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Learning Basics To Advanced Watch Repair


morgan

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Is it worth $50 for the training course that Timezone has to offer? Looking for advice on best course of action

to learn repair and service short of actually attending a class? Nothing here in Philly that I can find. Books?

Videos? :bangin:

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Is it worth $50 for the training course that Timezone has to offer? Looking for advice on best course of action

to learn repair and service short of actually attending a class? Nothing here in Philly that I can find. Books?

Videos? :bangin:

$50 will buy you registration to the on-line material for Level 1. Another $50 will buy you registration to Level 2.

Level 1 is basic stuff; best practices, tool use, simple movement dis-assembly and re-assembly etc.

Level 2 is more advanced; Oiling, introduction of regulation & timing basics, automatic movements and day/date movements

On top of the registration fee you will need the tools, materials and of course the watch movements.

Both courses will give you a grounding in the workings of wrist watches. If you are really serious about repair then you will need to be coached by a watchmaker or enroll in a distance learning course like the one from the British Horological Institute

Books are also good; Get Practical Watch Repairing and Practical Watch Adjusting by Donald de Carle

It is worth it? Yes, you'll know if you are still willing and or capable of intricate watch work by the end of Level 2...

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The TZ online courses will get you a basic education on movements, a very basic one when compared to what you would learn in a full time watchmaking school. What you could do with the TZ education and some practice is service mechanical movements on the most basic level, ie minor repair, std movement swaps, hand replacement etc... You are lucky that in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, there are several watchmaking schools that provide the whole smash, a swiss watchmaking level full time education.

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