Gents 1948 Tissot Bumper Automatic Wrist Watch

Name: Gents 1948 Tissot Bumper Automatic Wrist Watch
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA549349
Availability: SoldOut

1920 - 1940

Sold by The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

A gents 1948 Tissot bumper automatic wrist watch.

The watch has a bumper automatic movement, calibre 31-1, which is working nicely.

Early automatic watches, such as this one, relied on the rotor ‘bumping’ backwards and forwards between two springs to maintain the power within the movement. Later automatic watches have the fully rotational rotor.

The movement is fully signed and the serial number 2,083,206 dates it back to 1948.

The watch itself is a good size at 35mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the lugs. The case is stainless steel and overall is in good condition with just some marking and outside scratches to the signed screw-on case back.

The lens is in good condition.

The signed dial is in its original finish. There is some marking and some darkening. Original dauphine shaped hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and a minute track.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.

Free worldwide shipping

Declaration

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this piece to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA549349

Dealers Notes

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Description

A gents 1948 Tissot bumper automatic wrist watch.

The watch has a bumper automatic movement, calibre 31-1, which is working nicely.

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Early automatic watches, such as this one, relied on the rotor ‘bumping’ backwards and forwards between two springs to maintain the power within the movement.

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Later automatic watches have the fully rotational rotor.

fig 1. Gents 1948 Tissot bumper automatic wrist watch — fig 1. Gents 1948 Tissot Bumper Automatic Wrist Watch

The movement is fully signed and the serial number 2,083,206 dates it back to 1948.

The watch itself is a good size at 35mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the lugs. The case is stainless steel and overall is in good condition with just some marking and outside scratches to the signed screw-on case back.

fig 2. Gents 1948 Tissot bumper automatic wrist watch — fig 2. Gents 1948 Tissot Bumper Automatic Wrist Watch

The lens is in good condition.

The signed dial is in its original finish. There is some marking and some darkening. Original dauphine shaped hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and a minute track.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.

Free worldwide shipping

Date of Manufacture

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this piece to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA549349

About the Dealer

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2011

Specialists in antique and vintage wrist watches and pocket watches