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    Hi from Sheffield, England..

    Hi all

    Just thought I'd introduce myself!

    I'm fifty seven years old and have been collecting weatches since I was sixteen, Managed to get a hold of around two and a half thousand watches over that period! I used to repair watches as a hobby but arthritis meant I was dropping tools in to the movements so I sold my watch cleaning machine and some of my tools then bought a...... watch with the money!!

    I like all things mechanical and collect Lathes and other machinery, Airguns (No messing with licenses as with real guns!) but watches are my favourite li'l machines!!! )




    Cheers all, John

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    to the Forum, John.

    You came to the right place; everybody here likes watches.

    Cheers, C

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    Hello John and welcome. You'll find we're a friendly little bunch of folk here with quite a high percentage of Brits in comparison to other forums.
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    Welcome to the forum, John! 2,500 watches is a lot! What did you buy with your savings? And how did you find us?
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    Hiya John welcome to the forum. I do a bit of air rifle shooting now and again. I've got a weihrauch HW80 and a MK 1 Logun s16


    So many watches and so little time.

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    yes I thought I had a lot of watches but over 2000

    so which type do you like ? but with that many got to be a bit of everything really...

    got any russians ?

    oh and

    sharky
    one of the most original good guys their was never anything but a true friend "the daito to my shoto"
    rest easy good buddy
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    2500 watches...I feel so much better about my tiny collection now.

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