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Hi, new member here who knows nothing about watch repair. I have my fathers Bellmatic and besides liking it for the sentimental value, I really like it for how it looks. It is very nice looking watch. I recently sent it out for a repair that cost around $125. I had a new crystal put on and had the alarm reset. I had accidental dropped the watch years back and it landed on a hard floor knocking the alarm out of sync with the hands. I would set the alarm for 8 and it would ring at 12...you get the idea. So, as mentioned recently decided to have the repairs done and luckily it comes with a 1 year warranty.
When I first got the watch back, I did have a few stalls, but that may have been because I hadn't given it enough time on the wrist to fully wind, only giving it about a 30 second shake wind at first. Right now it is running great with no stalls and keeping very good time. However, after about a week or so I am running into some problems.
When I pull the crown stem out all the way to position 2 (setting the hands), the hands will only move backwards, not forwards. If I keep turning the crown the proper way for forward movement of the hands, nothing happens and eventually the crown will unscrew off the stem. Also, when the crown is out to position 1 (setting the alarm), the alarm indicator will not move around the dial. Everything was working fine when I first got the watch back, but as mentioned after one week these issues started. I noticed this when I tried to move my hands forward about a minute or two after that first week.
Does this sound like an involved repair? I am hoping the shop (J&J Watch Repair, Melville NY), will honor the one year warranty and re-service my watch at no cost to me. My invoice on this states: general overhaul, crystal, and 1 year warranty.
I would like to forward along some pics of this watch but I don't have enough posts under my belt to do so.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated, thank you.
Charles
Plainfield, CT.
When I first got the watch back, I did have a few stalls, but that may have been because I hadn't given it enough time on the wrist to fully wind, only giving it about a 30 second shake wind at first. Right now it is running great with no stalls and keeping very good time. However, after about a week or so I am running into some problems.
When I pull the crown stem out all the way to position 2 (setting the hands), the hands will only move backwards, not forwards. If I keep turning the crown the proper way for forward movement of the hands, nothing happens and eventually the crown will unscrew off the stem. Also, when the crown is out to position 1 (setting the alarm), the alarm indicator will not move around the dial. Everything was working fine when I first got the watch back, but as mentioned after one week these issues started. I noticed this when I tried to move my hands forward about a minute or two after that first week.
Does this sound like an involved repair? I am hoping the shop (J&J Watch Repair, Melville NY), will honor the one year warranty and re-service my watch at no cost to me. My invoice on this states: general overhaul, crystal, and 1 year warranty.
I would like to forward along some pics of this watch but I don't have enough posts under my belt to do so.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated, thank you.
Charles
Plainfield, CT.