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Geofflevy

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Hi All,

I'm Geoff and I've been working on/with watches and clocks since I was thirteen. My dad was a watchmaker and while he did not want me in the field as a profession, I've always maintained a pretty good working knowledge. In the '70's I kinda got pulled back into things because Quartz revolution began and he only had limited electronic knowledge. So we combined skills. He the watchmaker and me the electronics tech. Being here in NY helped because we got to know the folks from Bulova, Seiko, Citizen, and WOSIC. H.B. Freid was my Dad's teacher and I was fortunate enough to get to know him too.

I still maintain a bench here at home and occasionally work on watches for friends although the hands aren't what they used to be. Not going to be working on any FHF59 or AS1012's any time soon. Oddly enough though my years working with the field taught me how to work on almost anything else mechanical and mostly electronic. Since I was the one in the family who maintained Dad's cleaning and timing machines. those experiences carried over quite nicely into the worlds of recording and audio as well as others.

I look forward to the discussions and maybe still learning a trick or two. Cheers to all and nice to be here.  

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Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

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Hello Geoff and welcome. Thanks for the background information. That's an impressive and interesting personal history. I look forward to you contribution.

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Hi Geoff, welcome to WRT.

You must know a thing or two about Accutron watches.

Hope you can share your knowledge with us whenever any interesting topic arises. 

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