{"product_id":"903","title":"No. 903 \/ Tissot Railway Pocketwatch - 1930s","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTissot\u003cbr\u003ePing-Han Railway Pocketwatch\u003cbr\u003eANTIMAGNETIQUE \/ 1930s\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-b3fc60e4d3fd0b32b5ac\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIntro\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-0b43d566070e156cca77\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Tissot Ping-Han Railway pocket watch is an original mid-1930s example (not the 1998 reissue) built for the railway that connected the old capital of Chinese Peking (Ping) with the central city of Wuhan (Han). The open-faced white enamel dial carries black Arabic numerals with a subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock, swept by a pair of blued steel Breguet hands. Tissot's famed \"ANTIMAGNETIQUE\" marking is printed in French across the dial, and the German silver caseback is engraved with a steam locomotive at full speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFewer than 6000 of these watches were ever made — 5000 in the 1935 order and 900 in 1936. They were issued as working tools on a railway that ran through the war years and the revolution that followed, and surviving examples in original condition are not easily found today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a true memento of a China that no longer exists — significant not only for its beauty, but for the history it carried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(Photo and information from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.europastar.com\/the-watch-files\/archives-heritage\/1004113344-the-story-of-the-tissot-ping-han-railway-watch.html\" title=\"The story of the Tissot Ping-Han Railway Watch\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"The Story of the Tissot Ping-Han Railway Watch\"\u003c\/a\u003e by Dr Estelle Niklès van Osselt, Heritage Communication Specialist, Tissot. Europa Star, May 2023.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-8f6bf8e2f7a90fe1473f\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-2d6ff5b291ca00cccc27\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStory\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-d2737ea43b02ff1a1f0f\" class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_584\" class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_583\" class=\"sqs-block-image-figure image-block-outer-wrapper image-block-v2 design-layout-card combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none image-position-left sqs-text-ready\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_582\" class=\"intrinsic\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_581\" class=\"image-inset\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_580\" class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n                content-fit\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/5682\/2779\/files\/4_-_mixed-traffic_steam_engine_operating_on_the_beijing_-_hankow_railway_line-dbf76.jpg?v=1786934568\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMixed-traffic steam engine operating on the Beijing–Hankow Railway line. Constructed by the Belgian St. Léonard Limited company. Early 20th century. Tissot Museum Collection.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_610\" class=\"intrinsic\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_609\" class=\"image-inset\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_608\" class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n                content-fit\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/5682\/2779\/files\/caliber_43-3d93d.png?v=1786934697\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-title-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCaliber 43. Tissot Catalogue n°9 des montres de précision, Clients catalogue, 1934. Tissot Museum Collection.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTissot has been in China since 1920, when its first agent began selling watches in Shanghai. Its route to the Ping-Han Railway, however, ran through a problem the wider industry was slow to take seriously.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"image-card-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAs electricity spread through daily life in the early twentieth century, magnetic fields began interfering with mechanical movements — a direct threat to the reliability watchmakers sold on. Tissot funded the research, and in the 1930s launched the first non-magnetic watch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-0e04be744b2d6bfad1d4\" class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_612\" class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_611\" class=\"sqs-block-image-figure image-block-outer-wrapper image-block-v2 design-layout-card combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none image-position-right sqs-text-ready\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_610\" class=\"intrinsic\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_609\" class=\"image-inset\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption class=\"image-card-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-title-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/5682\/2779\/files\/1_-_map_of_the_beijing_to_guangzhou_railway_via_hankow_with_taiwan_2-ddc70.jpg?v=1786934770\" alt=\"\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMap of the Beijing to Guangzhou railway via Hankow. After Pékin-Hankou, la Grande épopée 1898-1905.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_580\" class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n                content-fit\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also had a long track record with railways. By 1909 the company held share bonds in railway companies recorded in its books as \"Oriental\" and \"Russian,\" and its travelling salesmen worked the rail networks themselves. It supplied comparable utility watches to other lines — Serbian and Swiss examples survive in the Tissot Museum collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo when the Ping-Han Railway's administration surveyed the Chinese market for a supplier it could depend on, it chose Tissot. The brand's own historians point to the antimagnetic work as a likely reason, alongside its growing reputation in China and that existing railway experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of its historical significance, Tissot reissued the design as a limited edition for the Chinese market in 1998.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-a630cf6472565e1ec8d3\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-dc4bb1809c6226c89e66\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_1562\" class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663759839907_1561\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003eMODEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntimagnetique\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eREFERENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e678730\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1930s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSERIAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e598700\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCASE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e46.3mm (excl. crown), German silver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMOVEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManual Winding, Cal.43 mm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLUG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13.4mm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1585636471169_10570\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1585636471169_11471\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOVERALL \u003cstrong\u003eA Rank\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCASE \u003cstrong\u003eSmall Scratches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCRYSTAL \u003cstrong\u003eGreat Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIAL \u003cstrong\u003eLittle Patina\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHANDS \u0026amp; INDICES \u003cstrong\u003ePatina And Aged\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOVEMENT \u003cstrong\u003eRunning, checked and oiled\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACCURACY \u003cstrong\u003eAround 1 min. \/ day (12 Hr. 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