[shostack]

Is anyone aware of a good hobbyist beginner kit or kit for older kids that might be fun to tinker with to learn the basics?

I think tinkering with small parts like this could be a fun and relaxing/focusing hobby but I'm not sure where to start and don't want to invest much up front in actuals tools and watches.

Just trying to find the physical "codecademy" equivalent to get some initial excitement going and learn if it's something I want to pursue further

[qwrusz]

http://www.timezonewatchschool.com/WatchSchool/

[shostack]

This looks really interesting as an intermediate stage, but I'm not sure I'm even really interested. Any suggestions for something quite a bit less expensive for someone on a budget that teaches the basic principles?