Can you self-promote on r/watchrepair?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/watchrepair?

Self-promotion restricted. Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed. Read 2026-10-12 from the community's own rules.

Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-12

Can you promote on r/watchrepair?

Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.

AI-generated content not allowed Its rules remove some or all AI-generated posts, comments or media. Write it yourself here, or pick another community. Other communities' AI rules.

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This sub is dedicated to the repair and restoration of watches. If you are not currently actively engaged in watch repair/restoration, we ask that you post your questions on other watch related subs.

What its rules say about promotion

Rule 5: No Buying, Selling, or Soliciting
No sales listings, trade offers, or advertising of repair services. Recommending a watchmaker in reply to someone who asks is fine; unsolicited promotion is not.

Rule 8: No Spam
No repeated self-promotion of channels, blogs, link dumps, or other content.

What its rules say about AI and bots

Rule 9: No AI
No AI-generated posts or answers. The use of AI for translation or explanation of technical issues is at the discretion of the moderation team.

All 9 rules of r/watchrepair

Rule 1: Be Civil, Be Constructive
Beginners are welcome here. Critique the work, not the person. No insults, gatekeeping, or mocking someone's watch, tools, or skill level.
Rule 2: We Are A Watch Repair Community
Posts should concern repair, servicing, restoration, tools, or technique. General watch photos, collection shots, and purchase advice belong in other subs.
Rule 3: Details Details Details
Include clear, in-focus photos, the make and caliber if known, what the watch is doing, and what you've already tried. "Why won't it run?" with one blurry photo can't be answered and may be removed.
Rule 4: We Are Not A Valuation or Authentication Resource
"What's it worth?" and "Is this real?" posts will be removed. Identifying a movement or part for the purpose of repairing it is fine.
Rule 5: No Buying, Selling, or Soliciting
No sales listings, trade offers, or advertising of repair services. Recommending a watchmaker in reply to someone who asks is fine; unsolicited promotion is not.
Rule 6: No Help With Counterfeits
No assistance making or passing off fakes, or presenting redials and assembled watches as original for sale.
Rule 7: Flag Hazards And Give Safe Advice
Mark posts involving radium lume, and don't recommend practices that put people at risk (dry-scraping lume, unsafe solvent use, and so on).
Rule 8: No Spam
No repeated self-promotion of channels, blogs, link dumps, or other content.
Rule 9: No AI
No AI-generated posts or answers. The use of AI for translation or explanation of technical issues is at the discretion of the moderation team.

What the written rules don't show

Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.

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