Seiko Bellmatic

My first Bellmatic; great looking series of watches especially the cushion case ones. A tad small, actually way small, but I think I'm over the steroid watch phase so I can deal with it. Needs a bit of cleaning and a new crystal. I tried polishing it but still some deep scratches.

Very cool watch overall; as all Bellmatics it has a "cricket" alarm, powered by a winding spring. Rotate the inner chapter ring to the time you want and when it's time you get a cool little buzzing. No digital beeps here! The dial on this is deep sapphire blue and in great shape. Case is in good shape too, just some brushing up; think I'll get one of those Bergeon pen thingies and try that. Came on a crappy black IP Seiko SQ band, obviously not original. I swapped it for a fishbone bracelet (also not original for the Bellmatic, but period correct, so it works.) Had to Dremel it to fit but it works. Runs perfectly, alarm working fine. Overall a good Ebay snag for 87 bucks shipped.

I'd say it's a GREAT snag Chris ! The size looks just fine if you ask me sir.
Just perfect ! Also that dial is REALLY nice, what a deep blue. I also like the blue
around the bezel area and the greenish ring on the dial as well. That red part over
near the 9 o'clock position is intriguing too ! NICE pick-up..ENJOY !

That is a wild case design, great price on your pickup!

I am vary partial to these!! Nice pick up, just the right size in my opinion....send it off to Bob Thayer for a new crystal and a service! Enjoy!

super cool seiko man!! i am really likimg those

andrema wrote:

super cool seiko man!! i am really likimg those

My new favorite vintage Seiko; lots of cool color combos if u can find them and don't mind the size < 40mm. Bracelets (like almost all vintage Seikos) are usually crappy, unless you get a cool coffin link one.

Very nice find. Like the colors on that one. Sorry about the crystal. The only other thing you could try is Polywash before you send it out for replacement.

very nice Chris! I'm enjoying a few of my older smaller watches too. cool dial color.

Very cool Chris, great colors on the dial!

just two Belles in the herd. The 7001 was only $45 for head only but the day wheel need fixing so off it went to the UK for repair. My Sienna dial 6039 was a gift from a great guy in MD, USA! I do have the coffin bracelet for the Sienna model but it is rather flimsy though period correct...

thianwong wrote:

just two Belles in the herd. The 7001 was only $45 for head only but the day wheel need fixing so off it went to the UK for repair. My Sienna dial 6039 was a gift from a great guy in MD, USA! I do have the coffin bracelet for the Sienna model but it is rather flimsy though period correct...

Great pic! Seiko really did have some cool bracelets, just so damn flimsy. The coffin link is definitely cool. I've seen aftermarket copies that are cheezy looking.

who is a collector and repair guy gave me his coffin oem but well used (he had aonther) to match the 8039....I installed it but it left me cold ahahaha! so I took it off...