Tissot History

Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel area of the Jura Mountains.

Tissot introduced the first mass-produced pocket watch as well as the first pocket watch with two time zones in 1853 and the first anti-magnetic watch in 1929–30. Charles-Emile Tissot left for Russia in 1858 and succeeded in selling their savonnette pocket watches across the Russian Empire. The Tissot company was also the first to make watches out of plastic (IDEA 2001 in 1971), stone (the Alpine granite RockWatch in 1985), mother of pearl (the Pearl watch in 1987), and wood (the Wood watch in 1988). Tissot merged with the Omega watch making family in 1930 and Tissot-Omega watches from this era are sought after by collectors.

Tissot has been a member of The Swatch Group Ltd. since 1983, the largest watch producer and distributor in the world. Still based in Le Locle, Switzerland and marketed in 160 countries around the world. Tissot watches are currently classified by Swatch Group as "mid-range market" products.

Tissot is an official timekeeper for the world championships in cycling, motorcycling, fencing and ice hockey, and was used for the Davis Cup in 1957 and Downhill Skiing in Switzerland in 1938. Tissot was also a key Sponsor for the Formula one teams Lotus, Renault and Sauber. Tissot's first engagement as an official timekeeper was in 1938 where they timed a series of Ski races in Villar, near the company's home town in the Jura mountains.

For early events, handheld stop watches were sufficient to provide official timings. Today Tissot works with various sporting bodies to develop systems to produce ever more accurate timings for specific events. In competitive cycling for instance, sensors are placed on the bikes and track which are then linked by computers to provide track timings and performance data.

About this Tissot Seastar Chronograph for sell

It is a classic model of 1970's. In fact it was made in 1972 according to its serial number.

It is in overall GOOD condition (rated *** from *****). 

Case and bezel with some marks caused by the years passed but nothing so important to affect its generic look. Back case with light scratches. Dial, Hands and Glass in Mint Condition. The dial has a splendid very rare soundblasting style surface. The watch has serviced at September 2017 and keeps GREAT time.

The 30 minutes chrono sub-dial has a quartile with light blue color that characterises this model as "YACHT".

All parts original except: 1.The two chrono pushers, 2.The external bezel. 3.The leather strap and buckle.

SPECS

-All Stainless Steel case 

-Measurements: 39mm without the crown (X) 40mm lug to lug and 12mm thickness

Weight: 72gr including strap

-Acrylic Glass

-Authentic Tissot signed crown

-Brand New Genuine Leather Strap 

-Original Tissot Box

Movement's Specs: Tissot 2070 / Valjoux 7733 (years produced 1969-1978 in about 2,000,000 units).

Manual-wind chronograph, 60seconds, 30minutes, cam switched, sub second, 17 jewels, f = 18,000 A/h, power reserve 45h, Incabloc.

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