Tissot is no longer the question. What remains is which named watch still does a job the others will not. These five sit on marketplace listings, not boutique stock. Originality is the live risk, and gift caution is the same caution as any marketplace listing: the object has to be the object. The figures attached to them are catalogue numbers, not authorised-dealer tickets. The 40 mm PRX often organises that conversation before anyone names a reference. It should not organise this list unless the job is that bracelet.
The ranking
5 picks
No. 01
Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 T1374071109101
The integrated bracelet is the job. The listing calling it grey is not.
- 40 mm
- 100 m
- Integrated bracelet
- Mint green
Why it’s here
On the PRX Powermatic 80, the first steel links continue the line of the 40 mm case. The waffle texture gives the dial a little relief against all that brushed metal. Tissot identifies T1374071109101 as light green. If a seller calls it grey, ask for a photograph of the actual watch and confirmation of the reference before ordering.
No. 02
Tissot Seastar 1000 Powermatic 80 T1208071105100
300 metres is the point, not a more serious PRX.
- 40 mm
- 300 m
- Screw-down crown
Why it’s here
The Seastar 1000 Powermatic 80, T1208071105100, is a 40 mm automatic diver: dark gradient dial, matching bezel, screw-down crown, 300 metres, a steel bracelet with quick-release. It is built as a diver. That is the whole argument for it. Three hundred metres and a screw-down crown are worth the loss of the integrated bracelet when the watch needs to be that object. They are wasted as a way of buying a more serious PRX.
No. 03
Tissot Chemin des Tourelles Powermatic 80 T1398071104800
Roman dress on steel, in the blue the page will not admit.
- 39 mm
- 50 m
- Steel bracelet
Why it’s here
The Chemin des Tourelles Powermatic 80, T1398071104800, is a 39 mm dress automatic on a steel bracelet: Roman numerals, navy sunray, 50 metres. The page calls the dial grey. Tissot specifies a blue dial for this reference. Ask the seller to resolve the difference before ordering. Fifty metres is not a diver's claim. It is enough for a formal steel watch that does not need leather to look like one. The Romans and the smaller case do the quieter work the waffle refuses.
No. 04
Tissot Le Locle Powermatic 80 T0064071605300
The named leather dress watch. Heat can refuse it.
- 39.3 mm
- Leather
- 30 m
Why it’s here
The Le Locle Powermatic 80, T0064071605300, is the black Roman dress watch on leather. It is 39.3 mm, often written as 39 mm, and the thinnest of these five. Heat decides it because the strap is why the watch is here. The other four are steel. A hot season can refuse leather when it would not refuse a bracelet. Thirty metres is the cost of that named dress watch. The Chemin keeps steel and 50 metres. The Le Locle keeps the strap that makes the object a different kind of formal.
No. 05
Tissot Chrono XL Classic T116.617.11.047.01
45 mm is the job, and the reason a cuff can refuse it.
- 45 mm
- Quartz chrono
- Steel bracelet
Why it’s here
The Chrono XL Classic, T116.617.11.047.01, is a 45 mm quartz chronograph with a blue Arabic dial. The live title says strap. Tissot specifies a steel bracelet for this reference. Confirm what the seller is supplying. Forty-five millimetres is the reason to take this watch, and the reason a cuff can refuse it. Quartz is how a timing watch this size is built, not a consolation. This is the chronograph on the list. The Seastar is not one.