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Tissot lemania chrono's 60's - 70's - Techniek & Reviews - Horlogeforum.nl - het forum voor liefhebbers van horlogesBumping an old thread 馃榾

I saw somewhere - might have been Instagram - that someone had a Tissot chronograph with a Kreisler-Stelux "chiclet" bracelet, which I'd never known was a combo before. They'd picked the watch up from Uhrforum last year, I think - from that ad:



I presume that's a Lemania 870, and the model ref is 40526 (like the catalog archive above, from @JimJupiter) but the bezel is different (more like the PR516 diver, eg 46622). If anyone has a more comprehensive catalog of the variants of these PR516 chronos, I'd be interested to see them. I did find an old Dutch language page on https://www.horlogeforum.nl/t/tissot-lemania-chronos-60s-70s/62668 which has quite a bit more detail on the various 60/70s Tissots, and it suggested that the squared-coloured-subdial tricompax chrono was a facelift of the original round-subdial one ...



... but the internal case ref on my red/black tricompax is 40528-1x ...


whereas the circular subdial one is 40528-2x, which might suggest the reverse.



Also, note the different bezels - some are white/black and others are white/red. Why the hell did watch manufacturers have so many minor variants of basically the same watch? ;-)
 
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Hello Tissot lovers !
I found this Tissot pr516, but something must be wrong.
Does this dial belong to this case , more chance is that it belongs to a case with bezel ?
I have not found this dial config either , with this big lume index 馃憥
 
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Hello Tissot lovers !
I found this Tissot pr516, but something must be wrong.
Does this dial belong to this case , more chance is that it belongs to a case with bezel ?
I have not found this dial config either , with this big lume index 馃憥

It does not feel wrong to me. But it is a woman sized watch, don't search for a man's watch reference to check against.
 
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It does not feel wrong to me. But it is a woman sized watch, don't search for a man's watch reference to check against.
Aha I鈥檒l will check out the size !
 
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It does not feel wrong to me. But it is a woman sized watch, don't search for a man's watch reference to check against.

Haha , you where 100% correct its a woman watch , that's why I could not find a match before. thanks
 
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Hey Nico !
New to vintage Tissot, if you still have this catalog, would be nice to have a scan ! Congrats on wedding, time to come back from honey moon ! hahah

Hey mate, I once helped a buddy who had a similar question regarding the 516 lineUp. This are the pics I had left on my phone. Can do scans if necessary when I am back from my honeymoon 馃槈 Hope the pages help for a start (1969 and 1970 German catalog) Nico
 
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I can check, but I think I gave all my old catalogs to Nicolas little library from Cenic watches in Biel