Nice old Tissot Navigator

[Admin]

1940's Navigator. I always liked these old ones.
http://www.antiquewatch-carese.com/images/NewArrival/c2059-wb1.JPG
http://www.antiquewatch-carese.com/images/NewArrival/c2059-wb4.JPG
http://www.antiquewatch-carese.com/images/NewArrival/c2059-move.JPG

[Watch Carefully]

That's a beauty! The Tissot is far more economical than the same sort of thing from Patek, eh? I like the jeweled bridge for the winding hammer.
Thanks for showing that one.
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[Nate]

wow, that movement looks like an Omega bumper.

[Watch Carefully]

IIRC, Omega and Tissot and Lemania joined forces in the early 1930s to share resources (marketing &/or research &/or manufacturing?).
Many Omega movements were simply Lemanias rebranded (esp. chronographs) and similarly, I imagine Tissot benefitted from the partnership. However, I think Tissot still made their own movements (though design and technology may have been Omega/Lemania influenced) into the 1960s.
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[SteveG]

You are exactly right. In 1932 these 3 companies became part of SSIH, the predecessor of Swatch.