Lot 317

Tissot

A rare vintage single button chronograph with hooded spider-lugs

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This chronograph is fitted with Lemania’s 15 CHT calibre, a single-button column wheel movement and exhibits a Tissot signature.
Lemania was a legendary maker of supreme chronometer movements and became part of the Tissot/Omega group in 1932; in 1930 Tissot and Omega had formed a multinational holding company under the brand name SSIH (Société Suisse pour l’Industrie Horlogere SA).
The case has a very modern 38 mm size and is fitted with unusual concealed "spider lugs", which lend the watch a particularly attractive presence on the wrist. The design of the dial is similarly unconventional – it features an outer tachymeter scale in red, grey and black as well as a central hour ring that frames the axis of the hands. The dial has acquired an exciting patina over time and the combination of the warm, silvery background with the salmon-coloured hour ring and the cherry red tachymeter scale is simply breathtaking.