Greetings from the UK!

[EScissorhands]

Hello Everyone,

I'm Ed, a new fella to Watch Repair Talk.

I guess I have YouTube to thank for getting me fascinated with watchmaking. For a few years ago I started watching Watchfinder & Co videos, odd since I didn't own a watch until about a month ago! But ownership didn't really come into it, I just appreciated the craftsmanship that went into making watches and the precision required to do so.

Then, about a year ago I found a channel called Wristwatch Revival with a chap called Marshal. He dismantled, cleaned, oiled and reassembled a watch and explained what he was doing and why. That kind of got me hooked. There's also something that really attracts me to the idea of taking a broken watch that could be older than me and making it live again, it's hard to put into words. Hope I'm not over romanticising! 

So after a lot more watching and reading and watching I decided to take the plunge and commit to buying some tools in order to learn hands on about watch repair.

I have some sacrificial, broken-beyond-repair pocket watches to get me started. Also an understanding that I'll be watching mainsprings take flight, loosing just about anything that can be lost and be spending about 50% of my time on my hands and knees hunting for whatever it was I dropped.

That's about enough for now, I hope this post finds you all well and enjoying watchmaking.

Best regards,

Ed. 

[Nucejoe]

Hi Ed,  Welcome to WRT forum .

 

[EScissorhands]

Thank you Nucejoe!

[watchweasol]

Hello Ed and welcome to the forum.  I have attached a little reading to fuel you enthusiasm.

1612608791_ToolsfortheHobbyist (2) (1).pdf Ultrasonic-Cleaning-Guide.pdf

[EScissorhands]

Thank you for the pdfs watchweasol some good information there!

[Michael1962]

Welcome to the forum Ed.

Not over-romantising. Romaniticising just enough.