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Story about old school watch repair


Deadlast01

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Great story about a dying breed. Supposedly there is someone very similar not too far from me. He's originally from Europe, where he learned his trade, and has been doing it all his life. A couple years ago I had heard that he was on the verge of retirement and have been meaning to go in just to see the shop. But I haven't gotten around to it. I really should.

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Wonderful read. On another note this leads me to asking the question I've been wanting to for a while... How do you get in to watch repair? I'd really like to start doing it and I'm sure I need to set up a 'lab' of sorts rather than just working in my room but where is a good place to start? Just get some watches and take them apart and put them back together?

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Wonderful read. On another note this leads me to asking the question I've been wanting to for a while... How do you get in to watch repair? I'd really like to start doing it and I'm sure I need to set up a 'lab' of sorts rather than just working in my room but where is a good place to start? Just get some watches and take them apart and put them back together?

Yes, just get some watches, watchmaking tools (ofrei.com, cas-ker.com, cousinsuk.com, etc) & go at it. Or, enroll in Timezone's online watchmaking school. There are also a number of watchmaking schools around the US that are sponsored by Rolex, which even pays your tuition.

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