As a watchmaker my subject matter expertise is the technical side of watches - the skills and knowledge required to service them properly, troubleshoot, repair, and optimize performance. Although it's impossible for any watchmaker to know everything about all watches they might encounter, describing us all as "clueless" with regards to items related to collectability is over the top. If you even look on this forum, and within the single brand this forum is named after, there are countless experts in different types of Omega watches here - some on pre-WWI watches, some on 30 mm manual wind watches, some on Constellations, some on divers, and of course some on Speedmasters. No one here is a true "expert" in all these models, so expecting a watchmaker (or anyone for that matter) to be such an expert in every watch ever made that might come across the repair bench some day is ridiculous.
I come here to assist collectors with their technical questions, and in turn I learn about the things that are important to collectors (i.e. my clients). There are good and bad actors in every profession, so I would appreciate it if you didn't lump us all together, thanks.
Cheers, Al
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