As we all know, the goal of Tissot Gentleman watch is providing a conservative daily timepiece which doesn’t shout “entry-level” to the world. The cost effectively use of the Powermatic 80 movement has been one of the benefits of being under the massive Swatch Group umbrella.  
While it came off as simply a vehicle for showing off the then-new silicon balance spring, which has made Tissot Ballade from 2017 less than $1,000, also a little forgettable thing for me. Now the Tissot Gentleman sports the Powermatic 80 movement and uses its resources to make a really compelling sales pitch: a solid 18k-gold bezel in a competitive price which is almost connected with gold-plating commonly.
First of all, if it weren’t for the fact that the finishes and quality are truly quiet impressive when seen in the metal, the design of the Tissot Gentleman would be milquetoast. I am very confident to say that it looks and feels like a piece that’s probably a little bit more than a full tier above this price category. Thus, the above-competent finishing of this watch works excellently. That at least to said, the decision to have “Powermatic 80 Silicium” in large font at 6 o’clock is perplexing (especially the addition of “silicium”). This information could be left on the caseback easily. It’s the name of the replica watch, itself, doesn’t show up anywhere on the timepiece that is interested me also I’m very grateful.
I’m agnostic about the crosshair while looking at the dial. What I’m not agnostic about are the beveled and satin-finished pink-gold applied hour markers, pink-gold faceted dauphine hands, and date-window frame. A watch like this can be easily fell into the illegibility-and-glare trap, but Tissot avoided these pitfalls skillfully. The hour markers and hands are also done well in lume.
There are four available dial colors, black, cream opaline, chocolate, and silver which are all with the same pink-gold bezel. I noticed some people were classified into the cream opaline model, but personally I prefer chocolate. (Actually, I was so not-smitten that I seem to have forgotten to photograph it. ) The chocolate, black, and cream opaline come on matching leather straps, while the silver dial comes on a steel bracelet. In my opinion the consensus here leans toward the strap.
It’s undoubted that Tissot needs to attract Western customers, but can’t alienate the Asian markets that are basically keeping the industry afloat. With the 40mm-wide and 10. 64mm-thick case (with a 50M water resistance), Tissot makes such an ideal size to accomplish this goal. The best replica watches wears on the wrist perfectly, while I’m sure plenty of people will clamor for a smaller version, this 40mm case checks all the boxes for an inaugural model. Also, good luck getting away with an additional smaller 38mm version and not having it be called the “Gentleboy. ”
Among the movement used by the Swatch group in a lot of their more affordable timepieces, the Powermatic 80 is an extremely competent one. It uses a silicon balance spring and offers an 80-hour power reserve. Movement accuracy or their high expectations of movement finishing are not the basic standard of making decision for most casual consumers coming in at this price-point. Instead of, what really appeal to most customers is power reserve, reliability, and longer periods of time between servicing are practical developments.