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@@KRE8TVT Max is getting soft now and isnt the "Watch Expert" that he thinks he is....

What makes me disappointed is the lack of screw down crown and the case back is a snap on. That is not convincing for swimming at all

I asked Tissot re concerns ( 5:11 ) about servicing "This watch, as all of our watches, can be serviced or adjusted (it is even recommended every 3-5 years). According to our policies, we warranty the availabitliy of the components for 10 years after the end of production. Please also be aware that the watch has to be serviced by an authorized service center in order to be according to our quality standards. Please don't hesitate if you have any other questions. Have a nice day, Tissot team "

The whole "screw down" argument is marketing BS. The key is you don't "operate" the watch while in the water. A screw down crown does not "seal" anything. It serves to prevent accidental pulling of the crown out, not to assist in water resistance. Take any basic plumbing fitting and try to screw it together without an o-ring or gasket, and you'll quickly find out how much leak resistance threads provide. 1. 100m of Water resistance is only 10 atmospheres, or 150lbs/square inch. Not a lot of pressure, to be sure. 2. A properly designed seal leverages the outside pressure to create a better seal. As pressure increases, the seal becomes better. In fact in many screw down crowns, the threads are intentionally loose to provide ease of operation and to allow water pressure to leak past the threads so that water pressure helps provide sealing pressure. I have no qualms taking my PRX to poolside or taking a shower with it. I just don't pull out the crown while the watch is in the water.

Thanks for the additional information!

Where is your service center located?

@@WasabiGear NJ

Thanks! I went to the swatch service center recently and they offer amazing customer service

Er “it’s not just a throwaway movement” but “we exchange the movement” 🤔. Doesn’t sound “highly serviceable” to me. Sound like it’s not worth servicing, just replacing in its entirety.

@@nbcuni What a dumb thing to say. Max is one of the most objective people there is in the watch world.

@@nbcuni your wrist must be at least 7 inches to wear this watch.

That’s a wonderful comment. Most people in the world can not afford this watch. It’s rather special.

Bruh I’m from Lanka too where’d you get it ?

@@nbcuni lol love it

It has plastic parts that it is not serviceable and any $50 casio will last more than this automatic watsh, so how can it be the best??? Just because you paid %700 for plastic parts watch it is still the best, well my friend sorry to disappoint you but it is a shitty watch and every watchmaker will tell that to you...

@@Logonnect It's an affordable watch, you wear it for like 10 years then if the maintenance cost is too high you get a different watch. Still great for what it offers. It's not meant to be a forever watch like a luxury Rolex or Grand Seiko lol

@@Logonnectmy friend, sorry to disappoint you but you don’t know what you are talking about and you know nothing about watches.

I find it hard to believe that you would wear a PRX over a royal oak. I also have both. Prx is the best value watch but its not that great.

@@Mysteryboy0007 i wear it more than my royal oak. I am not saying it's better, of course not. But for a commoner like me, i only wear the royal oak to nicer places or occasions. I cant afford to get jumped, haha

It looks nice, but it has plastic parts that it is not serviceable and any $50 casio will last more than this automatic watch...

@@Logonnect we will see how it stands the test of time but it’s just my beater watch. My nicer watches are a 16233 Rolex date just with the white pyramid dial and a Longines Legend Diver watch (bronze).

I can confirm that, if you give the watch to Tissot/Swatch they just throw a new movement in there. They are not worth the time for a service.

Get the Quartz instead, thinner more accurate watch.

​@@blackout8845 Tudor does the same, yet nobody seems to mind that

@@LogicKidroy not accurate at hitting the markers at least

​@@Domowoi2 Tudor will service your watch. Tissot won't service your powermatic 80.

It's now a month later, and I am looking at treating myself to my first automatic watch after completing my bachelors degree (mind you this will be in February so there is some time still, but I like being informed xD). Would you still recommend the watch or have you spotted other options that are a good shout at this price range?

Agreed, I really love my green dial Baby Alpinist. I could build a three watch collection with it if forced to.

What are the flaws with it?

@@MrTaib-kj4ib Just meaning that it's not perfect, but some things I can say are: It has a lot of polished surfaces and doesn't seem to have much hardening treatment, which maked it a scratch magnet. Being a kind of field watch I think it would be better with more brushing. It could have a bit more lume. Only has little dots. Being of the prospex line, and not having a particulary pretty movement, i wouldn't have given it a show caseback, and made it a bit thinner in the proces. I''ve read that the movement isn"t as relyable as other ones by seiko. The unsigned crown isn't a flaw, but having a signed ctown would have been nice at it's price point.

