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Can someone suggest a good guide for newcommers to mechanical watches?

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#1 ·
Just bought an expensive mechanical (automatic) watch for a friend (a Stowa). It would be good for him to read up on the basics of mechanical watches (basically: danger signs to watch out for, proper maintenance, and maybe a little bit about how such watches work). For example, on many watches, you should not adjust the date between 10pm-2am (or thereabouts) due to damaging the date-changing mechanism. This is an example of small things to know when you own your first mechanical.

I was wondering if there were any standard (free) suggestions?
 
#3 ·
this site would be a good start,the internet is a great source of research,libraries carry books on watches.oh and can i be your friend.Hope your friend enjoys their gift.cheers
 
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