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I spoke to Christian Lass the other day and he agreed to give all regular members of RWG a discount of 30% off his online courses. Christian Lass is a watchmaker at Patek and is preparing these courses in his off time. I took one of the courses myself in the past and it really got me jumpstarted to work on watch movements myself. They are high resolution video and explain step by step what to do, how to do it and most importantly why to do it. Any regular member (don't join the forum just to get the discount as you won't) who is interested in taking a course please contact me via PM and you will receive a coupon code to get your 30% off. Single lessons of the courses are available to watch for free so you can get an idea what to expect. Check them out at learnwatchmaking.com.

Finally got my JF Yachmaster and tore down the movement. It's definitely a Yuki 3135. Here are some highlights: - Different (better?) datewheel print - Different yoke for cam (don't know why) - Engraved bridges (3135 too small though) - definitely NOT *fully serviced The last bullet - it appears that the winding bridge and auto assembly have been nicely cleaned and oiled which makes sense if they removed them to do the engraving. Performance out of the box was standard low-amp Yuki. The finish was nice and shiny on the engraved parts but still dull on the rest of the movement. Pics below. JF is on the left. I didn't take pics of everything because they're identical otherwise.

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Might be an idea worth looking into. More vintage:

Much further than that but I'm going to take it anyway. You never know what kind of tips and tricks you can pick up from different watchmakers. I'd really like to start learning lathe techniques and advanced troubleshooting. Especially tracking down low amplitude. That tends to be where I spend (waste?) the most time. Also - let's go with "Refined Watch Group." I like it!

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The OP was in a complete gen case so a custom movement spacer had to be made for a 2671 movement as the 2836 size was a hair too big. The spacer was a PITA and I think I had to use hands from two different Rolex spec hand-sets to get the proper sizes to fit the 2671. If you are just going for the size/look the easiest thing would be to use a mid-size rep Tudor case as it will accept a 2836...

Gen serif font addition [emoji632]

I have built a couple of 31mm OPs, no date version. I did not enjoy it...

The middle one today after installing an OEM titanium crown.

Selfmade Stealth Fiddy for me today.

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at the end of the day it is the love of watches not brands that matters. Ken