Does anyone heard about this brand Tressa ?

I know the brand but unfortunately don't have any insight to share. However, any watch that comes with a laser beam is awesome! Just make sure to use it for good instead of evil. 😂

For sure 😁

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Re: Information on Tressa watches?

Here you are: The Tressa Watch Co. was located on Rue de la Gare 14 2502 Biel/Bienne (Kanton Bern, Switzerland) and existed from 25.04.1966 up to 04.03.1987. The company went bankrupt under a judgement of 09.12.1986 and was wound-up on 04.03.1987 for being in default to its creditors. On the 02.05.2002, the liquidation became final and was deleted from the Commercial Registry of Switzerland. The assets of the company were bought by Rado Watch Co. Ltd. Purpose of business had been production and wholesaling of watches, movements and accessories, they had a basic capital of 500.000 CHF, so they hadn´t been a giant in swiss watch production. So basically lasted 20 years, their watches were pretty much generic stuff and I have seen loads of NOS Tressas appearing in the market the last few years. Probably found a warehouse full a few years ago.

I have a couple of vintage (70s) Tressa's. Both look good but can be a bit hit and miss when wound to wear. I only paid peanuts for them though so I cannot expect much more I guess. One day I might try and clean the movements up.

Good luck if you get one.

Here are a couple of Tressas that I have in the collection...

Tressa from Bienne, Switzerland was primarily popular from the 1960s until the 1987 and sold mostly to the Asian markets. They used almost exclusively A. Schild movements, however, as you can see from my chronograph pictured they also used the famous Heuer chronograph movements as well.

Tressa went bankrupt in 1987 and was acquired by Rado.

Quite a few NOS Tressa watches hit the market in the 2000s supposedly from dealer stock that was unsold.

You can still find a number of the base models in NOS condition for a few hundred dollars. They are solid watches with basic AS movements in them.

The chronographs are much more difficult to obtain and are definitely in the four figures. Mine is NOS and in pristine condition.

That chronograph is beautiful ❤️ sir

Totally agree! 🎯 While there are not great numbers to be found, some good examples of the chronograph, like the one above, do come up from time to time on various vintage watch sites.