Yep, that’s all that I picked up from here. Even watches that cost as much as a house still have flaw. It’s the way he structured his video strikes me as I’m not like other guys type of things. He pointed out the flaws, but they are nothing big as he made it out to be

That's your opinion. And that's his opinion. I did not like 40mm PRX, did not wow me at all. But I bought 35mm PRX auto for my mom, she likes it. 35mm looks better than 40.

What’s not believable? Plenty of people don’t like the PRX. And he mentions a great

Bro please tell me whether Prx powermatic is serviceable or not , it’s going to be my first ever expensive watch but this video got me into dilemma to buy or not

​@@vardhankamat4225Ask Tissot themselves. They should be able to service it.

Because it's not a throwaway movement and yes you could adjust the timing too.

It's a throwaway movement. Fact.

@@thegorn unless you're speaking in behalf of the ETA manufacturer or have a knowledge as you work there, it is not a fact. They exchanged the movement in the service center so that the customer received back their watch much more quicker, and then we repackage the movement, ship 'em old customer movements out to Swiss to service to dismantle, wash, relubricate, fixing the parts that needed, broken parts would be collected and remade to become new parts, regulated and tested again, went to QC then repackage it then sent to the service center around the world to use again as an exchange movement.

@@watchnerds Thanks for the insider knowledge. Despite knowing this as my Hamilton Pilot Pioneer 36mm uses the similar movement, I still love this watch as it is.

@@sergelim1990 Hamilton if I recall didn't use this composite escapement, as it was tech that was made by Tissot in the 80s with their "idea2001" watch with most of the component are made to have a friction and lubrication free, but I don't think they share the movement to another brand, except if it has less jewel than the other similar movement, 23rubies vs 25 rubies, which compensate the two rubies in the pallet fork

I love the overall proportions but unfortunately the dial is way too small for my tastes.

I got the 35mm quartz version for the same reason. It is easy to wear, and is more in line with the sizes of the watches that this design is based on. Also, this is an entry-level watch after all, and you are able to pick these up at a discount. Oddly enough, it's one of the few watches I get complimented on.

​@@watching_nyc no one can be criticized for personal tastes (there are limits, though, which are somewhere short of the Invicta gladiator Chrono.😊)

I love that one - my wrist is about 7.25in, and I was looking at the 35mm I’ve blue or mint. I think the smaller one would be very comfortable, and has much better value for money - I have enough auto’s

I love my gold-tone 35mm PRX! I don’t love quartz, but my wife prefers it and this is the rare watch we both really like to wear. I’d prefer an eta auto, but not the Powermatic 80.

What is the price to service powermatic 80 at factory?

I was having that trouble with getting the correct adjustment on the strap. I found that half a link would be either too loose or too tight. I found that removing both half links and replacing them with one full link got a great fit. Hope this helps.

Are you saying 40mm fits perfect on your wrist?

If you do want a 35mm watch, take a look at some of the HMT watches from India. Search for the mechanical ones, and the value for money is sure to make many people happy!

Nop! The hands never align with the markers, it uses a very low quality movement, and the battery only last 2 years, and the back cover is push-in and push out like a 30-dollar watch, shameful!

For my wife would be great, not for me.

@@ogarzabello Maybe the back cover is easier to take off so that people can replace the battery that lasts two years that you were complaining about.

I got the 40 Quartz as I have a larger wrist. I agree the Quartz is the way to go, love mine.

35mm PM80 with waffle dial is coming. So far in white, black, blue or green variant

@@watchnerds where did u get that info from

Pallet fork with the escape wheel made out of the composite, it virtually create less friction and less impact as the 80h barrel carries a lot more torque than the other movement around the same range in the market.

