70s Watches

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

STB Meeting - Remember Automatic Alarm - AS 5008 very rare

This is a very rare STB automatic alarm powered by the legendary AS calibre 5008. There weren't that many automatic alarm calibre even back in the hayday of the 60s and 70s. Only Omega(Lemania), LeCoultre, Seiko and A. Schild have developed automatic alarm calibres. Only the 5008 are sold as ebauches to other smaller watch manufacturers. In fact I had encountered a relatively new modern Maurice Lacroix (in the 90s) that were fitted with they AS 5008.

I have learned that the company STB was an manufacturer of pigeon racing clock/timer as their main business. So somewhere in time (most likely to be in the 70s) someone at STB had commissioned a batch of wristwatches and designed a illustrated pigeon dial to go with it. There are a white dial version as well.

STB Meeting - Remember Automatic Alarm - AS 5008

Movement:

Lengendary AS 5008 automatic movement. Swiss Made.
Automatic.
Double winder crown.
Day/date function. Quickset by pulling out winding crown at 2 o'clock by 1 click
Super High beat 28,800 p/h.
25 Jewels.
Twin mainspring barrels (1 for the alarm, 1 for the drive train.)
Power reserve roughly 49 hours.
Size: Diameter - 30mm, Height - 7.6mm.
Incabloc shock protection system.
Alarm lasts approx 10s.

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70s Tissot Seastar Automatic - AS 2066

The Tissot Seastar featured here isn't a commonly seen model. I acquired it about 7 years ago as a NOS. I have examined it in detail with caution because it has a non - Tissot - Omega - Lemania - movement. It has a AS ebauche movement. The dial feet are intact and fit well into the movement. The movement fits well into the case and the movement have case screws that matches the case screw indent on the edge. The conclusion is that it is an authentic Tissot with an AS ebauche movement.