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Becoming an Amatuer Watchmaker: Servicing a Vintage Watch
Last year I dramatically fell into the world of watchmaking. I’ve often been mildly interested in watches and how they work but just assumed it was something too hard to do. I don’t remember where it started exactly this time, somewhere between Nat and I just deciding to try a DIY watchmaking kit or getting lost in the Wristwatch Revival YouTube videos, but when I say dramatically fell into the world, it’s not an exaggeration.
Be a Goldfish
It’s been a bit over 10 years since I first became an engineering manager—minus a couple non-manager roles in the startup world as a lead engineer. That realization and my normal end of year productivity reboot has had me thinking a lot about how I operate outside of the core mechanics of how I do things—namely how I have changed and how things operate in my head. The thing is, I’ve always been really good at dropping work out of my head at the end of the day.
