Learning to care for my collection

Hi all,
My soon to be really retired watchmaker is helping me learn to do basic cleaning and simple disassembly/reassembly but recommends I look for a technical school/online follow up. Are there any good ones. Jim has suggested watchrepairlessons.com/

Does anyone have experience or advice. My oldest watch is a women's enameled dial pendant back to the early 1860's - watchmaker guess it has a cylinder escapement and is engraved in french to my newest an automatic ladies rado circa 2004. My Ohmegas are automatic 1960's to 1980's men and womens so some quite small.

I do not want to fix everything but being able to do cleanings and simple stuff is my goal. All advice welcome
Julie

Hi Julie.
I don't know exactly what you want to learn but if it's collector level things, then you're on the right track with the watch repair lessons site.
Most of the stuff I know about watches I've learned from there and the youtube channel they have plus various other sources.
By collector level stuff I mean changing straps, opening casebacks, changing stems and crowns, removing dials and hands, changing crystals, and so on... If by cleanings you mean servicing watches then I cannot help.
Regardless to that, make sure to join Mr. Lovick's Watch Repair Lessons Group on Facebook. I am a member and I have found the more experienced people there to be very kind and helpful.
A good start would be to get some tools like a strap tool, a hand extractor, a caseback tool, a screwdriver set, and others.
Don't skimp out on the tools. Cheap hand extractors can ruin hands easily, cheap caseback tools can ruin casebacks, and so on...
As for crystal replacements, I'd only get the tools required for replacing acrylic crystals. Don't bother yourself with those cheap crystal presses people use for SKX modding, they aren't worth the time. A quality press will set you back a bit.
Good luck,
Paul.

Are there any videos available or self help youtube channels anyone can recommend?