Wow, awesome histories guys! Posts like this one make my day.
I am not really new to watches, but the horological bug only invaded my senses about 3 years ago. I've been wearing a time gage on my wrist since I was an early teen ( mainly digital Casios and timexes). Had a Databank, an Ironman, a Pathfinder...
Three years ago I was gifted a new Seiko 5 with a display back, and boy was I blown away... A mechanism consisting of gears and springs and levers that could keep track of time indefinitely as long as I wore it!! How can that be, how does it do that?
I always take things apart to see how they work, and I was ready to do so with my new Seiko. But my wife talked me out of it (the watch was a present from her mother), and suggested I buy a cheaper watch for that purpose. So I did. Since I was enamored with the display back, I bought a cheap automatic skeleton, and dove right into it.
It has been a long 3 years since then, and now I find myself fixing other people's time gages and building some of my own.
Although I have a lot of clocks and watches in my personal collection, I still have not made a 'major purchase' (the Seiko 5 remains my most expensive personal watch). I have spent more, much more, on tools and supplies to create what my imagination comes up with.
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I am not really new to watches, but the horological bug only invaded my senses about 3 years ago. I've been wearing a time gage on my wrist since I was an early teen ( mainly digital Casios and timexes). Had a Databank, an Ironman, a Pathfinder...
Three years ago I was gifted a new Seiko 5 with a display back, and boy was I blown away... A mechanism consisting of gears and springs and levers that could keep track of time indefinitely as long as I wore it!! How can that be, how does it do that?
I always take things apart to see how they work, and I was ready to do so with my new Seiko. But my wife talked me out of it (the watch was a present from her mother), and suggested I buy a cheaper watch for that purpose. So I did. Since I was enamored with the display back, I bought a cheap automatic skeleton, and dove right into it.
It has been a long 3 years since then, and now I find myself fixing other people's time gages and building some of my own.
Although I have a lot of clocks and watches in my personal collection, I still have not made a 'major purchase' (the Seiko 5 remains my most expensive personal watch). I have spent more, much more, on tools and supplies to create what my imagination comes up with.
