I'm Jake

[watchhammer]

33 years old I am from the US and I've been lurking for 6 months learning a lot, this is a fantastic forum! I am very new to watchmaking, I have a small collection of vintage watches mostly from the 70s. As they slowly began to run poorly or stop all together I decided I would learn how to service them myself "how hard could it be?"  I have purchased a ton of tools and too many parts movements but have successfully gotten one Tissot 2571 from non runner to runner! I am mechanicaly inclined I enjoy working on car engines where the parts are easily found when dropped.

Old cars. Old watches.

[RichardHarris123]

Hello and welcome from Leeds, England.

[Nucejoe]

Hi Jake and welcome to the WRT forum.

 Kinda like you must always be rebuilding something,  used to too buy cars in need of full engine rebuild/ fix/ sell. Stopped back in 1984, as I enrolled in Graduate program in college.

Have a 2006 , C200 kompressor  Benz now, needs a new  catalytic converter. Are genuine ones still made?  

Your thoughts and many thanks.

[watchweasol]

Hello and welcome to the forum   Enjoy

[caseback]

Cars and watches: sounds familiar.. Welcome!

[mbwatch]

Welcome to the forum! Many, many more tools and many, many more parts movements are in your future.

[watchhammer]

1 hour ago, Nucejoe said:

Hi Jake and welcome to the WRT forum.

 Kinda like you must always be rebuilding something,  used to too buy cars in need of full engine rebuild/ fix/ sell. Stopped back in 1984, as I enrolled in Graduate program in college.

Have a 2006 , C200 kompressor  Benz now, needs a new  catalytic converter. Are genuine ones still made?  

Your thoughts and many thanks.

Thanks for the welcome.

Yes, there should be plenty of OEM available. I would check MBUSA.com or FCP EURO. They will be expensive but original.

[nickelsilver]

I was a Volvo mechanic before going to watchmaking school. Not a factory mechanic- I worked for (initially and then closely with) a Volvo junkyard. We built some pretty good rally as well as demo Derby cars. The rallys were usually English two seaters with tricked out Volvo motors. The demos were _always_ Chrysler Imperials!

[watchhammer]

2 hours ago, nickelsilver said:

I was a Volvo mechanic before going to watchmaking school. Not a factory mechanic- I worked for (initially and then closely with) a Volvo junkyard. We built some pretty good rally as well as demo Derby cars. The rallys were usually English two seaters with tricked out Volvo motors. The demos were _always_ Chrysler Imperials!

That's awesome I always loved to rally racing as a kid I would watch old group B races with my uncles. I'm from upstate New York so snow and ice driving was how you learned- sideways brings smiles. My grandparents had a bunch of volvo 240 diesels when I was a kid - pain in the ass to work on.

[clockboy]

Welcome Jake enjoy the forum

[VWatchie]

Unlike so many others here I'm not "mechanically inclined" but love watches so much that several years ago I decided to take them on. So, at age 55, I decided to learn how to operate screwdrivers and tweezers, and I've come a fair bit since and still love it (except when I lose or break something or can't get it to work).

Welcome to the forum Jake!

[oldhippy]

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

We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. 

If there is anything we can help you with don’t be afraid to ask. Nice clear photos can help a lot.