Composite on watches has been existing for quite a while, in fact, date mech on japanese watches and also used on Omega 1xxx movements, lemania 5100s which some wheel and bridges and 1861's chronograph wheel brake, valjoux 7750s hour counter brake too, and also Tissot Idea2001. I think "the controversial" usage of composite element in the escapement pretty much even now in Tissot watches was also due to their research on that Idea2001 watch too, which have less friction during the runs of it, and it's also part of their heritage too, though Swatch also used the Tissot tech in the watch they produce. And it seem at some points there's just a stigma about any formulation of "plastic product" as cheap, while the process that produce that escapement is actually quite a technical achievement in and of itself. And also I haven't seen yet C01/C07 composite escapement melted by far inside a movement due to impact which happens during the locking phase of the escapement. There's nothing I could say about this as it's still a pretty new like from 2008. Though, from what I see from the Tissot Idea 2001, the escapement was "self lubricating" too, and due to less friction I guess there is less heat that was being generated by the impact of the working escapement, though there is the wear and tear factor that could happens with this escapement, I might have to mention too that the normal steel grinding against ruby for quite a long time could also produce the wear and tear of the ruby itself starting with scratches then the steel and the ruby was eating themselves out, just like sapphire crystal of a watch that has been worn for quite a bit without care, it could led to scratches too. Conclusion, material wise, it'll just behave like the usual escapement, have to be maintained too, though I might add it should be handled carefully as you don't want to deform the escapement at all, which would mess with the geometry it was produced as accurately as possible, causing bad performance if used.

The way a wave of light comes across each link of the the bracelet is amazing. I catch myself fascinated by it so the time.

@@BrianDPrice1 get your money game up boyyyyyy

So... I don't know why everyone freaking out about this because since history... Any big watch manufacturers do regulate the balance weight by removing the material on its rim thus making it "balance" with laser, thus laser regulating. It has to do with the regulating organ poising, not fine adjustment, so it could have better isochronism. But fine adjustment in this movement can be done by adjusting the inertia of the balance, rotating an eccentric screw in the balance spokes like gyromax in AP or Patek, instead the active length of the hairspring. And also, you might need to increase the sensitivity of your timegrapher microphone as the escapement has less friction and also self lubricating, it won't make a loud tick tack sound that would be detected by the timegrapher, even our timegrapher is put inside a container that insulate sounds to get more accurate reading.

But they removed the waffle dial and added gold, definitely not what most people wanted

@@ItsPitterPatter They released the men's versions, which look identical to the 40 mm ones.

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@@flaviusjurj6960 which country? can you post the link? thanks

@@flaviusjurj6960 interesting. When is Tissot going to announce this?

Composite (the so called "plastic) on watches has been existing for quite a in fact, date mech on japanese watches and also used on Omega 1xxx movements, lemania 5100s which some wheel and bridges and 1861's chronograph wheel brake, valjoux 7750s hour counter brake too, and also Tissot Idea2001. I think "the controversial" usage of composite element in the escapement pretty much even now in Tissot watches was also due to their research on that Idea2001 watch too, which have less friction during the runs of it, and it's also part of their heritage too, though Swatch also used the Tissot tech in the watch they produce. And it seem at some points there's just a stigma about any formulation of "plastic product" as cheap, while the process that produce that escapement is actually quite a technical achievement in and of itself. And also I haven't seen yet C01/C07 composite escapement melted by far inside a movement due to impact which happens during the locking phase of the escapement. There's nothing I could say about this as it's still a pretty new like from 2008. Though, from what I see from the Tissot Idea 2001, the escapement was "self lubricating" too, and due to less friction I guess there is less heat that was being generated by the impact of the working escapement, though there is the wear and tear factor that could happens with this escapement, I might have to mention too that the normal steel grinding against ruby for quite a long time could also produce the wear and tear of the ruby itself starting with scratches then the steel and the ruby was eating themselves out, just like sapphire crystal of a watch that has been worn for quite a bit without care, it could led to scratches too. Conclusion, material wise, it'll just behave like the usual escapement, have to be maintained too, though I might add it should be handled carefully as you don't want to deform the escapement at all, which would mess with the geometry it was produced as accurately as possible, causing bad performance if used.

Lookwise the Batavi seems to solve all the issues I have with the PRX. Thank you so much. This is more or less exactly what I was looking for!

Just take note that the actual lug to lug is still at 50+mm due to the bracelet

@@ItsPitterPatter Yeah, I saw when I looked up reviews. Not ideal for my rather slim wrist. Unfortunate because I really really like the dial.

My Gentleman yielded 82 hours in my own test fully wound and the PRX 86 hours. So both did quite a bit more than advertised. Plus both movements are fully serviceable - info in video is unfortunately inaccurate.

