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My OH has a 99percent identical Tissot, (Seastar seven etc and some other text if I remember right) but on an expanding bracelet. It was her fathers. It was refurbed and sympathetically restored by a good local jeweller last year. New glass, dial was cleaned, new lume, new Tissot logo, full clean of movement. It looks great yet not too new, still has imperfections.
It wasn't a Tissot specialist but a very traditional jeweller that has been in the town for over 100 years. Family friend owns it and they did a great job, not cheap though.
Will try and get a pic up sometime if you are interested.
It wasn't a Tissot specialist but a very traditional jeweller that has been in the town for over 100 years. Family friend owns it and they did a great job, not cheap though.
Will try and get a pic up sometime if you are interested.
Cheers matey - I'm not too bothered about the costs as it's a nice momento of the old guy.
If you don't mind me asking, what did you roughly pay for the refurb?
The pics may not tell the true story as on close inspection, this does need quite a bit of work to get it back to a decent standard.
If you don't mind me asking, what did you roughly pay for the refurb?
The pics may not tell the true story as on close inspection, this does need quite a bit of work to get it back to a decent standard.
It was roughly £200, seemed alot at the time and on paper the watch doesn't warrant that expenditure but for sentimental reasons it was worth every penny, will tick on until it's ready to be passed on to another generation of the family.
The watch condition before was awful, didn't work, dial had turned a greenish tinge, the logo and lume were rattling around under the very scratched glass. It hadn't been worn since the late 70s either. So from the pics yours looks a better starting point so cost may be easier to swallow.
The watch condition before was awful, didn't work, dial had turned a greenish tinge, the logo and lume were rattling around under the very scratched glass. It hadn't been worn since the late 70s either. So from the pics yours looks a better starting point so cost may be easier to swallow.
Edited by JAM35F on Wednesday 4th July 21:25
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