FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A TOTALLY TUBULAR 1969 TISSOT SEASTAR IN STUPENDOUS CONDITION RUNNING ON A LEMANIA CALIBER 1277
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CASE: BARREL SHAPED TONNEAU CASE IN MINTY CONDITION. THIS THING LOOKS LIKE IT MUST HAVE BEEN A SAFE-QUEEN. SHE MEASURES A NICE 36.7 NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 44mm LUG TO LUG. THIS IS ONE OF THE ICONIC TISSOT CASE SHAPES, FOR SURE. I LOVE THAT BLACK TACHYMETRE BEZEL WHICH IS PARTIALLY SUNKEN INTO THE CASE. JUST A TOTAL BEAUTY.
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DIAL: GOOD LORD, THIS THING IS SMOKIN' HOT. THERE'S JUST SOMETHING SO BALANCED AND WELL PROPORTIONED ABOUT THIS DEEP MATTE BLACK DIAL WITH THOSE VIBRANT PIE-PAN WHITE SUBDIALS. THOSE PROMINENT LUME STRIPES AND THE 2 LINES OF TEXT ON THE DIAL ARE BOLD VERY LEGIBLE. THAT LIGHT BLUE COUNTDOWN SEGMENT ON THE MINUTE TOTALIZER IS JUST SUCH AN EYE CATCHER, AND THAT ORANGE SWEEP HAND LOOKS TOTALLY RAD. TISSOT AT ITS BEST
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MOVEMENT: THIS DUDE IS POWERED BY A LEMANIA CAL.1277 17J CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS ONLY USED IN TISSOT WATCHES. MY WATCHMAKER DID INSPECT THE MOVEMENT AND MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, AND SHE IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING GOOD TIME.
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THIS SEASTAR IS JUST SO DAMN COOL. THAT'S REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE WERE ONLY PRODUCED IN THE YEAR 1969 FOR A BRIEF STINT. THIS ONE HAS A TON OF PEDIGREE WITH ITS LEMANIA 1277 MOVEMENT WHICH IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LEMANIA 321 THAT POWERED THE EARLY OMEGA SPEEDMASTER. IT'S RARE TO FIND ONE OF THESE IN SUCH CLEAN SHAPE. I THINK IT LOOKS TOTALLY TOPS MOUNTED ON THIS VINTAGE STYLE DARK BLUE BIG-HOLE TROPIC STRAP. IF YOU CONSIDER HOW EXPENSIVE VINTAGE SPEEDMASTERS HAVE BECOME, THESE LEMANIA POWERED TISSOTS ARE A TOTAL VALUE PROPOSITION AND JUST AS COOL AND CLASSIC.
