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Perfectly explained Gator,
Omega, as a quality brand and image carrier, was placed more 'up-market' while Tissot aimed for the somewhat less expensive segment. Below are two examples of Tissot 33.3 chronographs in chromium-plated case. Including Lémania (designer/ producer of the 15TL resp. 33.3 movement) all three brands used the same caliber in their chronographs, albeit in slightly different form of optical finish.
Production of Omega's very reliable 26.5 movement was indeed handed over, early-on and in great numbers, to Tissot's factory in Le Locle. Small wonder that they based their 27.53 caliber on this succesful and sturdy Omega design - even including an indirect central-seconds version like your example. Omega off course had shown the way already some years before with the caliber 23.4 and it's 23.4SC derivative.
Thanks for showing,
Best, Ben.
Snapping some pictures of my latest arrival
When I thought to post it here. I am an exclusive vintage omega collector but in my circle of watch friends, I get a just in case you are interested every now and then. The answer I give to the vast majority of these is a polite no but for some reason I s...
What a coincidence!
I saw, a few days ago, almost the same chrono, but with a stainless steel case and a white dial. I fell in love with it! Bravo, my friend, this is a pure jewel! Best, Nicolas
who could resist..
..such an attractive piece? It's a real beauty! By the way: Tissot was never 'owned' by Omega. As a matter of fact it was Tissot who helped Omega to survive difficult times by pumping in money. And Paul Tissot was consequently appointed as Omega's General...
Thanks for the info Ben
You are right - difficult to resist. I was all set to send my standard response declining the offer to sell me this watch until I saw the pictures. Next thing you know it was paid for and on its way to me.
I have no knowledge of vintage Tissot watches but I like this slender button design...
...quite a lot. Ruckdee
Love the vintage Tissots!...
...and this one is a beauty. I seem to have more than a few of them these days. Was just wearing this little 1951 bumper the other day......
I do have this...
And this 3 register Seastar, with a Lemania 1281 (Tissot 871) 17 jewel movement...
i have the navigator and have shown it many times
these are absolute classics and quite hard to get hold of in good condition now. from your friend who is always full of surprises G...
There are so many abominations of this one online...
...that it is truly hard to find a good one. Graham's is one of the best I've seen. I managed to whip mine mine into fair visual appearance and now excellent mechanical shape. One of my favorites.
i was very lucky on...
i was very lucky on this one snak. luck is often on my side when i least expect it. best G
Any good Omega collector...
...should have a 1930's to '50's Tissot in their collection. The brands have such a close connection during this period. I find that the major differences are not in quality of movements, but rather in the quality of the cases. While Omega watches were ge...
Sadly, I recently had to pass on the opportunity...
...to pick up a large solid gold 1950s Tissot. I agonized over it, but it was from a gold buyer who needed to get the gold value from it. Gold prices are just too high and there are too many other watches at the same price point in other metals that I wou...
Perfectly explained Gator,
Omega, as a quality brand and image carrier, was placed more 'up-market' while Tissot aimed for the somewhat less expensive segment. Below are two examples of Tissot 33.3 chronographs in chromium-plated case. Including Lémania (designer/ producer of ...
a real beauty Mike.
personally i consider Tissot to be part of the Omega family so have no qualms about buying them, not that i can find one from the correct year. this piece is really lovely with a superb dial so i'm not surprised you accepted the offer. i would have done t...
Glad you like it
I was a bit out of my comfort zone with this one but I figured, how could you go wrong getting a watch this pretty? Omega made a very similar model with very similar dial designs and essentially the same movement except that the omegas were generally in s...
i think the price v...
i think the price v value issue is not relevant in the vintage market as they have already reached their bottom value so will always go up in value should you ever want to sell it in the future. the older it gets, the less there will be. rarity=desirabili...
Many of these older Tissots only fetch...
gold value, so they are still undiscovered treasures with many more to be melted down during the current gold frenzy. As one gold buyer told me as she prepared to take that afore mentioned Tissot to the melter, "At least that will make the watch more valu...
That's a shame
Some of these vintage (late 1930s to 1940s) tissot chronographs have actually been fetching decent prices at Antiquorum - a near mint (dial had some blemishes) stainless steel example sold for $5000 about a year and a half ago (and the gold ones have been...
I think many of these early ones will be saved...
...by the collector interest, but it's the 50s - 60s that will go to the melter just because the collector market isn't strong enough to support them.
Congratulation on your new acquisition
Such a truly magnificent dial! I am slightly puzzzled by the fixed lugs. Is that common for a watch of that period and for a rather dressy look (not a screw back, I imagine, judging from the lightness of the case & lugs and and from the precious metal...
What a gorgeous dial! I´m sure you won´t regret ...
... having bought this one! I also have the firm proposal to myself to center my interest in certain brand and theme in collecting, and try not deviate from them, but it also happens to be offered other things "just in case you could be interested", from ...
To all - Thanks for the kind words
This case style was associated with fixed lugs (don't really know the reason behind it) in both tissot gold plated cases and solid gold omega cases. And it is a snapback case which I would agree typically does not go with fixed lugs but there you go...