Greetings all,

I have this lovely Tissot chrono (sorry for bad picture) and i would love to get my hands on the provenance in the same way i have for some of my vintage Omega's. I have never seen any Tissot extracts or similar documents. I know Longines have som archive along other brands.

As the Omega EFTA, i figure it isnt free -but im willing to put upwards 100$ if such service do exist.
And, if so, where do i start?

 

To my knowledge Tissot has no formal extract service in the way Omega does. At one time you could write a nice letter to the curator of the Tissot archives in Le Locle, and they would respond with a production date based on the movement serial number. I do not know if this service is offered any more.

If you're just looking to know more about your watch, you can find tables online that match serial number to production year. In most cases the back will have the reference number. A couple of forum members here (@Hijak, @ConElPueblo) have similar watches to yours.

 

the serial number is 1531524 and caseback states model 808A 63.

Over at WUS i found a chart with serial numbers vs year of production. But i can't seem to date my watch properly. Just by going by numbers itself, its dated 1944ish -which is nonsense. So i might actually have a cal.1281 with a newer "tissot" bridge fitted? Doesnt seem like it. or, atleast i don't hope so..

I am assuming 1963 is the correct production date.

 

Your watch looks original and correct to me. The TWA import code is correct for a US watch, which matches the telemeter scale in miles for the US market. Tissot changed their logo from the script style to a sans-serif font in 1960, and continued with that logo throughout the 1960s. Most chronographs had the new logo by 1963, which corresponds to the "63" in the 808A63 reference for your watch.

The 1281 is the correct caliber (Tissot called it the 871); these came into use by Tissot around 1943. Not at all unusual to see chronographs sold 20 years after movement parts were made. If it helps ease your mind, there is a nice 808A62 for sale on the 'BayPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network , a year earlier than yours with a movement number 1581151 that is only 373 before yours.

 

Tissot has a service for extract of archives. The service is chargeable

 

Very nice response @Vitezi ...couldn't have said it any better! I have an 808A as well but mine has the older font and dates to ~1957...

Mine also has the 1281 movement

Yours looks like a very nice example @ErikR !

 

Thanks @Vitezi @Hijak @bubba48
OF always delivers!

 

just picked up this cool PR516 chrono