Reply With QuoteHi Ian
Another superb job.
Would you mind not telling us how much your watchmaker charges any more as it makes me feel ill? :lol:
Si
Hi all
This has been one that has been sitting in the drawer for a while now. It started off with finding a well used Tissot Navigator chrono, with a battered case and scratched dial. Good movement and hands though, so worth buying at £40. A few months later I found a NOS case, dial, crystal and crown for £60. That's £100 invested so far. Gave it all to my watchmaker last week, and he put it all together along with reluming the hands - cost £20. Total spend £120, and I now have a near NOS Tissot Navigator chrono :lol: To finish it off, just need to find a suitable bracelet or strap (odd lug size of 21mm)
A couple of quick pics of the finished project
Cheers
Foggy
Hi Ian
Another superb job.
Would you mind not telling us how much your watchmaker charges any more as it makes me feel ill? :lol:
Si
Reeesult :D
I love those old Tissot Navigators, I've bid for a few on ebay but missed out. They did a red sunburst dialed version which is absolutely stunning.
Cheers,
Tim.
A really nice result! :)
Thanks all - this is the before picture.
Cheers
Foggy
flippin eck-looks like paul daniels waved his magic wand over it :lol: a marvelous job once again :!: :!:. i think a surprise christmas pressie is in order for your watch repairing friend(just to keep on his good side :wink: )
you must have got enough watches now(of great quality)to open a shop :shock: :shock: .
regards john.
Foggy, perhaps you can offer some advice for me? I have a Seastar chrono no date with a chewed up glued plastic bezel. If you were to look very closely at the plastic bezel you can see where Tachy marks used to be (overlayed?). Do you have any idea what I can use to replace that bezel? I have no idea where to look. This model isn't a "Navigator" do I have no idea what it should have looked like new. Do you know of any photos out there of what this model *should* look like?
Thanks.
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/v391/ ... agetissot/
BTW nice job on yours. Looks great.
Hi Tom
This isn't the best picture, but like this ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... otohosting
Looks like it was a decent buy too.
Cheers
Foggy
Yeah, that looks like it. Which means, and it's no surprise to me, that my crown isn't original either. I wonder where one can get parts for such a watch without buying a whole other one? Probably nowhere....Originally Posted by Foggy
Good find though I have searched but never come across any other photos except for the dated version that were marked "Navigator", whereas mine is non dated and not marked as a "Navigator", just "Seastar".
I like the watch it's a great little beater but I would love to at the least replace the knackered bezel ring.
Part of me wants to get rid of it since I rarely wear it because of that annoying bezel ring but I can't get what I paid for the watch itself plus the new crystal and servicing - so on the shelf it normally sits. I wear it every so often though. One thing about it is that it keeps great time. One of my best timekeepers. Probably within COSC specs if I had to guess. I keep it wound and rarely have to reset it.
Nice! :D
Ming
:) :) :) Great job.
The original metal bezels are like rocking horse manure to find. I modded an old one with an aftermarket Rolex replacement:-
A great improvement on the battered "original"!
Mike
Wonderful job. Tissots are fine watches and that restoration is superb and so cheap.
Certainly a watch to wear and enjoy now.
Thats a pretty amazing refurb.
Condition has always been a big concern when buying used watches but I may reconsider that after seeing these results.
Impressive, well done that chap.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
How about this -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ra...item4d0d8a2fbe
combined with this -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TISSOT-ORI...item5656df6bf5
Ooh. Yes indeed.
Ian come on now where did you find a bezel, I would love to get one PLEASE?
Yours certainly turned out to be stunning.
So, for around £120 you got a watch that rivals a vintage Autavia for good looks. That's the kind of thing that makes this hobby so enjoyable. Well done, sir.
Holy thread revival - only just under 9 years ago when I first posted this ;-)
Still have the Tissot by the way.
Cheers
Foggy
Haha can we revive it again. Do you know if those cases require a movement holder.
Holy thread revival, again :-)
To answer your question, I don't think so. I still own my much but don't want to open it, but there are some good pics here of another similar watch (different case back)which should show the insides ok.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ti...p2047675.l2557
Or this one with the same type back as mine
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TISSOT-NAV...p2047675.l2557
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Foggy
Last edited by Foggy; 31st December 2015 at 22:26.
This went very quickly earlier.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-TI...vip=true&rt=nc
Please can you write down how did you replace a crystal? I have the same watch and need a info on crystal replacement. Thanks.
longevity is the name of the game!!
Just noticed that this thread is as old as my membership here
This must be the record for thread resurrection!
The resurrector's had advice on a separate thread.He needs to give the watch to someone who knows what he's doing rather than risk damage by trying to teach himself on a watch that's worth a bob or two. Unless he plans to get into repairing it's not worth buying the tools he'll need to do it.
Paul
This is a noob question...:-) How do you install case clamps on this watch? Can you tell me how you do it?
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