of the new internet youngsters...looking for quick answers, don't bother to take the time to do some reading and introduce themselves...you see it on all fora...

Never mind, let's focus on those who do introduce themselves and are willing to share...

Edited October 2, 2018 by Watchtime