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·Hello OF,
On the block is a fairly rare manual-wind chronograph from 1969, using a Lemania 1277 movement which was only manufactured for a year or so. Tissot called it Cal.870 and it has a family connection with Omega's 321 and 861 movements.
I am asking £975 or equivalent ($1300 USD, €1150) via Wise or Paypal FF and will include shipping to the UK, or overseas (insured) for whatever extra that costs.
The dial is in really good shape, featuring two registers (with running seconds on the left hand subdial and elapsed minutes on the right, including "yacht timer" markings). The indices are Tritium (as denoted by the T SWISS MADE T at the bottom of the dial).
The bezel is basically the same design as Omega's "Dot Over Ninety" (DON) for the Speedmaster. The case has a few minor scratches (highlighted in these photos but less noticeable in hand) and the bezel has a bit of wear to the edges but it's in pretty good shape for a 57 year old tool watch.
I don't know the service history of the watch but there are numerous service marks on the inside caseback and it's running very well - I think it must have been serviced in the recent past. I've had it for 3 years and it's spent most of that time in the safe so it's time to let it go.
It comes complete with Tissot "brick" 520-2102 steel bracelet with 19mm "554" end links.
The chrono function works well and starts/stops and resets crisply. The watch sits neatly on the wrist since it's only 36mm across and relatively thin (when compared to tri-compax Tissots cousins, the PR 516 40528 which used their version of the Lemania 1873, aka Omega called 861). This size and shape is perhaps my favourite Tissot chronograph.
Here's a comparison of the 40528 (left) and 40508...
Any questions, please ask. I'm primarily a lurker on OF these days but have a history of buying and selling too. I periodically sell stuff that I have gathered but no longer need. I have 2 other Tissot 40508s so this one is definitely surplus to requirements ...
On the block is a fairly rare manual-wind chronograph from 1969, using a Lemania 1277 movement which was only manufactured for a year or so. Tissot called it Cal.870 and it has a family connection with Omega's 321 and 861 movements.
I am asking £975 or equivalent ($1300 USD, €1150) via Wise or Paypal FF and will include shipping to the UK, or overseas (insured) for whatever extra that costs.
The dial is in really good shape, featuring two registers (with running seconds on the left hand subdial and elapsed minutes on the right, including "yacht timer" markings). The indices are Tritium (as denoted by the T SWISS MADE T at the bottom of the dial).
The bezel is basically the same design as Omega's "Dot Over Ninety" (DON) for the Speedmaster. The case has a few minor scratches (highlighted in these photos but less noticeable in hand) and the bezel has a bit of wear to the edges but it's in pretty good shape for a 57 year old tool watch.
I don't know the service history of the watch but there are numerous service marks on the inside caseback and it's running very well - I think it must have been serviced in the recent past. I've had it for 3 years and it's spent most of that time in the safe so it's time to let it go.
It comes complete with Tissot "brick" 520-2102 steel bracelet with 19mm "554" end links.
The chrono function works well and starts/stops and resets crisply. The watch sits neatly on the wrist since it's only 36mm across and relatively thin (when compared to tri-compax Tissots cousins, the PR 516 40528 which used their version of the Lemania 1873, aka Omega called 861). This size and shape is perhaps my favourite Tissot chronograph.
Here's a comparison of the 40528 (left) and 40508...
Any questions, please ask. I'm primarily a lurker on OF these days but have a history of buying and selling too. I periodically sell stuff that I have gathered but no longer need. I have 2 other Tissot 40508s so this one is definitely surplus to requirements ...
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