Initially I was afraid to purchase this watch because I was in love with the blue dial hydroconquest but I just couldn’t justify the expense. Now that I’ve had the Tissot 1000 powermatic 80 turquoise for two weeks I have absolutely no regrets. I love the watch and agree it will become popular for sure.
You absolutely hit the nail on the head with the criticisms! This is an absolute Winner, winner chicken dinner! Finally Tissot! Lots of enthusiasts hate big watches, not just people with small wrists.
@@TimeAndCrown I would happily pay Tissot whatever they want for #1 Uber good Lume #2 Am amazing modern clasp not this boring dinosaur and lots of micro adjustments. #3 A ceramic bezel #4 only two lines of lettering. Your 100% right! Three lines od lettering is way to much on a 40mm It’s all about the Lume, can you post a Lume shot please???
Thanks for your video, I brought one black blue version in Hong Kong today. Waited for two weeks. Personal comment is their black rubber strap is very comfortable.
Looks to be the best version yet. I wonder which version of the powermatic is it as one of the versions has plastic parts as I believe they use in the prx?
Look at the number of jewels. Tissot often uses the PowerMatic 80 with 23 jewels. I have an 8 year old Hamilton Khaki Automatic with a 25 jewel PowerMatic 80. In the 23 jewel version (I’m not a watchmaker…hope I get the part name correctly) jewel #1 is replaced because “plastic self lubricates “ (so sez the Swatch Group) so, a plastic balance wheel. Jewel #2 is gone because the pallet fork is also made of plastic. Stick with Sellita or NIB older ETA movements. Hope this helps, cheers!
@@simonwright6882I have two 39mm couturier Day/dates that have the 23 jewel calibre with plastic parts and the TOTL calibre with gold rotor. They both have outstanding accuracy with buttery smooth winding. The only real difference is the TOTL powermatic 80 can be adjusted by a watchmaker and the one with polymer parts can’t and the one with TOTL calibre has anti reflective coating on the underside of the sapphire. If you send the “HI TECH escapement” Watch to Tissot for service they just throw it away or tear it down down for parts and pop in a new one! People talk alllot of shit about those calibres but it’s accurate and runs beautifully!
@@TyphonLeTitan I used to have seastar 43 with ceramic bezel and i really liked it. But I had to sell it due its size because I couldn’t get comfortable with it. Numbers on the bezel were engraved which looks great in my opinion. The numbers on 40mm’s bezel becomes invisible when light hits in some certain angles. That’s why I want ceramic bezel.
Thank you for sharing your hands-on video of this piece so soon after release! Regarding the beat error. Sometimes when I get a poor reading on the Timegrapher, it’s a misread. I play with the sensitivity settings, or I turn the watch so the crown is facing the metal part of the clamp (still dial up). One of these two approaches will often show me a more accurate signal.
Excited to get my hands on this one. My collection is 9 deep and I’ve been waiting for something in this price point to fill that final spot. Going for the PVD.
I want to like this watch (and its quartz cousin, which is the same size). But something about the dial just looks off to me. I think it's that the indices are too small for the dial. The proportions look wrong. I get that Tissot probably uses smaller indices than other brands to differentiate them, but I guess I'm just really particular with dive watch styling. The texture on the dial, OTOH, is fire.
Are they restyling their entire Seastar lineup or anything? Last summer I bought the Seastar 1000 quartz chronograph in orange that thing is 45 mm. Perfectly fine on my 7 inch wrist no overhang with the lugs or anything but I didn't even know they made it in a 38.
Looks great except I despise the mineral glass bezel insert. Why couldn’t they have done the nice engraved ceramic bezel insert that the larger 43mm models get? Probably not buying one because of this glaring, cost saving, omission. They just updated the entire 43mm model a few years back giving them all a really nice engraved ceramic insert. But the 43mm is way too big.
@@markokoli7460 That’s a hard choice. They are very similar with the same movement, sapphire etc. Against the DS Action 38 mm I would pick the Tissot because of the better bracelet and more interesting dial.
40mm/12mm is perfect for under sleeves. Tough choice between the stainless and PVD. Both blue dials are awesome. Looks like a great daily driver to me. Powermatic is solid mechanical watch. I’m thinking the bezel comments are overblown, but my complaint would be i wish the bezel was lumed too.
it looks nice for the size and for the new case I have mix feelings, but with no engraved ceramic bezel and the weird blue colour, idk really if worth it!
I like the look of the watch, but I'd be a little worried about the mineral bezel. Why would anyone even do that? Why not just go with an aluminum bezel instead; if they were wanting to save money? And that clasp! 😱 I would have to swap out that bracelet just because the clasp is so godawful.
Polished center links is the dumbest idea on a diver ever. Who asked for that? Who wants to wear a diver as a dress watch? Mineral insert is another fail on tissots side. Seastar 1000 43 has a ceramic insert and costs $200 less
I lost interest when you mentioned mineral crystal insert. I’d much rather Tissot give us an aluminum or steel insert coated in black with silver numerals and markings. I further lost interest over the dated clasp. It seems the Swiss have fallen behind the Chinese and micro-brands when it comes to entry to mid-tier offerings. No innovation. No tool-free adjustable clasps. Just the same ole stale crap from 2000 to 2018.
