Quote Originally Posted by rastewart View Post
This thread comes along at a good time. I've just gotten my dad's pocket watch back from my longtime jewelers and found it wasn't fixed right. These are wonderful people and completely honest, and they will do everything they can to make it right, but their mechanical-watch expert is an elderly gentleman and I'm sorry to say I'm beginning to think he may be losing his touch. And this craft is probably not something that is attracting a lot of young talent. It has occurred to me lately I might have to learn the basics in self-defense. (Not that I'm "young talent" by any stretch of the imagination.)

~Rich
Actually, you'd be surprised. My university has a watchmaker program that has gotten international attention (bear in mind this is Oklahoma). I get the feeling that watches are likely in a slump but will come back soon.