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Digital microscope is a must i feel. You get real good up close views of pivots and parts. I always inspect parts like gears pivots, pallet stones and balance springs with my microscope. Its a world of difference compared to a loupe. You'll do most of your disassemble and reassemble with your loupe but having the microscope really makes life easier when troubleshooting and oiling. Its worth it and for $80 l, you'd be stepping up your right off the rip. At my post history, i have some shots of my microscope while working on a ladies Omega, a vintage Bulova Oceanographer and a vibtage Rolex Day-Date. I mainly use loupe glasses as I dont like the feeling of the ring in my eye and I find these very comfortable and I can put in 2 different mags and easily flip them up out of the way. https://a.co/d/07CnfviT In terms of tweezers, for a beginner you can find some good ones on Ali for pretty cheap. I would get a straight pair and a curved pair. These are some of the ones Ive purchased and am still using them: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPoVCAn https://a.aliexpress.com/_mszZgCb https://ebay.io/m/MEqGcu Im sure some guys will chime in, "no, dont buy those. Spend $100 on a pair of Bergeron..yada yada." Fuck that. Bro, you're starting out and who knows if you'll go down the rabbit hole. If you feel you are ready for the investment, look up Dumont or Horotec tweezers. I dont think it really matters for general purpose tweezers though, they are brass/bronze, you can EASILY dress them with a sanding stone to get them back into tip top shape. Ive also purchased some watchmakers tweezers on ebay that were a part of an estate and they were old snd beat up. Got them, polished them up and dressed the tips...haven't used them because I have too many to begin with haha