Tissot PRX 40mm Automatic
A Corpsman with the Marines. This was during a deployment to Panama, in force on force training. "This was one of my first luxury style watches and I wear it daily." On the wrist, a Tissot PRX 40mm Automatic. What was your first real watch purchase, and do you still wear it? If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Tissot PRX 40mm Automatic
The PRX first appeared in 1978, and the name is a spec sheet: P for precise, R for robust, and X, the Roman numeral ten, for ten atmospheres, or 100 meters of water resistance. Tissot brought the design back in 2021, first as a quartz watch, and the automatic reached retailers that June.
The automatic is 40mm across and 10.93mm thick, with the integrated steel bracelet that defines the look, a sapphire crystal, a display caseback, and the 100 meters the name promises. Inside is Tissot's Powermatic 80, an automatic derived from the ETA 2824-2 that slows the beat to 21,600 vibrations per hour to stretch the power reserve to 80 hours, with a Nivachron hairspring for magnetic resistance.