FIRST LOOK: THE TWO-TONE TISSOT GENTLEMAN OFFERS AN INCREDIBLE VALUE

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FIRST LOOK: THE TWO-TONE TISSOT GENTLEMAN OFFERS AN INCREDIBLE VALUE

FEBRUARY 8, 2019 WORDS BY ILYA RYVIN

https://wornandwound.com/first-look-the-two-tone-tissot-gentleman-offers-an-incredible-value/

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Tissot can be one of Swatch Group’s most surprising brands. Though it has carved itself a niche at the lower end of Swatch’s portfolio, Tissot watches shouldn’t be thought of as cheap. Sure, much of their catalog doesn’t break the bank, but the watches themselves are solid and, depending on the model, chock full of features that allow Tissot to blow away the competition (and that includes brands not even directly competing with Tissot that charge 2x or 3x the price for their wares).

A few years back, it was the impressive Ballade, which we covered here. That watch introduced the world to a Swiss-made, COSC-certified chronometer with a silicon balance spring for just $1,000. That’s really, really good.

This year’s surprise? Earlier this week, I got to spend some time with the new two-tone Gentleman collection. But you may be asking, what makes this series so special? Let’s dive right in.

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https://www.watchtime.com/featured/tissot-gentleman-automatic-silicon-powermatic-80/

Tissot Launches the Gentleman Automatic, a New Range of Dress Watches Targeted at Enthusiasts


Written by
Logan R. Baker
February 8, 2019

The dials are the differentiator between the four watches with options in black, cream opaline, chocolate, and silver. In my opinion, the cream opaline iteration is the clear highlight out of the four models with its dial having some additional texture due to a grained finish. Each dial features a crosshair placed at its center and a date window surrounded by a rose gold border at 3 o’clock. The applied hour indexes also deserve mention as they have been beveled and feature an attractive satin finish on top. The dauphine hour and minute hands are slightly faceted and feature a dash of white Super-LumiNova.

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​A very cool, automatic, three hand, from Tissot. Reserved, refined, and conservative. Thanks Mike.
 
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