I think only in Tissot... Though composite on watches has been existing for quite a while, in fact, date mech on japanese watches and also used on Omega 1xxx movements, lemania 5100s which some wheel and bridges and 1861's chronograph wheel brake, valjoux 7750s hour counter brake too, and also Tissot Idea2001. I think "the controversial" usage of composite element in the escapement pretty much even now in Tissot watches was also due to their research on that Idea2001 watch too, which have less friction during the runs of it, and it's also part of their heritage too, though Swatch also used the Tissot tech in the watch they produce. And it seem at some points there's just a stigma about any formulation of "plastic product" as cheap, while the process that produce that escapement is actually quite a technical achievement in and of itself. And also I haven't seen yet C01/C07 composite escapement melted by far inside a movement due to impact which happens during the locking phase of the escapement. There's nothing I could say about this as it's still a pretty new like from 2008. Though, from what I see from the Tissot Idea 2001, the escapement was "self lubricating" too, and due to less friction I guess there is less heat that was being generated by the impact of the working escapement, though there is the wear and tear factor that could happens with this escapement, I might have to mention too that the normal steel grinding against ruby for quite a long time could also produce the wear and tear of the ruby itself starting with scratches then the steel and the ruby was eating themselves out, just like sapphire crystal of a watch that has been worn for quite a bit without care, it could led to scratches too. Conclusion, material wise, it'll just behave like the usual escapement, have to be maintained too, though I might add it should be handled carefully as you don't want to deform the escapement at all, which would mess with the geometry it was produced as accurately as possible, causing bad performance if used.

Thanks James. Didn't make it to W&W, maybe next year

It's very serviceable, and whoever couldn't service this movement, they shouldn't done so in begin with. And composite on watches has been existing for quite a while, in fact, date mech on japanese watches and also used on Omega 1xxx movements, lemania 5100s which some wheel and bridges and 1861's chronograph wheel brake, valjoux 7750s hour counter brake too, and also Tissot Idea2001. I think "the controversial" usage of composite element in the escapement pretty much even now in Tissot watches was also due to their research on that Idea2001 watch too, which have less friction during the runs of it, and it's also part of their heritage too, though Swatch also used the Tissot tech in the watch they produce. And it seem at some points there's just a stigma about any formulation of "plastic product" as cheap, while the process that produce that escapement is actually quite a technical achievement in and of itself. And also I haven't seen yet C01/C07 composite escapement melted by far inside a movement due to impact which happens during the locking phase of the escapement. There's nothing I could say about this as it's still a pretty new like from 2008. Though, from what I see from the Tissot Idea 2001, the escapement was "self lubricating" too, and due to less friction I guess there is less heat that was being generated by the impact of the working escapement, though there is the wear and tear factor that could happens with this escapement, I might have to mention too that the normal steel grinding against ruby for quite a long time could also produce the wear and tear of the ruby itself starting with scratches then the steel and the ruby was eating themselves out, just like sapphire crystal of a watch that has been worn for quite a bit without care, it could led to scratches too. Conclusion, material wise, it'll just behave like the usual escapement, have to be maintained too, though I might add it should be handled carefully as you don't want to deform the escapement at all, which would mess with the geometry it was produced as accurately as possible, causing bad performance if used.

If you've got 7.25" wrists you're probably gonna be fine in the ghetto.

Well... Composite on watches has been existing for quite a while, in fact, date mech on japanese watches and also used on Omega 1xxx movements, lemania 5100s which some wheel and bridges and 1861's chronograph wheel brake, valjoux 7750s hour counter brake too, and also Tissot Idea2001. I think "the controversial" usage of composite element in the escapement pretty much even now in Tissot watches was also due to their research on that Idea2001 watch too, which have less friction during the runs of it, and it's also part of their heritage too, though Swatch also used the Tissot tech in the watch they produce. And it seem at some points there's just a stigma about any formulation of "plastic product" as cheap, while the process that produce that escapement is actually quite a technical achievement in and of itself. And also I haven't seen yet C01/C07 composite escapement melted by far inside a movement due to impact which happens during the locking phase of the escapement. There's nothing I could say about this as it's still a pretty new like from 2008. Though, from what I see from the Tissot Idea 2001, the escapement was "self lubricating" too, and due to less friction I guess there is less heat that was being generated by the impact of the working escapement, though there is the wear and tear factor that could happens with this escapement, I might have to mention too that the normal steel grinding against ruby for quite a long time could also produce the wear and tear of the ruby itself starting with scratches then the steel and the ruby was eating themselves out, just like sapphire crystal of a watch that has been worn for quite a bit without care, it could led to scratches too. Conclusion, material wise, it'll just behave like the usual escapement, have to be maintained too, though I might add it should be handled carefully as you don't want to deform the escapement at all, which would mess with the geometry it was produced as accurately as possible, causing bad performance if used. So it shouldn't become a reason to worry about that.

@@watchnerds tnx for your reply 🙂