Tissot
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| Type | Member of the Swatch group |
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| Founded | 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot & Charles-Emile Tissot |
| Headquarters | Le Locle, Switzerland |
| Key people | François Thiébaud, President |
| Industry | Watch manufacturing |
| Products | Wristwatches, timing devices/systems |
| Slogan | Tissot, Innovators by Tradition |
| Website | www.tissot.ch |
Tissot is a Swiss watchmaker company founded in 1853.
Tissot has over 150 years of innovation in Swiss watch-making tradition, they were the first to make a watch out of plastic, mother of pearl, wood (the Wood watch) and stone (the Rock watch).
Tissot has become known in recent years for its tactile, or "T-Touch," technology; several new watches have touch-sensitive sapphire faces and include compasses, barometers, altimeters and thermometers. T-Touch watches have been recently featured in the movies Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Based in Le Locle, Switzerland and present in more than 150 countries around the world, Tissot has been, since 1985, a member of the The Swatch Group Ltd., the largest watch producer and distributor in the world.
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[edit] Official Spokespeople
- Nicky Hayden, American MotoGP Rider
- Danica Patrick, American Indycar Driver
- Michael Owen, English Footballer
[edit] Other Facts about Tissot
- Tissot is the official timer of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP) and for other world championships in cycling, Motorcycle sport, fencing and ice hockey.
- Tissot, official timer for the Grand Prix in Doha, faced criticism for its errors in timing the 100 meter dash on May 12, 2006. It appeared that American sprinter Justin Gatlin had set a world record when, under international rules, he had only tied the previous record. [1] [2].
- Tissot is the Official Timekeeper and Watch for NASCAR.
- Tissot was the Official Timekeeper of the 15th Asian Games in Doha in 2006 from the 1 – 15 December.
[edit] Watches
- T-Touch - PRS 516
- T-Navigator 3000 - PRC 200
- Silen-T - PRS 200
- TXL&TXS - PR 50
- Bascule - PRC 100
- Six-T - T-Race MotoGP
- T-Wave - Ice-T
- Equi-T - Diver Seastar 1000
- Bellflhour - Seastar 660
- Flower Power - V8
- Cocktail - Le Locle
- Heritage - T-Lord
- And more
[edit] External links
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