A grown-up dress watch for less than you'd think
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
Tissot named this one after its hometown in the Swiss mountains, and it's a classic dress watch with the stuff you want. 39.3 mm by 9.8 mm, silver dial, Roman numerals, date, leather strap. Powermatic 80.111 with 80 hours. Display back. Sapphire.
It's not exciting. It's supposed to look like the kind of watch your boss would wear to a nice dinner, and it does. At $595 to $695, it's a lot cheaper than most Swiss mechanical dress watches with this kind of reserve.
My gripe is the 30 m rating. Can't swim with it. Can't really do dishes with it. And the dial with the Roman numerals and the guilloche (that wavy pattern in the middle) is a bit fussy for my taste. Some will love it. I'd rather have something plainer, like the Hamilton Thinline.
If you want a cheap, solid dress watch with a Swiss name, here you go.