Thumbnail [WTS] 1970s Tissot Chronograph (Ref. 40504) 1

Model:	Tissot Seastar Chronograph	Last Scraped:	March 15, 2025, 1:47 a.m.
Username:	keepiece	Location:	Unknown
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The Tissot T12 chronograph has a typical 1970’s case shape. At 44mm its rounded cushion resembles a UFO. The lugs are completely enclosed in the shapely case thus making the bracelet appear to be integrated. Powered by the manually wound Tissot Cal. T12 which is actually the Lemania Cal. 873. The watch comes fitted on its original 22mm Tissot brushed stainless steel bracelet made by Gay Freres with a signed folding clasp. Brand: Tissot Model: T12 Reference: 40504 Movement: Cal. T12 (Lemania Cal. 873) Case Size: 44mm Lug to Lug: 44mm Box/papers: No Case: Stainless Steel Location: Los Angeles Price: $1,999 or best offer CA residents may be subject to sales tax Pictures: [https://imgur.com/a/6c1LEfD](https://imgur.com/a/6c1LEfD) Timestamp: [https://imgur.com/a/zuNZTIu](https://imgur.com/a/zuNZTIu) CONDITION & SERVICING \-Markers and hands have matching lume. \-The dial is in excellent condition. \-The case is unpolished and overall a nice example. \-Service history is unknown.

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Highest:	$1,895	Lowest:	$80
Median:	$850.00	Std. Dev:	±$380.73

Estimated Private Party Value $350 — $999


	Established:	1853
	Website:	https://www.tissotwatches.com/
	Country of Origin:	Switzerland

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.

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