You shouldn’t have an issue with a local guy if you want. Depending on the nature of the place, it should be fine. There’s is even a pinned thread somewhere with advice on how to do it.
There are many on the site who are very skilled as well. It depends on what you want and what you’re more comfortable with.
And when I say the nature of he place, one time I was talking to a watchsmith locally who works on high end watches almost exclusively and when I told him what I wanted to do, it was a little uncomfortable. If you go locally, talk to someone used to working on watches closer to the price you paid ($300 to $2500) instead of the price of what a gen would be (I wouldn’t go to a place used to working on $25000 watches).
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