Hi! New joiner from Stockholm

[lepistone]

Hi! I'm Leo and I live in Stockholm where I work as a software engineer. I became sort of a watch nerd a few years ago. I collected a couple nice pieces that I will never dare to tinker with, but I'm also quite fond of a few things that just need a good service and are low in commercial value: a couple Seikos, a Swatch automatic I bought in 2001, a Landeron chronograph from the 50s, a Timex hand-wound, an Omega quartz from the early 80s.

So far I've only replaced bracelets and straps and opened casebacks to peek inside. Then recently Marshall's Wristwatch Revival channel encouraged me to consider actual watch repair, and in turn I followed Marshall's endorsement of Mark's courses, which I am now following. In the meantime I ordered some tools from Cousins, including the Chinese Unitas knock-off to practice on.

I'll see what I manage to do with the Unitas. The ambition is to eventually learn to service common movements like the eta 2824 / sellita sw200 (I have a few of those already) or even some common but nice pocket watch movements like the Hamilton railroad ones. Or common Seikos would be useful, since there are so many cheap ones around that just need a good service.

[Ruffass]

Welcome to the Forum Lepistone.

[RichardHarris123]

Hello and welcome from Leeds, England.  

[Nucejoe]

 Welcome to the WRT forum and good luck with your foray into horology.