Seattle, WA
Restoring old watches has made Seattle man a YouTube star
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SEATTLE — Seeing somebody repairing a watch does not sound like must-see TV, however what began as a interest has turned Seattle’s Marshall Sutcliffe right into a YouTube star.
“I needed it to be an area the place you might like, hang around with me. And you might put apart no matter else you will have occurring in your life or the world. And you may simply get into my little world on my bench. And also you and I are going to undergo a journey collectively the place we restore a watch.”
For the previous two years, Marshall has taken his interest of repairing outdated watches on-line along with his YouTube channel, Wristwatch Revival.
“I assumed I will get some individuals which can be like for the nerdy those that need to simply form of go deep with me and get into this. That is the form of viewers that I would be in search of. However because it seems, it has a wider viewers and I’m thrilled about it.”
He will get many of the watches he repairs off of eBay or given to him to repair by family and friends. All of them could be a problem to revive, particularly given the tiny world he works in.
“The sheer measurement of the elements of those watches is mind-boggling. I imply, I take advantage of a loop for a few of my work, and generally that is not sufficient. You must get on the microscope. Actually. I purchased a scientific microscope in order that I can have a look at what I am really doing on these items.”
However with all his instruments and expertise, it is his accompanying commentary that viewers can not seem to get sufficient of.
“I’ve had some individuals say you are just like the Bob Ross of watches. And I will inform you, that’s such an enormous praise to me,” Mitchell mentioned. “As a result of when you watch Bob Ross’s stuff, it is by no means concerning the portray, you simply needed to hang around with him as a result of he was cool. And his voice was humorous and stuff like that.”
In a world the place all the pieces is digital and disposable, Marshall Sutcliffe has discovered success restoring items from our previous.
“If individuals hold watching, I am gonna hold making them.”
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