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<blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 3854451" data-attributes="member: 24867"><p>I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with things and fixing my own stuff whenever I could. I suppose it was a natural progression, but yes I’ve kind of fallen into the deep end of the pool I suppose. I think one of the things I like about it is that it takes a good amount of time to finish one of these. At least for me it does, to do it correctly. It’s challenging, faultfinding can be an adventure in patience, but ultimately when you completely reassemble a watch, you put that balance assembly in and it starts to come alive, it is honestly addicting.</p><p></p><p>Quality tools are expensive, but just like in firearms, if you’re willing to spend the money upfront, you only have to buy them once. Generally speaking, parts are not terribly expensive but can be challenging to find sometimes.</p><p></p><p>Ultimately I think I just find it rewarding. It’s a satisfying way to spend an evening if I just want to turn off all of the outside noise and just focus on some thing unrelated from my day to day. I think a lot of it is the same with reloading. The time investment though is much higher in watchmaking. I can buy an old beat up watch for $30, and it would take me a couple of hours to disassemble it, find whatever faults I can, and log everything. Then there’s several hours worth of on and off work doing any needed research, sourcing any needed parts, cleaning everything, reassembling, lubricating, and regulating the watch. Reloading is pretty routine at this point, and with component costs being what they are, I think the watchmaking hobby may be a less expensive in the long run! I still shoot a lot, but only wear one watch a time. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😄" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes :smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f604.png" data-shortname=":smile:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thor447, post: 3854451, member: 24867"] I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with things and fixing my own stuff whenever I could. I suppose it was a natural progression, but yes I’ve kind of fallen into the deep end of the pool I suppose. I think one of the things I like about it is that it takes a good amount of time to finish one of these. At least for me it does, to do it correctly. It’s challenging, faultfinding can be an adventure in patience, but ultimately when you completely reassemble a watch, you put that balance assembly in and it starts to come alive, it is honestly addicting. Quality tools are expensive, but just like in firearms, if you’re willing to spend the money upfront, you only have to buy them once. Generally speaking, parts are not terribly expensive but can be challenging to find sometimes. Ultimately I think I just find it rewarding. It’s a satisfying way to spend an evening if I just want to turn off all of the outside noise and just focus on some thing unrelated from my day to day. I think a lot of it is the same with reloading. The time investment though is much higher in watchmaking. I can buy an old beat up watch for $30, and it would take me a couple of hours to disassemble it, find whatever faults I can, and log everything. Then there’s several hours worth of on and off work doing any needed research, sourcing any needed parts, cleaning everything, reassembling, lubricating, and regulating the watch. Reloading is pretty routine at this point, and with component costs being what they are, I think the watchmaking hobby may be a less expensive in the long run! I still shoot a lot, but only wear one watch a time. 😄 [/QUOTE]
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