Yup, that word rings a bell. Some of my friends have been getting mugged recently(I live in Madrid Spain), and my sister had her thousand euro purse stolen so I would worry just out of the pure sentimental value of the watch.

Though it definitely doesn't look like a Rolex so if that's what they look for I'll be fine for sure. I agree with you about the Ebel though, it seems quite nice and elegant, and doesn't stick out too much so I'll probably stick with that one.

Thank you for your advice and vocabulary help, it's much appreciated.

Thanks for the advice, I'm confident in doing that for the Ebel, since it seems straightforward and has screws on the back, but on the other three I have no idea how to start as their aren't any screws, the Baum et Mercier just has something protruding out of the back which I'm guessing should be pushed/pulled/moved to the side, but I have no idea how.

I feel like since I might use the Ebel, maybe I should at least get that checked and serviced, and at the very least, as you said remove the batteries out the other ones.

Thanks again.

I see, I might do that to begin with, just have to find a good watchmaker. None of the watches work anymore except the Baum et Mercier. That one is weird in that sometimes I grab it and it's ticking, others it's absolutely still.

As for the Breil, the weird thing is that the back has absolutely nothing written on it, it's completely blank. I'm sure it's original, my dad wouldn't wear an replica timepiece, he'd either buy the one he wants if he had the money for it, or just not get it. But not having anything written on the back of it is somewhat odd.

The one you looked is almost the same, or at least very similar, but not as ornate, as in the one I have is gold(though I'm not sure if it's real gold or not), and the casing is more intricate.

I should specify however that my dad hasn't been around for almost 14 years, it's just that I found those now, I never knew they existed previously.

I agree, but at the same time it's really dependent on cost. I want to fix them especially because some people on here told me that a bad battery could damage it, but I'm also a college student who would barely wear them at the moment, and if it's expensive I have no idea how I'd justify that expense.

I used to love that watch because the calendar basically shows a sun during the day and it switches to a night sky with a full moon at night, as a kid I found that really cool.

The Baume et Mercier is 18K gold, so I'm definitely not going to ever wear that, but it is a nice memory or trinket I can pass down later on. The Ebel is actually my favourite visually because it doesn't look flashy and it's quite compact, for lack of a better word, in essence I think it's a watch I could wear without getting mugged. It has 1911 written on the back and I think it's about 30-50 years old, though I'm honestly not sure, I didn't know about these watches before.

As for the Favre-Leuba, I did the same and tried to google it and couldn't find anything similar to it at all, I checked out the raider and it look similar in some ways and different in others. I'm not sure it's gold, I think the stuff around the circle with the display(sorry I am completely new to watches and have no idea what that's called) is gold plated, but my mom said the the golden circle directly around the display(?) is gold, so I'm really uncertain, if you want I could upload more pictures if you'd like, I'm planning on taking them to the shop but they probably won't be open til Tuesday.

Thank you for your time and your advice.

I've read automatic on most of them, but I can't find anything written on the back of the Breil watch, so I'm not sure how to proceed with that one.

I think I should definitely invest in a good box for them since I live in Spain and the amount of dust here is insane. I should definitely take them to a jeweller. Can I trust any of them? Or should I go to a watch shop/watchmaker to get them fixed?

Those might be stupid questions but I've had bad experiences with taking stuff to get fixed at the shop, and none of those past things have been as important to me as my dad's watches.