Category: 1969

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Tissot Super Navigator T12 World Time Compressor with 24 hour dial circa 1969 in stainless steel case and with original Tissot steel bracelet. Watch is in very good condition, has original dial with minor paint loss and two signed crowns. The Tissot 21 jewel Lemania Cal 788 automatic movement works well and keeps accurate time. Tissot made the Super Navigator T-12 with several different dials and internal bezels, the world time dial is probably the most sought after and collectable. The Super T-12 Navigator Worldtime Ref 44596 was described in the 1969 owner’s manual as “a large sized diver’s watch, super-tight (Water resistance guaranteed up to 200 meters deep). This watch has 24 hours time dial, not 12, the hour hand rotates the dial every 24 hours, corresponding to the earth rotating the sun (or earth around it’s axis), the standard time is thus read from 1 to 24 hours.”
The internal rotating bezel is actuated by means of the crown located above the date. It’s dial’s 24 divisions which corresponds to the 24 time zones. The bezel also has 24 divisions (in the lieu of a conventional watch’s 12 divisions) and as a result the hour hand makes only one turn of the dial every 24 hours. Navigator thus gives the local hour and that of the other time zones. Turn the internal bezel until the name of the city or time zone you are currently in is aligned with the hour hand, then find which hour marker the city you are looking for is aligned with. Continue reading “#5822 Tissot World Time Super Navigator T12 with 24 hour dial – circa 1969”