Introduction V2
Posted: April 14th, 2018, 2:07 pm
Hi everyone!
Most of you know that I am not new to the HF community, but I am a new member here, as the rest of you.
I have been a member of the original HF community since 2010 and since then I have been on and off for periods. I became a member of the first HomageForum when I was searching Internet for some special Longines parts and found HF. I am thankful for that, it has been a great time and I think HF in any form still is the place I feel that I belong to. The "old" HF was my "home" when it came to watches and there were a lot of wonderful people there..Many of them are here now, I hope many more of them will join as time goes by.
So, I became a member there on July 7th 2010, I was NEUHAUSEN then. I left for a while and came back as YODA, which I obviously still am.
I started working on watches when I realized that it would have been too expensive to let someone else service my sudden 40 plus "collection" of pocketwatches. I was unpacking a cardboard box after my aunt passed away and even it was empty, it felt just a little too heavy...there was something under the first bottom of the box...I was suddenly a collector..
My grandfather was a collector and he bought pocketwatches while in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s. My aunt was the one who kept these for me between 1977 and 2006.
Waltham, Hamilton, Elgin, Aurora, South Bend, the list goes on...
So, I started out with a poor set of tweezers, even worse screw drivers and some lubricants..but, a good portion of enthusiasm.
Since then I have stepped up a few steps, I have collected tools, bought some new stuff and accessories and what not, here I am today. A room full of parts, cases, movements, tools, dials, hands, you name it.
I live in Stockholm, Sweden, and repair and service watches and movements for people all over the globe.
For a while I worked in a vintage shop in Stockholm, it was a learning curve for me to work close to customers, suppliers and other watchmakers.
I repair and service watches and movements, source parts for most of them. Mind that not all things can be rescued, especially some of the "projects" from eBay.
Most of you know that I am not new to the HF community, but I am a new member here, as the rest of you.
I have been a member of the original HF community since 2010 and since then I have been on and off for periods. I became a member of the first HomageForum when I was searching Internet for some special Longines parts and found HF. I am thankful for that, it has been a great time and I think HF in any form still is the place I feel that I belong to. The "old" HF was my "home" when it came to watches and there were a lot of wonderful people there..Many of them are here now, I hope many more of them will join as time goes by.
So, I became a member there on July 7th 2010, I was NEUHAUSEN then. I left for a while and came back as YODA, which I obviously still am.
I started working on watches when I realized that it would have been too expensive to let someone else service my sudden 40 plus "collection" of pocketwatches. I was unpacking a cardboard box after my aunt passed away and even it was empty, it felt just a little too heavy...there was something under the first bottom of the box...I was suddenly a collector..
My grandfather was a collector and he bought pocketwatches while in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s. My aunt was the one who kept these for me between 1977 and 2006.
Waltham, Hamilton, Elgin, Aurora, South Bend, the list goes on...
So, I started out with a poor set of tweezers, even worse screw drivers and some lubricants..but, a good portion of enthusiasm.
Since then I have stepped up a few steps, I have collected tools, bought some new stuff and accessories and what not, here I am today. A room full of parts, cases, movements, tools, dials, hands, you name it.
I live in Stockholm, Sweden, and repair and service watches and movements for people all over the globe.
For a while I worked in a vintage shop in Stockholm, it was a learning curve for me to work close to customers, suppliers and other watchmakers.
I repair and service watches and movements, source parts for most of them. Mind that not all things can be rescued, especially some of the "projects" from eBay.
