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·How did you get into tinkering with watches? Curious how everyone gets here and what their stories are. Thanks for sharing.
How did you get into watchmaking?
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·It was a Saturday morning in 1948. My jeweller/watchmaker father told me I was going to his store with him, that day. I was going to learn his business, like it or not! Fast forward to 1965 when I got into jewellery store service department management, then into store management. Working for a national jewellery chain. But I kept my tools, and remained active doing repairs. I was “downsized” in 1990, came home, hung my suit, got into my work clothes. 36 years after that, still doing the repair thing. Everything from tiny mechanical watches, quartz, clocks, chronometers, and tower clocks. I wouldn’t do anything else. What I do isn’t “tinkering”, by the way!
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·It was a Saturday morning in 1948. My jeweller/watchmaker father told me I was going to his store with him, that day. I was going to learn his business, like it or not! Fast forward to 1965 when I got into jewellery store service department management, then into store management. Working for a national jewellery chain. But I kept my tools, and remained active doing repairs. I was “downsized” in 1990, came home, hung my suit, got into my work clothes. 36 years after that, still doing the repair thing. Everything from tiny mechanical watches, quartz, clocks, chronometers, and tower clocks. I wouldn’t do anything else. What I do isn’t “tinkering”, by the way!
All these new disposable, proprietary, lock in products have given me serious appreciation for analog/mechanical, repair it yourself stuff, so I am looking to get into hobby level watchmaking. Any advice where to start? Thanks for sharing your story.
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·I’ve been collecting vintage watches for a long time, and for me it all started with curiosity. I wanted to understand what made these old mechanical pieces tick instead of just wearing them. The deeper I got into vintage Omegas and other classics, the more I appreciated the craftsmanship. I still leave the complicated work to a good watchmaker, but learning how these movements are built has made collecting even more rewarding.
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