I believe these are very underrated models too. The T12 is a classic with the 872 at a fraction of the price of a 1970 Speedy. I know style is not to all tastes but it’s certainly distinctive! Here’s one of mine.
Agree completely. Super quality on these. What sort of price range can they be bought for?
No longer have this one unfortunately but it was a great watch. Given condition, it was at the more expensive end of the Navigators, but I've seen far worse commanding high prices. Most I see have very worn or damaged outer bezels, and there is no way of replacing them as you cannot get parts. When I say high prices, this is still an affordable watch compared to most vintage chronographs, and I like that about it. You won't find many in this condition, though.
Mine says hello : kind of love this one.
Congrats for all your nice watches. Tissot chronos from the 70s are growing on me.
Still some affordable available ones with lemania inside : should start searching more actively 😀
Hi there,
Forgot to post my 45500 here and the fact that a 45501 join the pack is a good occasion to catch up.
I owe it to OF (&fratello articles) for looking for those in the first place 😀 Thanks
and what is geeky but nice : it does complete - with my V7734- the advert now 😀 (as shown by Willbur)
Hi there,
Forgot to post my 45500 here and the fact that a 45501 join the pack is a good occasion to catch up.
I owe it to OF (&fratello articles) for looking for those in the first place 😀 Thanks
and what is geeky but nice : it does complete - with my V7734- the advert now 😀 (as shown by Willbur)
Really nice watches, i especially like the single register one !!
Thanks @Ron_W : yes I find them interesting : nice 70s look with those chunky cases but still decent size (at least not too big for my average size wrist), seriously performant Lemania chrono, actually nice to wear and love using the chrono (to play of course).
I've been trying to know a little bit more about the racing story too (they were present at LeMans racings in the early 70s with Alpina drivers for instance) but could not find much... something to dig into 😉
I think we havnt seen the Navigator Yachting in this thread yet
Besides the Navigators, the 516s are also great chronos!
Nico
There is little history on the Tissot site which may give you some angles to search some more
History (new) - CAR RACING - Content push | Tissot (tissotwatches.com)
I think we havnt seen the Navigator Yachting in this thread yet
Besides the Navigators, the 516s are also great chronos!
Nico
Thanks 😀 That's what I read in some forum but here I see it all. After not a lot of picture from that time but glad to see this 45501 as the watch that In 1974 equipped the Porsche driver Claude Ballot-Lena at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Did some extra searches but could not find any pictures of him actually with the watch...
I've made also a lot of search and wrote to Tissot to know which model was used by Alpine in 1973, but no answer and no picture found... French topic below.
http://forumamontres.forumactif.com/t197017-tissot-et-alpine-en-1973
So according the following advertising :
And
When have more confidence that the following one was the one used by Alpine pilots.
