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Watches You Might Not Have Seen, Week 52: The Astrolon, Tissot’s Plastic Dream
Inside the short-lived 1971 experiment that changed Swiss watchmaking
Vuk Radic
October 16, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
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