Retro-cool look. I don't find the current Seastar all that interesting. They seem to look like so many other dive watches. Your vintage has a more formal appearance, but still tough looking.
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Retro-cool look. I don't find the current Seastar all that interesting. They seem to look like so many other dive watches. Your vintage has a more formal appearance, but still tough looking.
Yes, I think Seastar in those days just denoted water resistance, as in a minimal level but better than most up to that point in time. I certainly don’t swim or even shower in it.Retro-cool look. I don't find the current Seastar all that interesting. They seem to look like so many other dive watches. Your vintage has a more formal appearance, but still tough looking.
I received a Tissot Seastar Chronograph Ref 40508 for a high school graduation present in 1969. Lemania Cal 1277 manual wind. I had it restored a few years ago and gave it to my wife.
Not my video.
Not my video.
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I love mine. Kind of like the old school look too.
Agree! Old school and has that 50's vibe I like. What movement is in those? Sellita?
A lot of variety and depth in your collection. Very nice! That Turn-O-Graph is quite collectible.
Thanks!
I am under the impression these are Chinese parts assembled by Shinola in the US, so probably a Chinese movement?
Correct me if I have it wrong.
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Very cool.
People don’t realise that in the days that your and my Tissot were built - pre Swatch - the company was a merger of Omega and Tissot. My 72 has a movement shared with Omega’s of the time though I don’t doubt that the Tissot version was cheapened a bit.
Very true. The Swiss watch industry was a very different world before The Quartz Crisis and the intervention by Nicholas Hayek Sr.Very cool.
People don’t realise that in the days that your and my Tissot were built - pre Swatch - the company was a merger of Omega and Tissot. My 72 has a movement shared with Omega’s of the time though I don’t doubt that the Tissot version was cheapened a bit.
I'm only too glad my mother got good advice from her jeweler when she bought this for me. It set me up for a lifetime of good watches. I recall it cost $65. A princely sum at the time.
My Bellmatic having some routine TLC at the moment:
Looking very shiny on the rebuild:
Trivia question - what’s something you can see in this photo that you won’t see in most watches?
Looking very shiny on the rebuild:
Trivia question - what’s something you can see in this photo that you won’t see in most watches?
Too hard.
If I were to guess, I would say you've got an extra barrel. Additional power reserve?
I really don't know.
If I were to guess, I would say you've got an extra barrel. Additional power reserve?
I really don't know.
Close! No extra barrel, or additional power reserve, but you’re on the right track…Too hard.
If I were to guess, I would say you've got an extra barrel. Additional power reserve?
I really don't know.
I have a Bellmatic that needs some TLC.
Do you perform repairs for others, or can you recommend someone?
I did contact someone years ago about it, then life happened and I’ve lost the correspondence.
Do you perform repairs for others, or can you recommend someone?
I did contact someone years ago about it, then life happened and I’ve lost the correspondence.
No, the work is not being done by me - sorry if I gave that impression. I assume that there may be trustworthy watchmakers in the US with Bellmatic experience/parts, your best bet would be to check out The Watch Site forum, which specialises in Seiko & Citizen geekery, and search/ask around in the Bellmatics subforum. If you’re willing to send to the UK for service, there’s a well-regarded forum member there by the name of Sir Alan who is the person servicing my watch.
Here's my latest, an NTH Barracuda--Legends Series with Vintage Green bezel insert. For years I had wanted an upscale old-school dive watch with gold accents to match my wedding band, but the Tudor Black Bay is too expensive (in my wife's opinion, at least) and has some characteristics I don't like, chiefly weight, thickness, and the fake rivets on the bracelet.
This NTH was originally slated to be more of a Black Bay copy with snowflake hands, but Tudor has applied for a trademark on that hand design (reminds me of Fender's trademark on its headstock) so NTH switched to the sword hands at the last minute. I prefer the sword hands aesthetically, and I would not have bought it with the snowflake hands because that's just too much of a Tudor copy for my tastes.
It's an excellent watch, with phenomenal accuracy from the NTH-regulated Miyota movement. It looks fantastic IMO, and is very well-built. I wasn't sure I'd like the top hat crystal, but I totally dig it, and the gilt-relief dial is amazing. Some of the edges are a little sharp IMO, and I would prefer bracelet screws with larger heads (like those on my Traska), but otherwise it's great.
This NTH was originally slated to be more of a Black Bay copy with snowflake hands, but Tudor has applied for a trademark on that hand design (reminds me of Fender's trademark on its headstock) so NTH switched to the sword hands at the last minute. I prefer the sword hands aesthetically, and I would not have bought it with the snowflake hands because that's just too much of a Tudor copy for my tastes.
It's an excellent watch, with phenomenal accuracy from the NTH-regulated Miyota movement. It looks fantastic IMO, and is very well-built. I wasn't sure I'd like the top hat crystal, but I totally dig it, and the gilt-relief dial is amazing. Some of the edges are a little sharp IMO, and I would prefer bracelet screws with larger heads (like those on my Traska), but otherwise it's great.
Love it! I really like that dial with the green "Barracuda" text. Really pops. The gold accents with the green is a great combo. The snowflake hands would have been too Tudor. I'm glad NTH went another direction.
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In case anyone is looking to order the latest offering from HAJIME ASAOKA- the ordering window opens in less than 8 hours. I was seriously considering this chronograph, but bad timing. I'm too close on something else for my wife.
In case anyone is looking to order the latest offering from HAJIME ASAOKA- the ordering window opens in less than 8 hours. I was seriously considering this chronograph, but bad timing. I'm too close on something else for my wife.
