Is Watch Repair a Good Way to Make a Quick Buck?

That's what Crumby was thinking.  I can repair watches while getting paid in cash so I won't have to report the income.  There's no heavy lifting or seriously strenuous exertion, like with bicycles.  I could do that:  fix or repair watches.

But then Crumby,  in his usual, methodical way, began looking into watch repair as a part time, tax free, money making venture or adventure.   And Crumby discovered that mechanical watch repair is  a serious proposition.   Like for example, consider just lubrication, which is always important no matter what the average person may be considering on account of friction.  Yes, unwanted friction makes lubrication necessary in a great many activities or situations, but is particularly of concern to the mechanical watch fixer upper.  Alas, it turns out that the lubricants required for an average mechanical watch are 3-4 different oils and 1-2 greases.  Plus, some of those watch oils are very expensive, like $30 per ml.  But then an average watch fixer upper will maybe not use  even a ml of that particular oil up, before it goes bad.  My Goddess!  $30 per ml oil has a short shelf life.  Egaddess! Then the watch repairman, in addition to the oil and grease, needs to also purchase oil and grease application tools plus holders/dispensers.   Mercy!

But before the watch dude even gets to lube his rich, cash paying client's Rolex, he has to clean the crud out of it first.  Man alive!  Crumby has not yet figured all that out.  Here's just some of the stuff the watch dude or dudette might need:  rodico, Ronson lighter fluid, glass scratch brushes, various other brushes, mechanical or ultrasonic parts cleaner, associated mechanical or ultrasonice parts cleaner fluids, blower, microfiber cloths. Jeez Louise!

So,  Crumby has decided mechanical watch fixing may not be for him after all.  However, quartz watch fixing or maintenance  may still be on Crumby's horizion should he continue to live that long.