Hello! I'm New and Everyone is Mad at Me Already.

[MannyE]

Hello! 

My name is Manny and I've been playing with watches since I was 5.  So, 52 years?  

I'm no watchmaker, just a hobbyist.  I'm the guy that changed all the batteries in my family's watches.  So I've only practiced opening case backs and I have a bunch of rudimentary tweezers and cheap Chinese tools from Amazon.  As I'm moving to Europe, my hobbies need to get smaller.  So old Lincolns and Plymouths are done, and even my Star Wars dioramas are too bulky to keep working on.... MEAD MAKING? no more room for that even.  

So I recently bought a bunch of broken digital and quartz analog watches to repair and I've realized I like this hobby more than all the other's combined.  I'm starting slow, modding and restoring old Casio G-Shocks, which I find very fulfilling and soon I will attempt to service a pocket watch.  I'm told by every youtuber that it's a good place to start.  Eventually I want to be confident enough to dig into my own vintage Longines and give it a good servicing.  Probably not for a couple-three years though.   

 

Oh! Why is everyone mad?  I posted in a thread about oil-filling a watch.  Everyone is mad about it. 

[RichardHarris123]

Hello and a genuine welcome.  If you don't know why people took offence at your first post then perhaps you never will.  

Even the professionals on here are quite humble. 

[HectorLooi]

Hi, welcome Manny.

I don't think everyone is mad at you. I don't even think anyone is mad at you. Most of us are past the age where we get riled up easily. Might be a hormonal thing. 

Differing opinions do happen occasionally but we just agree to disagree.

I think WRT is one of the friendliest watch forums around. I keep reading about "the other forum" where newbies are not welcomed. But honestly, I don't know which forum they are referring to. ( It's not us. )

So go ahead and post about anything. Except sensitive things like politics, religion, etc. You know what I mean, right?

Keep calm and keep wrecking watches!

Edited November 6, 2024 by HectorLooi
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[MannyE]

I was kidding.  Everyone has been very nice.  

[Neverenoughwatches]

No one is mad at you, there's  nothing wrong with a little disagreement,  we can't all have the same opinions..as long as they remain regarded as being subjective and not forcefully applied. 

[watchweasol]

Hello MannyE welcome to the forum .  I think this very subject was discussed on the forum a couple of years back. Like the guys say no one is mad at you , you have your opinion and that’s good. We might not always agree with each other on the site but it’s kept polite, welcome

[FredrikP]

Im a newbie, Hello!