Kyle Mandes
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The Amateur-ist Watchmakers Workspace
I have had a couple (I think literally just two) people ask for pictures of my work area, so I figured I’d share it. I think any professional watch ma...
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Do you reset your bezel?
Simple question today that may be a fun discussion, do you reset your bezel or let it ride where you last set it to time something? For me, depends on the watch, on the pictures SRPD, the single lume...
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Which watch do you own that you never thought you would?
Heard this question on AFT, thought it could be a fun topic here. Be it a high end piece crafted of unobtainium by Swiss monks in the hidden temples o...
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Have you been to an AD?
I’ve never stepped foot in an AD, even to browse. I don’t have much free time to visit malls, which is where the closest ADs are to me (King of Prussia Mall in PA, actually) and all my browsing is lim...
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I made my own watch stand from a cardboard tube, a drum stick and broken piston from a big block chevy, and it has lume
I had a silly Idea and with just used things I had laying around. None of it is new, was all essentially trash, but funny enough the components mostly...
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Lume shots tho?
I took a few shots of my SRPD in the dark a few days ago and have been sitting on them waiting for a chance to post them in a thread. It occurs to me...
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Just finished up my first chapter ring mod!
It was nerve wracking handling my loose movement out of the case, but I am so stoked with the results! Now it truely feels like MY watch. Shout out to...
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Just dropped my Seiko 5 onto concrete… (it actually survived tho!)
Edit: It actually did survive this drop, it just seemed to have stopped the balance wheel or something, it has been running good for about 6 mo since...
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What are some strap/bracelet/band manufacturers and dealers a newbie should know?
There seems to be a ton of garbage out there, so what are the go-to shops the check out? I don’t want to support Amazon if I don’t have to, and I don’...
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