Dan Spitz, Anthrax Guitarist Turned Master Watchmaker

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I must say, getting into watch/clock-making is one of the most obscure things I can imagine. I've had the goal of building a Lego mechanical clock this year (incredibly fun) and I've been trying to find info on trade publications, classes, etc; there's a ton out there, but finding it is very, very difficult. There's not much of a clear path to getting into any of it.

Even the basic stuff I've been doing, though, is a phenomenal challenge. You exercise every part of your brain thoroughly; I've even written a half dozen scripts to calculate optimal gear placement and other such things, which has been a blast. Really can't recommend it enough.

So this might be an interesting combination of approaches to building watches: http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/gcnc/ He isn't doing watches to my knowledge, but some of his stuff looks pretty fine-grained.

Interesting interview. It's fascinating to see how he went from being an excellent guitarist to an excellent watchmaker. Getting good at something is a question of mindset.

TIME, GOT THE TIME TICK TICK TICKIN IN MY HEAD

... sorry

Gotta love Anthrax, man

Love Anthrax, can't stand Dan Spitz.. Dude hocked a loogie right in my face at a show at the Kabuki back in 1984. Later he was doing a solo right in front of me and I grabbed his hanging tremolo bar ;)

Spitz by name, spits by nature.

In a legendary trip report on erowid, a listener misheard th e lyrics as "time, time chicken in my head, head, chicken in my head."

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