She is cool,nice watch,but there is something who disturb me a little,i dont know what ,she loose a little personality,not looks like an iconic model...just my point of vew
agree, nice looking watch, good price and everything else but I feel it's too basic and obvious... I see no effort to make it interesting. It will sell a lot though - it ticks a a lot of boxes at a reasonable price.
I have “real” bags and a lot of them. I have a friend who buys the nkuwan we put them side by side and guess what ?! It’s unbelievable!!! I am at the Chanel boutique with her and no one can tell she has a fake
Initially I was afraid to purchase this watch because I was in love with the blue dial hydroconquest but I just couldn’t justify the expense. Now that I’ve had the Tissot 1000 powermatic 80 turquoise for two weeks I have absolutely no regrets. I love the watch and agree it will become popular for sure.
You absolutely hit the nail on the head with the criticisms!
This is an absolute Winner, winner chicken dinner! Finally Tissot! Lots of enthusiasts hate big watches, not just people with small wrists.
Thanks for watching 🙂
@@TimeAndCrown I would happily pay Tissot whatever they want for
#1 Uber good Lume
#2 Am amazing modern clasp not this boring dinosaur and lots of micro adjustments.
#3 A ceramic bezel
#4 only two lines of lettering. Your 100% right! Three lines od lettering is way to much on a 40mm
It’s all about the Lume, can you post a Lume shot please???
Lumeshot at 7:53
@@TimeAndCrownawesome! Lume probably looks better in person.
🙏🙏
@@ryanjofre Its hard to capture on video. The lume is good 👍
I have just bought one Turquoise, I saw it in a shop and was love at first sight.
Love the size. Would have loved if the indicies were a little larger and the bezel was a little wides
I think this looks great. Lots of features that I want. Appreciate the video.
Thanks for your video, I brought one black blue version in Hong Kong today. Waited for two weeks. Personal comment is their black rubber strap is very comfortable.
Looks to be the best version yet. I wonder which version of the powermatic is it as one of the versions has plastic parts as I believe they use in the prx?
Look at the number of jewels. Tissot often uses the PowerMatic 80 with 23 jewels. I have an 8 year old Hamilton Khaki Automatic with a 25 jewel PowerMatic 80. In the 23 jewel version (I’m not a watchmaker…hope I get the part name correctly) jewel #1 is replaced because “plastic self lubricates “ (so sez the Swatch Group) so, a plastic balance wheel. Jewel #2 is gone because the pallet fork is also made of plastic. Stick with Sellita or NIB older ETA movements. Hope this helps, cheers!
It’s not the 23 jewel calibre that says Hi tech escapement that’s laser regulated with plastic parts!
@@ryanjofre
Not one for the collection then.
@@simonwright6882I have two 39mm couturier Day/dates that have the 23 jewel calibre with plastic parts and the TOTL calibre with gold rotor.
They both have outstanding accuracy with buttery smooth winding.
The only real difference is the TOTL powermatic 80 can be adjusted by a watchmaker and the one with polymer parts can’t and the one with TOTL calibre has anti reflective coating on the underside of the sapphire.
If you send the “HI TECH escapement”
Watch to Tissot for service they just throw it away or tear it down down for parts and pop in a new one!
People talk alllot of shit about those calibres but it’s accurate and runs beautifully!
@@simonwright6882So your saying only want the cheaper one? Can you please elaborate fellow watch lover??🙏🙏
I wish it had ceramic bezel. I would definitely buy
I would not base my final thoughts with that but it is your choice :) Ceramic is not perfect.
@@TyphonLeTitan I used to have seastar 43 with ceramic bezel and i really liked it. But I had to sell it due its size because I couldn’t get comfortable with it. Numbers on the bezel were engraved which looks great in my opinion. The numbers on 40mm’s bezel becomes invisible when light hits in some certain angles. That’s why I want ceramic bezel.
@@yusufclgn8060 Understand :)
The bezel is ceramic.
@@fernald123 no, it is not
Thank you for sharing your hands-on video of this piece so soon after release!
Regarding the beat error. Sometimes when I get a poor reading on the Timegrapher, it’s a misread. I play with the sensitivity settings, or I turn the watch so the crown is facing the metal part of the clamp (still dial up). One of these two approaches will often show me a more accurate signal.
Thanks for watching. And great tip regarding the timegrapher. It does behave strangely at times.
Yes, adjust the volume gain (up/down). Mine does that sometimes and caused a false beat error reading.
Very nice Watch ❤ i have the old 1000 Professional and the 2000 Professional 😊
Yes, I compared the T1000 and T 2000 side by side. The T2000 46mm is really too big. So, I brought the new 40 mm 1000T today immediately.
Excited to get my hands on this one. My collection is 9 deep and I’ve been waiting for something in this price point to fill that final spot. Going for the PVD.
