Time on my hands.

Quite recently - like, within the past month or two - I have developed an interest in the collection of small horological devices......watches.
Not just any old watch but specifically the Seiko Bell-matic model, which was made between 1966 and 1978.I remember wanting one of these back then but could not afford it, as they were very expensive; newly-weds also have different priorities, like setting up house and paying mortgages.

I'm not quite sure what has sparked my interest 30 years on from that period in my life.
I think I may have seen mention of the Bell-matic somewhere on the 'net and, as usually happens, one link led to another link and so on, until I discovered a web-site forum devoted to the model.So I bought a couple of them - not pristine, concours-winning examples but in good running order, quite presentable and very reasonably priced.
This is they (these are those?)......
(If you click on each image you can view them full-size)
The reason they are termed "Bell-matic" is that they have an alarm feature.
This is set by rotating the inner bezel (using the crown, pulled out to its first "click"), with the red segment and little arrow, to the time that you wish the alarm to sound. The crown is then pushed back in and used to wind the alarm and the little button at the 2 o'clock position is pulled out to make the alarm "live" and pushed in to stop it. (The crown is also used, in the conventional fashion, to adjust the time by pulling it out to the second "click").

The alarm is mechanical: a tiny striker inside the movement actually beats against the inside of the watch case, creating a metallic buzz and vibration.

They came in a range of styles and colours for the dials and were available in 17-jewel movements (the most common), 27-jewel and 21-jewel (the rarest and most expensive).That on the left, with the gold face, was manufactured in October 1977 and the one on the right is from July 1976. Both are 17-jewel movements.
Mint-condition Bell-matics may cost in the region of three or four-hundred Australian dollars.
Mine cost far less than that!