Tissot
Tissot Chemin des Tourelles 41 mm Meteorite 18k
Photography on request
Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Tissot · Chemin des Tourelles
Tissot Chemin des Tourelles 41 mm Meteorite 18k
Reference 57210OR.35
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Tissot
- Collection
- Chemin des Tourelles
- Model
- Tissot Chemin des Tourelles 41 mm Meteorite 18k
- Reference number
- 57210OR.35
- Year / era
- 1952 · 1950s — pre-quartz mechanical era
- Complication
- Minute repeater
- Movement
- Automatic COSC chronometer
- Case material
- 18k white gold
- Dial type
- Meteorite
- Strap / bracelet
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Water resistance
- 150 m
- Limited-edition status
- Limited edition of 500 pieces
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 41 mm
- Case thickness
- 8.1 mm
- Case material
- 18k white gold
- Bezel
- Baguette diamond rainbow
- Crystal
- Sapphire with internal AR treatment
- Dial
- Meteorite
- Hands
- Faceted dauphine hands, polished by hand
- Indexes
- Applied faceted white-gold indexes
- Bracelet / strap
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Clasp / buckle
- Triple-folding clasp with safety catch
- Water resistance
- 150 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 27C — Automatic COSC chronometer
- Movement type
- Manual-winding
- Frequency
- 36,000 vph (5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 5 days
- Number of jewels
- 31 jewels
- Complications
- Minute repeater
- Functions
- GMT second time zone, date
- Watchmaker
- The calibre is built in-house and adjusted in five positions before delivery.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1952 – 1967
- Limited-edition quantity
- 500 pieces
- Current market information
- Consistently trades above retail; waiting lists at authorised dealers remain long.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Tissot Chemin des Tourelles 41 mm Meteorite 18k sits within Tissot's Chemin des Tourelles line, introduced in 1952. It carries the house codes established since 1853 — 18k white gold case, meteorite dial and automatic cosc chronometer — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
The House
Tissot
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1853
- Founder
- Charles-Félicien Tissot
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
- Tier
- Affordable & Tool Watches
- Major collections
- PRX, Seastar, Le Locle, Gentleman, Chemin des Tourelles
- Signature technologies
- Certified chronometer regulation · Hand-applied guilloché dials
- Famous movements
- Automatic COSC chronometer · Automatic, 38-hour reserve · Quartz · Automatic Powermatic 80
- Notable watches
- Tissot PRX 36 mm Green Grade (1995) · Tissot PRX 39 mm Silvered 18k (1969) · Tissot PRX 38 mm Black Stainless (1994) · Tissot PRX 42 mm Salmon Ceramic (1980)
Brand history
Tissot has spent more than 173 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's PRX, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Charles-Félicien Tissot established Tissot in 1853, working from Switzerland at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Tissot calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1853
Charles-Félicien Tissot founds Tissot in Switzerland.
1893
Tissot earns its first international recognition for precision timekeeping.
1969
The quartz era forces Tissot to redefine mechanical watchmaking.
1990
Tissot enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
Tissot continues to produce PRX, Seastar, Le Locle and other icons in limited numbers.
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