Tissot merupakan antara jenama jam Swiss yang menjadi favourite aku. Bak kata orang, takde rolex pun takpe... tissot pun ok.. hehe.. Antara model yang sangat aku minat ialah Tissot automatic bumper. Memang rare model ni, lebih-lebih lagi vintage. Bukan aku tak minat model kelauaran moden, memang cantik dan menarik. Tetapi movement ETA nya yang membuatkan aku kurang excited.
Tapi, apa-apa pun mari aku kongsikan sedikit sejarah Tissot dari laman web rasmi dan wikipedia
http://www.tissot.ch/?thebrand
About Tissot
The Brand
Tissot, with its signature
'Innovators by Tradition', has been pioneering craftsmanship and
innovation since its foundation in 1853. Today Tissot is a member of the
Swatch Group, the world's largest watch producer and distributor. The
company has always had its home in the Swiss watchmaking town of Le
Locle in the Jura Mountains but now also has a presence in 160
countries.
The Tissot innovation leadership is enabled by the
development of high-tech products, special materials and advanced
functionality. With a broader, more versatile range of high-quality
timepieces at an attractive price than any other Swiss watch brand,
Tissot also expresses its commitment to making excellence accessible.
As
official timekeeper and partner of FIBA, AFL, MotoGP™, FIM Superbike
and the World Championships of cycling, fencing and ice hockey, Tissot
is committed to respecting tradition, underlining its core values of
performance, precision and setting new standards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissot
Tissot is a
luxury Swiss watchmaker company founded in 1853 by
Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son
Charles-Émile Tissot who established the Tissot factory in the Swiss city of
Le Locle, in the
Neuchâtel area of the
Jura Mountains.
[2]
Tissot should not be confused with
Mathey-Tissot, a separate Swiss watchmaking firm established by
Edmond Mathey-Tissot in 1886.
History
Tissot introduced the first mass-produced pocket watch and the first pocket watch with two time zones in 1853
[1]
and the first anti-magnetic watch in 1929-30. Charles-Emile Tissot left
for Russia in 1858 and succeeded in selling their savonnette pocket
watches across the Russian Empire.
[1] The Tissot company was also the first to make watches out of plastic (IDEA 2001 in 1971), stone (the Alpine
granite Rock watch in 1985),
mother of pearl (the Pearl watch in 1987), and wood (the Wood watch in 1988).
[2] Tissot merged with the
Omega watch making family in 1930 and Tissot-Omega watches from this era are sought after by collectors.
Still based in
Le Locle,
Switzerland and present in more than 150
countries around the
world, Tissot has been a member of
The Swatch Group Ltd., the largest watch producer and distributor in the world, since 1983.
[3]
Tissot is an official timekeeper for the world championships in
cycling, motorcycling, fencing and ice hockey, and was used for the
Davis Cup in 1957 and Downhill Skiing in Switzerland in 1938. Tissot was
also a key Sponsor for the Formula one teams Lotus, Renault and Sauber.
Tissot's first engagement as an official timekeeper was in 1938 where
they timed a series of Ski races in Villar, near the company's home town
in the Jura mountains.
[4]
For early events, handheld stop watches were sufficient to provide
official timings. Today Tissot works with various sporting bodies to
develop systems to produce ever more accurate timings for specific
events. In competitive cycling for instance, sensors are placed on the
bikes and track which are then linked by computers to provide track
timings and performance data.
Tissot has become known in recent years for its tactile, or
"T-Touch," technology; several new watches have touch-sensitive sapphire
glasses and include compasses, barometers, altimeters and thermometers.
T-Touch watches have been recently featured on
Angelina Jolie's wrist in the movies
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and
Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Famous people who have worn Tissot watches include the actress
Sarah Bernhardt, singer
Carmen Miranda,
Elvis Presley,
Grace Kelly, and
Nelson Mandela.
[1] James Stewart also wears a Tissot watch in the movie "Rear Window". Indian actor
Kamal Hassan also wears a Tissot watch in the Tamil Movie "Dasavatharam".India's famous actress
Deepika Padukone is brand ambassador in India since 2007.
Official Timekeeper
Watch models
Tissot pocket watch, open
- Racing Touch
- Sailing T-Touch
- SeaTouch
- T-Touch Expert
- T-Touch
- T-Touch II
- T-Race MotoGP
- T-Race
- T-Navigator 3000
- T-Sport
- T-One
- Quadrato
- TXL & TXS
- PRS 516
- PRS 200
- PRC 200 Chronograph
- PRC 200
- PRC 100
- PR 100
- PR 50
- Bascule
- Six-T
- T-Wave
- Ice-T
- Equi-T
- Diver Seastar Automatic 1000
- Seastar 660
- Seastar 7
- Seastar 2
- Bellflhour
- Flower Power
- V8
- Cocktail
- Le Locle
- Heritage
- T-Lord
- LOVE T-TOUCH
- Stylist BB
- High-T
- Visodate
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