Norton Watch

Charlotte · Oct 15, 2015

Hello Everyone
I've stumbled on an old watch that has a Norton logo on it. It appears it is from the 70's. It is a Tissot brand. Does anyone remember seeing on of these from that era?
Thanks!

Rohan · Oct 15, 2015

It seems to be popular to put modern logos on older watches, so beware !
Its quite likely that many such watches were not born like that.

Its amazing the variety of stuff this is happening to, must be whole industries out there.
Or Mr Garner has been very busy...
(No offence intended).

pommie john · Oct 15, 2015

Got a photo? I's love to see it

Charlotte · Oct 16, 2015

It looks like a 1970s, manual wind Tissot seastar. Unfortunately, I cant post photos.

pommie john · Oct 17, 2015

Want to sell it?

I like watches and a Norton one would be cool.

speirmoor · Oct 17, 2015

pommie john said:
Got a photo? I's love to see it

Yes show us a picture. Tissot are still around and going strong. Bremont made the last Norton batch and they were pretty nice. http://www.bremont.com/collection//norton

pommie john · Oct 17, 2015

speirmoor said:
pommie john said:

Got a photo? I's love to see it

Click to expand...

Yes show us a picture. Tissot are still around and going strong. Bremont made the last Norton batch and they were pretty nice. http://www.bremont.com/collection//norton

Have you seen the price of Bremont watches? The Norton one was a special edition and sold for around £4300 ($6600 US). You could buy a decent bike for that!

I've found a shot of a vintage Tissot Norton watch. I kinda like it but this one's for sale asking 250 Euros. That seems a bit steep to me. Vintage Tissots without the Norton logo seem to go for around $100 on ebay.

Charlotte · Oct 17, 2015

Well!! By George!!! Thats the watch that I've purchased!!! I did look at the Bremonts but too much $$. Has anyone seen the Tissot version or anything similar?
Thanks
ps. which ad site did you grap that photo from? I found it on an old ad . Lucky it was still for sale

pommie john · Oct 18, 2015

Charlotte said:
Well!! By George!!! Thats the watch that I've purchased!!! I did look at the Bremonts but too much $$. Has anyone seen the Tissot version or anything similar?
Thanks
ps. which ad site did you grap that photo from? I found it on an old ad . Lucky it was still for sale

I found it here.

http://chronocentric.com/forums/chronot ... d;id=41982

Nice find, does it work well?

Nortoniggy · Oct 18, 2015

This is my Norton Commando watch. My wife bought it me many years ago. There is no make or anything to identify it.

Ian

Rohan · Oct 18, 2015

Didn't Smiths take legal action to stop those being sold ?!
Enjoy !

The time is - 130 mph.
Hmmm !

Charlotte · Oct 19, 2015

Ok. Thats the same ad that I saw it on.

The watch works quite well so far. I'm looking into getting it cleaned and serviced locally. Maybe getting the crystal off and cleaning up the dial a bit. But I am no hurry.

The Smiths type watch is great!!!! I could see how a manufacture might get upset with the look though!

speirmoor · Oct 19, 2015

Nortoniggy said:
This is my Norton Commando watch. My wife bought it me many years ago. There is no make or anything to identify it.

Ian

Maybe its a Smiths watch. They still make watches

rwalker28 · Oct 19, 2015

is it the same smiths?

speirmoor · Oct 20, 2015

rwalker28 said:
is it the same smiths?

At one time they used to be but I dont know if they still are.

gtsun · Jan 2, 2016

Found this old post & as I'm looking for one of the Tissot "Norton" watches I thought I'd mention it here in case someone has one but doesn't think to looke through the "wanted" adds. I did post it in "Wanted" too. Thanks.

speirmoor · Sep 11, 2017

Nothing to do with the the Norton motorcycles but it new (to me anyway)

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