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Good Morning

I am retired and live in Poland on the border with Ukraine, I am a collector of wall and mantle clocks as well as a few pocket watches and a small collection of Soviet and East German watches. I found this forum whilst looking for a problem I have with my Citizen promaster Altichron C040 which I have worn since 1989. I can find my way around a Fusee movement, but when it comes to electronics I am lost.

I also have a great interest in model aircraft mainly Frog and do have a web site dedicated to it.

If any kind soul can help me with some advice with my watch I would be very grateful, I have taken it to a couple of local repairers and each time they have said it is the battery! The problem it has is the anolouge (Hands) keep stopping but the electronic display still works !! I saw on one website that this is a common problem, like me the poor watch is getting old !

Thank you all again for allowing me to join and I hope I can post from time to time

Stay safe in these uncertain times

Martin

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And to add to my intoduction, here are a couple of items from my collection the first is a Ruhla childrens watch with "Waggle eyes" from the DDR (former East Germany) This watch features the iconic Sandmann. The movement is the UMF 24-26 with a elongated shaft to allow the movement of the eyes beneath the dial. I picked this up in East Berlin in the early 1980's.  

The second is a Southern Railway guards watch dating from the 1920's I have fully serviced it and it keeps perfect time, as it would have done when issued. After all the trains had to run on time !

I will be more than happy to upload more photo's from my collection if anybody is intrested !

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Thank you for your kind words. I am in fact English! Many people often ask, what is a Englishman doing living in Poland? Long story short, Having spent a lot of my working life in Eastern Europe including the old DDR, I fell in love with the place. The pace of life is much slower here and I am totally intergrated. 

My other interests are Frog model aircraft, and Railways (German) and the old DDR ! 

Thank you all again for the very warm welcome !

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Bet you still could have written in Polish though. An interesting story. Thanks for sharing it. Oh by the way, I love the Sandmann watch!

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