Our 10yr old has gotten ***REALLY*** into mechanical watches & clocks to the point he's on the verge of starting a side gig repairing them. He mentions his hobby to everyone, and a lot of folks have a not-quite-working item sitting around. He's fixed a number of them.

He has had a tough time with an civil war era pocket watch, but was finally able to salvage a compatible part from somewhere, and he got it ticking today. He was so proud, and wants to share with everyone.

#hobby #watchrepair

@aeischeid

One really neat book is "Watchmaking" by George Daniels. It's a very dense book (it is definitely meant as a reference), but it has a lot of wonderful illustrations and your 10yr old may enjoy it!

@kop316 @aeischeid IIRC correctly he wrote it with the intention that it be used as a textbook