Tissot - 2010s PR50

WHAT WE LOVE:

The Tissot PR 50 occupies a comfortable and honest position in Swiss watchmaking — a solidly built, accurately kept everyday watch from a brand that has been making accessible Swiss watches in Le Locle since 1853. The two-tone configuration on this example is the version that aged well. The combination of brushed stainless steel case with a gold-tone bezel ring and matching crown, against a warm champagne dial, is a palette that reads as quietly elegant rather than ostentatious.

The champagne dial carries applied rectangular gold-tone indices at each hour position — a detail that, at Tissot's price point during this period, represented real quality in dial construction. The date window at 3 o'clock is integrated neatly, the gold-tone sword hands are correctly proportioned, and the "Tissot 1853" and "PR 50" text are signed without fuss. The sapphire crystal — a specification Tissot maintained across the PR 50 range even as the watches were priced accessibly — adds a scratch resistance that most competitors at this price point did not offer.

WHAT'S INSIDE:

The PR 50 is powered by a Swiss ETA quartz movement — the reliable, widely trusted calibre family that Tissot specified across the PR 50 range for its combination of accuracy, long battery life, and ease of servicing. The low-battery indicator function — the seconds hand beginning to jump in four-second intervals to signal battery replacement is due — reflects a level of practical consideration that reflects well on a watch at this price point.

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