Tissot PRX Powermatic 80
Need some advice… I’m so close to purchasing a 35mm PRX powermatic however read the other day about the use of dreaded plastic parts. This has stopped me from placing an order but I’ll be honest I don’t have an proper understanding as to whether this is a good or bad thing. I like the idea of a mechanical watch being made out of alloy and tradition materials to be honest.
What’s everyone’s thoughts?
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Luke
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See if you can find one at an AD and physically wear it. If you love it, then go for it! The Citizen Tsuyosa also exist and is in that integrated bracelet arena as well.
What is your history with having movements serviced? People tend to like ideas more than actually following through with actions. It's all a problem for next decade anyway. I'm more perplexed by why anyone is interested in a disco-ball era design with a non-quartz movement. It makes no sense to me. It's like a leather soled running shoe.
The Powermatic 80 movement has too many "updates" for my taste. Check out this link Tissot Powermatic 80 Movement - Not Able to Regulate? | Watch Crunch
I have a couple of Powermatics and they’re fine. They’re good solid watch movements.
It’s fine with me. Seiko uses plastic parts in their watches and they keep going strong 8-10 years later
I don´t care about the plastic parts! My Tissot Seastar 2000 (with plastic inside it 😀) gains 1 second/day. That´s about as accurate as my Omegas - for a fraction of the price.
On the Powermatic movement, not all of them use plastic parts, but the one in the PRX does (I heard that somewhere, so I’m saying it with authority as if I actually knew).
Other watch brands that use plastic in their movements: Omega. They use anti-magnetic silicon hairsprings in all of the modern coaxials.
That’s all I got.
From what I’ve been told from my watchmaker who looks after my collection, the plastic parts are totally replaceable but just need specialist tools to do so. When servicing does comes around (many years down the line) it can be a toss up between the cost of replacing the whole movement VS the plastic parts plus labour cost. Which can be about the same total. But that is many years away and your choice which way you go.
So, just buy it, love it and enjoy it! There isn’t really the downside that some might have you think there is.
Not all Powermatic 80 have the so called plastic (synthetic) parts in them, so it really depends on the movement version used.
C07.1XX have a synthetic escapement.
C07.6XX have a regular escapement.
C07.8XX have a silicon hair spring.