Several years ago I started working on some cheap Seiko watches to get them to run, then began modifying various bits, then buying more tools, started stripping down the movement, cleaning, oiling, rebuilding, then buying more tools, slowly getting to understand a bit more about how the movements work etc...... and buying more tools
The more you get into it the more expensive it becomes, as the tools you really need to do more exact work become more expensive.
I've "serviced" plenty of Seikos and quite a few Omega watches of my own which for the most part has been enjoyable but it can be so easy to get things wrong and especially with Omega very expensive to fix.
It has become an expensive hobby but I enjoy the stripping down of a movement and then putting it all back together serviced. I'm just an amateur but really enjoy just tinkering around with watches
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