Watchmaking
Take a mechanical watch apart, clean it, and rebuild it tick by tiny tick.
~$72Cost to start
SteepDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $72 to find out whether it sticks.
MessSome cleanupNoiseSome noise
The path12 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$72
- Get a tool kit, a loupe and cheap practice movements
- Set up a light tray with high sides
Then the quests
- Open and close a case back without marking it
- Remove and refit the hands without bending them
- Strip a scrap movement completely
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
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