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Tissot. An attractive and rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with black dial
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Tissot. An attractive and rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with black dial

SIGNED TISSOT, MOVEMENT NO. 5510, CASE NO. 817'357, CIRCA 1940

Closed9 November 2015

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Tissot. An attractive and rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with black dial
Signed Tissot, movement no. 5510, case no. 817'357, circa 1940
Cal. 14''' gilt mechanical movement, 17 jewels, black dial, gilt Arabic numerals, outer five minute divisions and telemetre scale, inner spiral tachymetre scale, two sunken engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, circular case, snap on back, chronograph buttons in the band and in the crown, case, dial and movement signed
37 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Mile Tissot in the Swiss town of Le Locle in the Jura mountains. Tissot has been over the years an official timekeeper for many sport events and its 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. This single button chronograph with its black dial and very good condition is a fine example from this time period.