An Extremely Rare and Interesting Chronograph In 817 Case
Switzerland, 1960s
DIAL
Matte, black tritium dial, blue subdials, white tritium pencil hands
CASE
Stainless steel compressor case 817 with screwback caseback
DIAMETER
40mm
MOVEMENT
High grade, manual wind Lemania 872 calibre, serial: 2509032
STRAP
New, Hermes style, textured calf leather strap by JP Menicucci with stainless steel buckle
NOTE
For many collectors the 817 Navigator represents one of the grails of Tissot collecting. Among all the 817 cased compressor chronographs including the military issued Lemanias the Tissot certainly is the rarest with only a few publicly sold examples in the last 5 year.
