I rated this with five stars because after looking for years, this is as perfect as I am going to find.As a tall, professional woman, I really didn't want dainty, girly watch and was considering starting to look at men's watches.This one has a large enough face without looking masculine and still looking quite professional with a suit. I gave my expensive Baume & Mercier watch away in favor of wearing this Tissot watch.
Pros:
- Sapphire crystal: don't accept anything else; "mineral" crystals scratch way too easily
- Titanium case and band: makes the watch very light in spite of size and very durable
- Analog and digital display: provides the best of both worlds.The digital display is very subtle, sort of gold colored numbers.The two windows for the digital display are particulary subtle on this dark faced version of the watch (I don't think I would like it as much on the lighter faced models).I can display the day and date and I don't have to remember to reset it at the end of every month; best of all, I can actually *see* it.I can keep a second time zone, and I can have the current time zone in a 24 hour clock.I can also use it as a stopwatch, chronograph, alarm, but I don't really need those functions.Mostly, I always wanted to see the day and date, but it was always too hard to remember to reset every month and too hard to actually see on most watches.The second time zone and the auto-synchronizing current time in 12 or 24 hour clock were an unexpectedly useful bonus.
- Watch face is beautiful and has a very high-quality look to it
What would make it perfect:
- True luminescent dial and hands, like a Luminox watch
- Hidden clasp - The clasp it has is quite large and bulky looking
Cautions:
This watch is not for petite women. It is difficult to size this watch. I may be tall, but it doesn't mean I have huge wrists.I took it to one of those watch kiosks in the mall and after working and working, the woman was able to get one link out and was afraid to try for more.There are pins in the clasp to size the watch and I moved down those down two holes in the clasp and it still fits a bit looser than I would like.I suppose I need to take it to a real jeweler to see if they can get another link out.Even at that, I do not think it could ever be sized small enough for a very petite woman.
Product DescriptionTitanium case and bracelet. Black dial with analog and digital displays. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Quartz movement. Water resistant at 100 meters (330 feet). Alternate model number T65718861. Tissot Titanium Analog/Digital Multifunction Black Ladies Watch T65.7.188.61
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Tissot Women's Titanium Chronograph Watch #T65.7.188.61
Just picked it up as my first online purchase and must admit it was worth the effort. The watch came in elegantly packed and as described on the amazon. I incidentally had the male version of the watch a few years ago and liked this one just as much. Amazon has some of the best budget luzury watches and i think this is definitely one of the best deals.
