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Hello WRT :)

I'm from Germany, collecting watches for about two years now and I'm just getting into watch repair with the watch repair course. In the next couple of weeks I'm going to have a lot of spare time, so perfect to start the course. Currently I'm making plans for my workspace so I can start as soon as my tools and the movement for practicing arrive.

I also just bought an Omega Geneve with the 565 movement which was an absolut bargain. From the outside it is in nice condition, but it doesn't run, so this will be a good incentive to practice and learn as much as possible from the course, so I can bring it to it's former glory in the future.

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Thanks a lot^_^ it will come in handy when I need to order new parts. It seems the rotor left some marks on the plates, so it will probably need a new rotor axle at least, I will see

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thanks for the welcoming :)

I will train on cheaper pieces first, I will start with a Unitas 6498 / Seagull St 3620 and maybe go over to an ETA 2824.2 / Seagull TY 2130 to get experience with automatics. 

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