Tissot Telemeter 1938 Owner Review : Authentic, sporty and classy

Dialicious, the first customer review platform. Well, let's talk about User and Customer Experience, in a little more detail. First of all, this Telemeter 1938 takes up the codes of the model presented in 1938, absolutely vintage from the chamfer to the buckle (to use the terms of a now famous Podcast) except for an increase in its size to 42mm, slowing down lovers of the small diameter. Automatic movement Valjoux A05.231 equipped with a Nivachron balance spring for better resistance and a power reserve of 68 hours. This piece is equipped with a domed sapphire crystal, for a perfect reading of its dial inspired by vintage chronometers. The fluted crown, too, recalls the sports Chronos of yesteryear. Its thickness of 13.9 mm gives it the possibility of adapting to all types of use, both sophisticated and easy to wear, this watch is the symbol of a long tradition of sports timing. Its dial, Telemeter, with red sub-dials surrounded by a blue railroad, matching its hands ..... and this is where the "problem" begins ... The majority of the brand's communication photos show a piece with blue hands, perfectly coordinated with its railroad, making this Telemeter sublime in my eyes. This is where the limit of an order on the Internet reaches its limit. I should have waited to see it at my usual watchmaker, rather than making a Day One purchase on the brand's website (too much waiting for my little heart) Receiving the watch at home, Excitement, Passion, Disillusionment..... THE HANDS ARE BLACK..... The watch remains beautiful, always very classy when worn but something is missing... blue perhaps... First email to the Tissot group who confuses my purchase with that of my Heritage 1973, "the hands cannot be blue" Second email to get a correct answer "the hands are hand painted and there can therefore be a difference from one watch to another" I hear the argument, I allow myself to doubt it all the same.. at more than 2K, I hoped for better... So, I tested, the watch must be subjected to very strong light and/or placed at a very particular angle and there, MIRACLE, the hands turn blue. I could have sent it back, tried to verify the theory of hand-painted hands, but I had hoped so much for this watch that I could not bring myself to return it. So we compromise, we adapt, we make concessions and love returns little by little. I came to wonder if I would not have exchanged it for the black and gold model, but the crush was my Blue Dream.