What’s your opinion on Tissot gentleman powermatic 80 Silicium ?

The design is classic and the movement is a modern reliable workhorse. In fact it’s ingenious how they managed to modify the ETA 2824 to get it to reach 80hrs of power reserve by lowering its frequency to 3hz.

Lots of high end watches will have the movement at 3Hz, and there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s better for the watch as it reduces wear and tear, and if you can still get good accuracy of +5spd, that shows how good the tolerances are in the rest of the watch.

Thanks vikas

It’s decent quality at it’s price point. Not that it matters but I prefer it over the PRX for it’s style. I figure the innards are going to be near enough identical.

Really nice watch, especially the crosshair dial variant. Just a little bigger than it should be.

If they did a 38mm one, it'd be best-in-class, imo

I liked it so I bought it.

You should too.

I have one and like it more than I thought I would when I acquired it by accident.

It sits at the point of price and quality right before diminishing returns really kicks in. A watch that costs half as much will be obviously less well finished while one that costs twice as much won't be markedly superior.

The blue dial on mine is quite impressive and the hands and indices are genuinely stunning. On the other hand; it wears larger than it's 40mm diameter would indicate, the case is fairly pedestrian in its slab-sided design and the bracelet, while handsome, is a bit meh.

As for the movement, mine is dead accurate and the Silicium PM80 has no plastic parts if that's a worry (it's really not).

I have other watches I like better at that price-point (Serica 4512, Citizen NB1060, Junghans Max Bill) but that's really based on aesthetics not build quality.

The Powermatic 80 .C07.611 and and C07.811movement (the Silicium) are good, the C07.111 (the ones used in the PRX and Sidereal) are basically throw-aways because of the plastic parts though I'm guessing people would throw away what broke and use the rest as parts to fix new movements.

It's a nice looking watch, but a bit bland for my taste to be honest

That is the new trend with ETA. The Swissmatic has to have parts bent to disassemble it and the Powermatic 80 is almost like that too. With high labour costs and a manpower shortage the machine manufacturing is the future. With a wholesale movement cost around a hundred bucks it makes no economic sense to spend 3 times that servicing it. The available watchmakers who could service them are a retiring and dying breed. Who in their right mind would service an NH35 at 250 bucks when a new one is under 50 unless you do it yourself where the labour is free.

You just made it my WRUW for today. Ignore the date. I don’t bother setting them anymore. 😁

I like how flat and low it sits on my wrist. I think I removed the bracelet as soon as it arrived. Heck, did it come with a bracelet? 🤔. In any case, I enjoy it on this Strap Tailor leather strap. Feels understated. Feels more expensive than it really is. No one will fault you for owning one.

I’ve seen both the silver and black dial in person. Great everyday watch and great movement. I would have purchased the silver dial if I had a place for it in my collection.

I have the green one. It’s an ordinary everyday watch, but if you have spare budget I suggest take the open heart version.

Like the design. And also the movement for that matter. Solid choice, whatever everybody says. I would choose the silver dial one. Very nice! But since you asked ... for me personally the watch has one downside. As this is a bit of a dress watch i would prefer a 39 or 38mm version. For reference my wrist is 17,5cm.).

I was hesitant and finally purchased the gentleman with this movement and could not be happier. It also makes rotating watches easier if it is your daily driver, the power reserve is amazing. Also the sweep of the second hand is much smoother than you would think for 3hz

I like it but it wears large on my 6.75 inch wrist.