I wish that they made a fully blue dial with this model
Fantastic sizing…I’d like more colour choices though.
If the watch becomes a succes I’m sure Tissot will introduce more variations.
I'm buying this....
still eta c07.111 ?
I want to like this watch (and its quartz cousin, which is the same size). But something about the dial just looks off to me. I think it's that the indices are too small for the dial. The proportions look wrong. I get that Tissot probably uses smaller indices than other brands to differentiate them, but I guess I'm just really particular with dive watch styling.
The texture on the dial, OTOH, is fire.
Are they restyling their entire Seastar lineup or anything? Last summer I bought the Seastar 1000 quartz chronograph in orange that thing is 45 mm. Perfectly fine on my 7 inch wrist no overhang with the lugs or anything but I didn't even know they made it in a 38.
They don't. It's 40 Auto and Quartz or 36 Quartz.
Looks great except I despise the mineral glass bezel insert. Why couldn’t they have done the nice engraved ceramic bezel insert that the larger 43mm models get? Probably not buying one because of this glaring, cost saving, omission. They just updated the entire 43mm model a few years back giving them all a really nice engraved ceramic insert. But the 43mm is way too big.
How would you rate this watch against the Certina DS action? Which you go for?
@@markokoli7460 That’s a hard choice. They are very similar with the same movement, sapphire etc. Against the DS Action 38 mm I would pick the Tissot because of the better bracelet and more interesting dial.
@@TimeAndCrown thanks
As soon as they get rid of the polishing on the bracelet and put a decent clasp in it
Mido for the similar price has by far the best braclet and the clasp on the market.
Which mido is that?
I HIGHLY doubt that! Which model please???
but garbage lume and bezel is hard to rotate
40mm/12mm is perfect for under sleeves. Tough choice between the stainless and PVD. Both blue dials are awesome. Looks like a great daily driver to me. Powermatic is solid mechanical watch. I’m thinking the bezel comments are overblown, but my complaint would be i wish the bezel was lumed too.
I wonder if I could brush the bracelet with a scour pad????
Liked and sub’d! Short and sweet!
Looks like they did it right this time
3 measurements of the depth rating is a little much too (pick one). It does have lots of dial text going on.
Its not a huge thing for me but two lines should be enough.
I hesitate on this blue or black gold…😅
How much Jewels in movement in this model?
Its stated 23 jewels and Nivachron hairspring.
Tnx man. Thats still a no go for me for Seastar 1000, unfortunately, i really love design.....@@TimeAndCrown
5:03 bit error 3.1 ms??? 🤮
It can happen with the Powermatic 80 movements that the timegrapher makes a wrong reading. I’ve seen it before.
The Powermatic 80 movement is known for showing phantom beat error on cheap timegraphers. It's a false reading and should be ignored.
Can it be regulated
it looks nice for the size and for the new case I have mix feelings, but with no engraved ceramic bezel and the weird blue colour, idk really if worth it!
This new design is far more attractive to me however the idea of plastic parts in the movement would stop me from pulling the trigger.
Just buy a Citizen NY0085 or NY0084
No thanks.
@@TimeAndCrown you should
I like the look of the watch, but I'd be a little worried about the mineral bezel. Why would anyone even do that? Why not just go with an aluminum bezel instead; if they were wanting to save money? And that clasp! 😱 I would have to swap out that bracelet just because the clasp is so godawful.
The clasp functions well and is secure. But it looks extremely dated just like on the Hydroconquest. On the other hand the bracelet is excellent.
The movement is very noisy and it’s got a big beat error.
Piese de cauciuc. 😂
Polished center links is the dumbest idea on a diver ever. Who asked for that? Who wants to wear a diver as a dress watch?
Mineral insert is another fail on tissots side. Seastar 1000 43 has a ceramic insert and costs $200 less
I lost interest when you mentioned mineral crystal insert. I’d much rather Tissot give us an aluminum or steel insert coated in black with silver numerals and markings. I further lost interest over the dated clasp.
It seems the Swiss have fallen behind the Chinese and micro-brands when it comes to entry to mid-tier offerings. No innovation. No tool-free adjustable clasps. Just the same ole stale crap from 2000 to 2018.
The worst clasp ever on diver Tissot watches!
They are trying to be seiko so bad
i don t like, a little diver... a diver must be great !!!!
So you don’t consider the Rolex Submariner a great divewatch?
@@TimeAndCrown i spoke that this Tissot 40mm is a little diver... better the 43mm model... what does that Rolex submariner????
She is cool,nice watch,but there is something who disturb me a little,i dont know what ,she loose a little personality,not looks like an iconic model...just my point of vew
agree, nice looking watch, good price and everything else but I feel it's too basic and obvious... I see no effort to make it interesting. It will sell a lot though - it ticks a a lot of boxes at a reasonable price.
I have “real” bags and a lot of them. I have a friend who buys the nkuwan we put them side by side and guess what ?! It’s unbelievable!!! I am at the Chanel boutique with her and no one can tell she has a fake