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Broken Mainspring – this one is really gone! Watch Services
 Updated On: June 25, 2011Tags: broken mainspring, strange, watch repairs — An old pocket watch comes in for a routine service. I discover it requires a new mainspring as it is “winding forever”. Upon opening the barrel I come across this: One of the most common topics of conversation with customers over the years is regarding the dying art of watch repairing. Is it dying? Is it dead? Well I believe that this trade is far from dying and is certainly not dead! Certainly it has changed, but so do all trades. Since the creation of quartz and digital watches, the perception of watches being a disposable item has been heightened. But in fact there is still a huge demand for high quality timepieces which naturally require specialist attention and regular service. So it starts…Watch Services
Updated On: April 30, 2008Tags: apprentice, how it started, trainee, watch repairer — Watch repairing isn’t as dull as you would imagine. I got started almost 20 years ago when I lived in Fleetwood (just outside of Blackpool). I was on a YTS scheme at the time learning to be a chef, however, I was not so good at taking orders and didn’t really get on with the head chef at the time. One day he pulled me in for some “extra training” and I went in that Saturday hoping to learn how to cook and was presented with a bucket of soapy water and a rag to clean the walls down. I loved the cooking but the catering trade was not for me. I believe if you are going to do have a career then it helps a lot if you enjoy it. » We just do watch repairs and we love it. If you have a broken watch then we would like to help you out. |
