Kiwibloke
·Hi OF
I came into the Tissot I have currently listed in Private Sales a few years ago as part of a small Tissot collection purchased by a dealer I know... story was that the Alarm branding was used instead of Sonorous in the Asian market because of some sort of trademark issue. Anyway, a member raised question with me via PM comparing the dial to a couple on eBay - not just the Sonorous difference, but also the inner-track, lack of lume on hour markers and hands and different font for the Tissot and applied logo; i.e. a quite different dial on what otherwise appears to be an identical watch.
I thought it might be a different reference but the same 40500-4X reference seen with the Sonorous dial... pics below firstly of my dial with Alarm and then Sonorous example taken from eBay...
Any Tissot aficionados out there with thoughts? A faked/re-made dial or one that just not seen very often?? And if faked, why bother on a Tissot and make a dial with several different features?
Many thanks - Martin
I came into the Tissot I have currently listed in Private Sales a few years ago as part of a small Tissot collection purchased by a dealer I know... story was that the Alarm branding was used instead of Sonorous in the Asian market because of some sort of trademark issue. Anyway, a member raised question with me via PM comparing the dial to a couple on eBay - not just the Sonorous difference, but also the inner-track, lack of lume on hour markers and hands and different font for the Tissot and applied logo; i.e. a quite different dial on what otherwise appears to be an identical watch.
I thought it might be a different reference but the same 40500-4X reference seen with the Sonorous dial... pics below firstly of my dial with Alarm and then Sonorous example taken from eBay...
Any Tissot aficionados out there with thoughts? A faked/re-made dial or one that just not seen very often?? And if faked, why bother on a Tissot and make a dial with several different features?
Many thanks - Martin