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@StuartBaker104 is right on the money that this is one of the Chinese 'TY' series watches. These have the smiley sun and distinct star clustering. As well as what Stuart has advised, do a search around the TY601. If you look at http://www.watch-tools.de/movements-88/movements/automatic-watch-movement-caliber-sea-gull-ty-601.php for instance this looks like yours.

Dull day to take decent pics so using an old one. 7a38-702a today

It is for finding the vibration post of a hairspring. You use this tool with the aid of a stopwatch or watch with a seconds hand and time the amount of vibrations for a minute or 30secs. I have used this method with a third hand tool. Crude but it works (if you know what the beat rate should be)The reference here and in my book by Donald de Carle refer to VHP IE: 18000 VBH = 300 Vibration / min or 150 half vibrations

Lost the 70's feeling so here comes something total different... ORMO by Raisch & Wössner KG, they were located at Pforzheim in Germany, this specimen is powered by an AS 984. Despite for the 40's massive dial, 35mm in diameter the movement is only 10.5". They probably wanted an heavy feel so they filled the case with a massive stainless steel ring. My specimen comes with the scratches and bumps in the dial accumulated from love wear and tear over the watches 70 years old life. I find it just charming.

Thanks again you are very helpful to this noob. If anyone is interested I will post a link to my Vostok Caseback Tool. https://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/vostok-caseback-mandrel-tool-4826843.html Thanks again Endeavor.

Time to get my Omega Speedmaster Triple Date Into the rotation .......

A smart idea ! What do you use inside the back-lid to polish with? The 2409 (no date) and the 2414 (with date) and not hard to get. If possible try to get a new Komandirskie, the whole package comes (with a bit of luck) cheaper than just a movement. My experience with used watches / movements is that they (nearly all) never been serviced and therefor their timekeeping is not as good. Most of my 2409 and 2414 run within 5 sec/day. VWatchie is also into Vostoks and here a link to our collection; And yes, the Amphibian hands will fit on the 2409 and the 2414. Broadly speaking the 2415 and 2416 are 2409 and 2414 with additional automatic winding. Quite a few, not all, parts are interchangeable. Hands and dials are. The 2409 and 2414 movement with fit Komandirskie and the Ampibian housings (different spacer rings). The Amphibian housings do have 3x different winding stem-length; the 420-housing the shortest and if I well remember the 110-housing has the longest winding stem. Long stem length; Medium stem length; Short stem length; Through time I have a drawer full of movements, parts and housings. I'n not so keen on the Komandirskie housings as I like the 200mtr waterproof of the Amphibians and they are Stainless Steel, so you can polish them without problems

Thank you Endeavor for the tek. I will be on the lookout for 2409 and 2414 movements as well as some other parts, thank you and best regards, James. P.S...... In case you are interested Endavor I invented a little tool out of a Vostok Case back to polish the cases and crystal's on vostok's They work well and you probably have all the parts just laying around!

I think I could be wrong about it being Russian. I was going by the finish of the movement after looking at this photo. If it were Russian the dial side would be the same sort of finish, this clearly is not the case. I have no experience when it comes to Chinese movements, as they were not around in the 70’s or 80’s.

Does this help?

Superb work. I always find it inspiring seeing what some of you guys are capable of. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great workmanship to what is in my opinion the best looking Breitling ever produced. This also confirms if anyone want to take their repairs to a higher level then a lathe is a essential tool.

Looks spectacular. Great work!

Hello Jimzilla; Unfortunately you posted your question under the wrong chapter, but these days that seems all okay, so not to worry To answer your question(s); Vostoks are extremely versatile and one can do a lot with them, hence I'm a big fan of these watches. However in this (#53) case your wish is not going to be fulfilled The 2415 and 2416 do have an automatic winding system, which do increase the height of the movement and therefor they do not fit in a Komandirskie #53 case. With the correct spacer-ring they may drop in, but there is "no-way" you get the back-lid back on. The larger Amphibian crown doesn't fit on the small #53 case crown fitting either. However you could use the original #53 case crown & stem to fit the movement. As for the dials, you are limited in dial choice which do have the correct dial-feet position, but of course you can modify any other Vostok dial and make them fit. For the Komandirskie #53 case it's either the 2409 or the 2414 movement, which IMHO, do run (after some adjustments) even more accurately than the 2415 or 2416 Suc6

I'm sure that is a Russian movement. Have you looked under the balance? The other thing to help us, take the dial side plate off and take a photo of the keyless work and upload it. That is the way to id a watch movement that has no markings.