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Does anyone have any info on these watches? I believe it's a marine pocket watch for timing from one point to another maybe. ive checked online and can't find much at all.

Great Robert!! Of course, the balance stop lever makes the hacking function. This watch here is the yellow Antima from the 1970, and this have no hacking function. So that is cool.... Thanks a lot Robert!!

I've found this for you. It looks like it could be French. I myself have never seen such a watch. http://mb.nawcc.org/showthread.php?68133-French-Mensor-double-dial-tachymeter-cronograph-pocket-watch

Welcome to the forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What is your experience with watch repair ? Lighter fluid is a good start and won't harm anything. Put water in your ultrasonic, lighter fluid in a little jar, put the little jar in the ultrasonic and voila.

Ok so it's seikotime. This is another "bitser" that I've made up. I went through a phase of these things. It's an early 1960's seiko 8306 Sealion that I made up from my parts bin. The movement is a low /hi beat (pending on how you look at it at 18000) 30 jewel unit. Probably it's most interesting feature is the winding mechanism. You can hand wind it or it self winds using a fairly complex, but very smooth and compact inversion roller type mechanism. A nice change from the "magic arm" so common in seikos. I just couldn't find any more original dials so it got a Seiko 5 pilot type one and grafted it onto it. It doesn't really reflect what's under the hood (but I know and that's what counts), but it's produced a nice daily wearer.

Welcome back to the hobby. Take things patiently and rationally and you'll have lot of satisfactions.

A nice spot of detective work there Eric well done.

Well I sold the timegrapher and am bowing out of this hobby , I should have persevered . I could of bought another movement from cousins and swapped it over or try to transplant the balance assembly .. But it's gone now ..At least I know how mechanical watches work ......lol...............