Hello All

[MattHH]

Hello,

My name is Matt, screenname MattHH. I was asked to look at someone's watch because it needed a battery or capacitor IDK. Anyway since I was successful I caught the fix every watch that is broken bug. I started with pocket watches,then watch tools e.g. staking device, and then wrist watches. I got a lot of practice buying boxes of watches on eBay and working on them and if I messed it up it still a learning experience, like reverse engineering and some common sense go a long way. I play hell getting the balance wheel in anything though. To save money I am focused on the Benrus watches because I think they are cool looking and cover most of the bases e.g. dive watches, military, formal, informal, amazing, and the weird. It would be nice if the manufacturer of watches made repair manuals like cars, that would be paper gold. Here is a few Benrus watches on my wish list. Going from fixing diesel engines to watches is heaven on my back. I had to learn the hard way going from gorilla to butterfly on the screws of a watch. Glad to be here! Matt from Clearwater, Florida

[Tipsy]

Hello and welcome, some nice looking watches right there, hope you enjoy the forum!

[dadistic]

Greetings!

I bet Benrus us a fun brand to focus on. I tried to focus in Bulova, but failed, couldn't keep my hands off of whatever caught my eye.

 

[MattHH]

You know you have caught the bug when you seek out broken timepieces, rather than working ones. Also, you own more watches that anyone could wear in a lifetime ha-ha. 

[Nucejoe]

Hi Matt, welcome to the forum.

Nice looking piece, calender pointer especially.

 

[FLwatchguy73]

Welcome aboard @MattHH. I have a Gruen in the exact same case.

BTW, there is no excuse for not wearing all your watches!

 

[Johnnie]

Hi Matt and welcome to the happy factory

[Nucejoe]

On 2/12/2020 at 3:29 PM, FLwatchguy73 said:

Welcome aboard @MattHH. I have a Gruen in the exact same case.

BTW, there is no excuse for not wearing all your watches!

 

Will you kindly teach me how to wear over a thousand vintage pieces not to mention six hundered vintage Oris,  While at it advice on three hundered unassemled Oris and couple of hundered of other brands.  

 According to yankeedog        We all have a screw loose.     

Edited February 13, 2020 by Nucejoe
Make that 700 oris

[FLwatchguy73]

I try to limit myself to a dozen a day,  6 on each arm!