ICONIC 1956 Tissot with Tissot 27B-21 (16 jewels) manual movement + BOX & PAPERS

  
100% original vintage (1956) Tissot E2-5 with Tissot 27B-21 (16 jewels) Swiss movement. This is a rare in-house Tissot movement with Incabloc shock protection system which runs at 18,000 bph/5'ticks' per second and was produced from 1950 to 1961 (late samples came without a regulator pointer). The movement in the watch has recently been measured on the Toolwatch app as running at -9.7 seconds a day, which is remarkable considering the age of the timepiece and it reflects the quality and workmanship of both the movement and the watch itself. As seen in the listing photos, the case is in reasonable condition for its age and the acrylic crystal is scratch free. The white dial is visually blemish free and the hands, applied indices, plus Tissot in raised script below 12 o'clock (all gold coloured) add a nice contrast. The watch is now fitted on a new brown quality leather crocodile pattern quick release strap and comes in its original box with wonderful provenance in the form of the Certificate of Origin and Guarantee. It sets, winds-up and works well, plus it keeps excellent time. Of course, being a mechanical watch, in order for it to keep the correct time it does need to be hand-wound regularly. The movement has a stated good 44 hour power reserve.

Photos 1-9 are up-to-date photos of the actual watch, box and contents. Photos 10-12 are less recent photos of the same watch on an older (but not original) strap.

A standard sized men's wrist watch from the 1920s through the 1960s was so much smaller than today's watches. The basic range of sizes was 30-36 mm and 38 mm was considered oversized.

Typically, modern men's watches tend to range between 38 mm to 46 mm although the trend does seem to be reverting back again to smaller sizes! Therefore, it can truly be regarded as an ideal unisex watch, perfect for a man who wishes to recall and relive the vintage aesthetic (or for a male with smaller wrists) and also entirely suitable for a woman. Case width (9 o'clock to 3 o'clock): 32 mm (excluding crown). Case length (lug to lug): 39 mm.

Case thickness: 9 mm (including domed crystal). Tissot is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel area of the Jura Mountains. Tissot is not associated with Mathey-Tissot, another Swiss watchmaking firm. Tissot merged with watch company Omega SA in 1930, forming SSIH (Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère), and Tissot-Omega watches from this era are sought after by collectors.

SMH took the name of the Swatch Group in 1998. Tissot SA remained in Le Locle, Switzerland, and is marketed in 160 countries. Tissot watches are now classified by the Swatch Group as "mid-range market" products. The company motto/slogan of Tissot is "Innovators by Tradition".