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Me?  I'm a holdover from the manual and electro-mechanical typewriter industry. I have carried a tool kit all my life to the point that my tool kit arm is longer than the other!  LOL!

I'm old, but still curious as a cat and might finally be getting serious with my Horology education-have tinkered with watches for years, but nothing serious.  -opened my first watch case back in the 1960's and watched parts go a-flyin' !  Luckily, it was my brother's watch, so I wasn't out anything! :)

Recently I have been trying to regulate a Sellita SW200 that was gaining 2 minutes per day.  With help from a large magnet the watch is now at minus 15 seconds per day. Hoping to learn enough to take care of the problem,  Currently in process of buying proper tools,  I have a low dollar kit, but it is just not good enough (in my opinion). I'm a stickler for correct sized screwdrivers and despise a marred screw head!  My goal with screws are to keep them looking un-touched!

Best!

Zeb

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Many here do have, or started off with a reasonable low dollar kit and if you get your fingers to do what you want them to do, you can get fairly far with them ! Once you get better, you most likely like / want to have some better tools. Whether these watch-tools ever going to be heavy enough to bring your other arm just as long as your tool-kit arm, that needs to be seen :D

Just like Geo; curious what you get up to ......

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Welcome Zeb I like you came through the same ranks, Imperial Remingtom  and Underwood to name but a few, Got hooked on watches and clocks a long time ago I too an "Old" but still love the clocks and watches got a house full. This is the place for help for sure some learned guys on here. 

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