A very tempting proposition...

One of the dial layouts that I like but never had is a regulator. I have considered getting one many a times but somehow....

Now the reason not to get one is getting harder and harder more so with the introduction of the Tissot Le Locle Regulator. A regulator for less then USD1,000. 

The watch will feature a regulator type dial, a large central minutes hand and sub dials for the hours and minutes. The Tissot layout places the hours at 12 and the seconds at 6. The date complication will appear at 9. 

The watch comes in at 39mm, rated to 3ATM and features an automatic movement. 

A number of options are available.

This I like, stainless steel with black dial.

Photographs: Tissot.

The watch is expected to retail mid 2016. 

Tissot Couturier Automatic Gents Small Seconds

I spotted this collection of Tissot watches at a local Tissot Boutique today. Have to say that the watches makes an interesting collection. The watches are from Tissot T Trend collection.

The watches...

There are all together 5 watches in the collection. Three on leather strap..

Two on metal bracelet.

From Tissot website...

Reference 035.428.11.031.00.

Reference 035.428.11.051.00.

Reference 035.428.16.031.00.

Reference 035.428.16.051.00.

Reference 035.428.36.051.00.

Photographs: Tissot

All the watches comes in at 39mm in diameter and 11.95mm thick. The watches are water resistant to 10 ATM and is powered by the ETA 2825-2 automatic movement. 

The models with the leather strap will retail for NTD 24,600 and the ones with the metal bracelet will retail for NTD 26,400. Cool...

For more information:

Tissot Couturier Small Second

GTG....

One of the nice things about coming back, GTG.....

The watches....

Zenith El Primero Flyback, PAM00000 and RXW MM25 Cali.

BR02-92. I like this watch. Limited production. 

The Rolex Yacht Master. 

The Yacht Master with the 42mm Explorer II Black.

Together with my Zenith. 

Tissot Visiodate. Nice watch. Lots of watch for the price. 

I am sure there will be more GTG. 

Yes, another battery change...

This time, my Tissot V8 Chronograph. This is an old watch, but I like it. 

The watch...

The case back. It has a snap back case back. 

There is no need to lubricate the gasket as it is the Teflon type. 

The movement and battery. A simple lever and the battery will pop out. Remember, no metallic tools.

 

Closer view of the movement and battery. 

The new battery. 

The new battery installed. As usual, check the watch is working before you close the case back. 

After the battery is replaced, reset your watch. The chronograph hands may 'run' i.e. not reset to zero. So your manual will come into play as to how to reset the chronograph to zero. Basically it involves pulling out your crown to the various position and pressing either to top or bottom chronograph buttons. 

Tissot T Clock

I am really out of touch with what is happening out there. Need to get out more often. :) Anyway, I was out today at Taipei 101 when I spotted this, the Tissot T Clock. Evidently the clock was released in 2012. The clock is a table clock and is powered by a manually wound movement. The movement has 11 jewels and a power reserve of 8 days. And before I forget, it runs at 18,000 kph. 

The reference for the clock is T855.942.39.050.00 and retails for about USD 2,400. To wind the clock, you will need to remove the mineral glass dome. The most interesting aspect of the clock is that the movement is arranged around the T that forms the frame of the clock. How cool is that. 

For more information:

Tissot T Clock

Here is the clock...

The balance wheel at the top of the T.

The hands, at the front of the T. 

Some official photographs:

The clock with the dome on.

Photographs: Tissot

Tissot Sea-Touch

Here is an awesome video from Tissot on how the Tissot Sea-Touch is made.

Source: Tissot

Tissot PR50 Atollo Diver

I got this watch as a gift. It was included with the Breitling Aerospace that I got recently. I was pleasantly surprise to receive it. However I know very little about the watch. It is the Tissot PR50 Atollo Quartz Diver Watch. The watch is well used and it shows. The bezel can't even rotate. So I decided to clean the watch up and perhaps use it. What I do know is that the watch comes in black, white and blue dial.

The bezel. You can see that it is pretty worn. From what I have seen, the triangle at the 12 o'clock position should be luminous. It is no longer. I stand corrected on this. In fact most of the markings are worn out.

The underside of the bezel. Lots of gunk and DNA. The bezel is held in place by the spring clip. You can just see it. Even the notches is filled with DNA. :)

The watch with the bezel removed. More love and DNA. The dial and hands are luminous or use to be. It looks like it could have had some water damage. You can just see the metal spring clip that makes the bezel uni-directional. The metal tabs, 3 off is a bit bent.

Another view of the watch. The crown is unsigned. It is of the push pull design. The watch is water resistant to 5 ATM. 

The original bracelet. Again lots of love and gunk. It is signed with the Tissot logo. The bracelet kind of remind me of old Rolex bracelet from the 50s and 60s.

This is the mystery, Swiss Pack instead of Tissot. Anyone? All the Tissot PR50 Atollo that I have seen on the Internet is signed Swiss Pack.

The bracelet with the diver extension. How cool is that. 

The clasp. The clasp is very thin but well made. It has been used and it shows. It is a bit loose.

The case back again. I am guessing the model number is J185/285K. The watch case and case back is stainless steel and the crystal is sapphire.

I removed the bracelet for cleaning. 

The case back. The case back is of the snap back design. The case back has been cleaned.

The front of the watch, now clean. you can see the groove where the clip sits. The is a hole at the 10:30 o'clock position. This is the anchor point for the metal clip.

The metal clip. You can see the three tabs that prevent the bezel from turning anti-clockwise. I will work on correcting the tabs later. Basically I just need to adjust it as it is bent outwards.

The bezel and the locking clip.

The bezel now clean. You can see that it is a bit worn. 

The metal clip in the bezel. I also lubricated the inside of the bezel with silicon grease.

The clip is position, ready to receive the bezel.

The bezel fitted and now it can rotate freely. I might send the watch out to my friendly neighbourhood watch guy to do some ultrasonic cleaning and perhaps a service. Maybe even to replace the dial and hands. We will see how it goes.

Overall a cool watch.