Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 40 mm (T137.407.11.041.00) review

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The PRX Powermatic 80 in 40 mm steel is the easiest recommendation in this group. Tissot lists an automatic Powermatic 80 movement with an 80-hour power reserve, which means it keeps running if you leave it on a shelf from Friday evening until Monday morning. That is a genuinely useful figure that many watches at a similar level do not reach.

The case is 316L stainless steel, 40 mm across and 10.93 mm thick, topped with a sapphire crystal that carries an anti-reflective coating. Water resistance is 10 bar (100 m), enough for swimming. The bracelet is also 316L steel, integrated into the case, with a butterfly clasp and push buttons, and Tissot describes it as an interchangeable, easy-opening bracelet.

The trade-off is style rather than quality. An integrated bracelet gives the watch its clean 1970s-inspired look, but it makes changing to a leather or fabric strap less simple than on a watch with standard lugs. Tissot also publishes a two-year warranty and states that it is made in Switzerland on the product page.

If you want a refined everyday automatic that suits a shirt sleeve and a jumper equally well, this is the one to start with.