FOR SALE IS A SUPER RARE AND REVOLUTIONARY AUTLOB NAVIGATOR TISSOT FROM THE 70s.
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CASE: CLASSIC ALL-STEEL TONNEAU CASE WITH COOL SEE THROUGH CASE BACK MEASURING 36mm ACROSS NOT COUNTING THE ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN. THIS ONE HAS A NICE WRIST PRESENCE BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY ALL DIAL. I LOVE THE INSET ROTATING BEZEL WHICH GIVES THIS A HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL TOOL WATCH FEEL.
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DIAL: NOW THIS IS A NO BULLSHIT PIECE OF ART. YOU TAKE THE CLASSIC FIELD WATCH DIAL AND MAKE IT MERLOT, AND THIS MAKES FOR A WILD TAKE ON A TRADITIONAL WATCH TROPE. I LOVE THOSE PROMINENT ARABIC MARKERS WHICH MAKE THIS HIGHLY LEGIBLE. I'M ALWAYS A FAN OF THE TISSOT STYLE REVERSE SYRINGE HANDS WHICH ARE A MAINSTAY FOR THIS BRAND.
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MOVEMENT: THIS TISSOT RUNS ON THE FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED AUTOLUB RESIN MOVEMENT. NAMED AUTOLUB TO INDICATE AUTO LUBRICATING DUE TO NO METAL PARTS REQUIRING OIL. THIS WAS A DESIGN EXPERIMENT SPEARHEADED BY TISSOT IN MANUFACTURING A LIGHTWEIGHT MOVEMENT WHICH IS BOTH SERVICEABLE, RELIABLE, AND A GREAT CONVERSATION PIECE(ESPECIALLY WHEN VIEWED THROUGH THE SEE-THROUGH CASEBACK.WATCH IS MOUNTED ON WHAT IS MOST LIKELY THE ORIGINAL SWISS TROPIC BIG HOLE STRAP WHICH WEARS LIKE BUTTER. TISSOT IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED VINTAGE BRANDS FROM THE 50s, 60s, AND 70s. BETWEEN THEIR TIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH OMEGA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY DESIGNS THEY CHAMPIONED, THEY WERE A TOTALLY EPIC WATCH COMPANY. THE AUTOLUB IS A A TRUE MUST-HAVE FOR ANY COLLECTOR WHO LOVES TRANSITIONAL MOVEMENTS AND WATCH TECHNOLOGY. THIS WAS DEFINITELY A RADICAL PIECE WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN THE 70s. YOU'LL GET LOST GAZING AT THAT QUIRKY MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CASEBACK AND WILL GET TONS OF COMPLIMENTS WITH IT ON THE WRIST.
