VINTAGE TISSOT

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Willbur

·Sep 28, 2019

if you have the serial number on the movement, it's quite easy to know production date.

 

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CPRwatch

·Sep 28, 2019

Here’s mine , I just don’t wear it anymore & would happily pass it on to someone else who would . Watches deserve to be worn ,

 

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pIoNeErOfThEnILe

·Sep 28, 2019

i think there is plenty of value in buying vintage tissot's. they don't seem to command that much, which is good and bad.

can't say i like their current alignment though..which is prolly effecting the brand as a whole

 

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michael22

·Sep 28, 2019

Willbur

@hmmmcamu if you need pictures of my Navigators you just have to ask 😀

@Cricket33 , I will try to make some picture of documentation about Navigator

G'day Willbur,
are the crowns original on this one? I would love a pic, if so.

 

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Jerseyhammer

·Sep 29, 2019

Here’s my contribution

pIoNeErOfThEnILe

i think there is plenty of value in buying vintage tissot's. they don't seem to command that much, which is good and bad.

can't say i like their current alignment though..which is prolly effecting the brand as a whole

100% agree Omega’s cusion’s Are great value

 

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Willbur

·Sep 29, 2019

@michael22, Yes crowns are original and specific to T12 watches.
As I remember crown for inner bezel is a Tap10 and almost impossible to find the other one is something available on Ebay.

 

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Willbur

·Sep 29, 2019

@Cricket33 , Catalog from 1976, you can use it for your web site.

 

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Cricket33

·Sep 30, 2019

@Willbur Thanks a bunch for the pictures of the 1976 catalog! Nice to see the Tissot Navigator in it’s original habitat.

 

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hmmmcamu

·Oct 31, 2019

Tissot Seastar Navigator
Valjoux 7734

 

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Henneth

·Oct 31, 2019

The newest acquisition to my collection. Really happy with it 🥰

 

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Willbur

·Nov 1, 2019

It's supposed to be the personal watch of Sir Roger Moore that you can see during the boat chase in "live and let die"

At the beginning, he have a Rolex but decide to switch to something more robust for action scenes 😀
Let see from 10:19

 

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JwRosenthal

·Nov 1, 2019

Willbur

At the beginning, he have a Rolex but decide to switch to something more robust for action scenes 😀

Prissy Rolex

 

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JimJupiter

·Nov 1, 2019

Cool, nice investigation 😁

 

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Willbur

·Nov 1, 2019

I discovered it few months ago from a guy who want to gather all the models wears by Bond.

 

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Chron

·Nov 2, 2019

I am a fan of those with the blue segment for yachting.

 

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X350 XJR

·Nov 2, 2019·Vintage Omega Aficionado

 

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Willbur

·Nov 5, 2019

Hi everybody.

I'm currently working on a Tissot Chronograph with a CH27 movement and I a little bit upset by serial numbers on the chrono bridge.
From E.Fallet book, CH27, is supposed to be used by Tissot in 1942 and 1943 only, but when we look the serial numbers on bridge on what is available on google, most of them are 16xxxxx or 17xxxxx which means a production in 46 and 47.

So does any of you asked for an Exctract of Archive from Tissot for such CH27 chronograph to confirm production date ?

 

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Vitezi

·Nov 5, 2019

Willbur

I'm currently working on a Tissot Chronograph with a CH27 movement and I a little bit upset by serial numbers on the chrono bridge.

Ms. Fallet's book is indeed an awesome reference, but perhaps not quite as comprehensive as a collector might like. My database of serials for the CH27.4 through the CH27.41H movement suggests the movement entered production in late 1941 and ended in 1947.

 

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Willbur

·Nov 5, 2019

Thanks for your reply, I had also send an email to Tissot in case of...

But the more funny is the fact that my serial number is 9xxxxx so supposed to be produced between 1937-1939 so before the start of production of the CH27....

So I'm the happy owner of a prototype........ Just kidding 😉
But this chronograph will be a good candidate for an EOA

 

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Vitezi

·Nov 5, 2019

Willbur

is the fact that my serial number is 9xxxxx

There were several CH27 produced with the 9xx,xxx serials for reasons that are now lost to time. I once believed these were Lemania serials, as Lemania produced these chronographs for both Tissot and Omega. However this thread takes a shot at dating Lemania, and the 9xx,xxx serials do not seem to match an expected timeframe of the mid-1940s.

If your CH27 has a serial on the inside caseback, that is likely to be a Tissot serial. Or if you have a reference number I may be able to give you an approximate year.