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 @lisamelton So this is how it starts, @silver_hand?

@MichaelPorter @aeischeid @lisamelton Yeah this is exactly how it starts. For me it was working on vintage clocks and watches with my cousin. Now the illness has progressed to making them from scratch.

Fortunately watch repair and servicing is a high demand job which pays well in most parts of the world. Hopefully he sticks with it. We need more watchmakers in the world.