Im gathering from the responces that the taig is bigger than i thought,,its hard to tell by the pictures, are you saying the sincere is a smaller lathe and would do pocket watch balances ok? Again,,im a metal lathe guy so i would prefer to start with a cross slide rather than a tool post to start with,, but im not afraid to try the hand method at some point.
Also were do i fing these sincer lathes,,,ive searched them with no results