***Correction*** Hey guys the lug to lug is *49.6mm* I had a brainfart and didn't realize that they were referring to just the round case measurements which of course would be the same length & width-wise @ 43mm. They don't give a lug to lug so I measured it myself @ *49.6mm* The dial and bezel on this Seastar are gorgeous! Great specs and decently priced for a legit Swiss watch!
I gotta tell you, I have not been very impressed with a lot of the new divers that have come out lately. The one that has impressed me most brand wise, has been Phoibos. But this is a pretty sweet watch! I absolutely loved the bezel edge and the blue on the bezel and dial is gorgeous. The stamped clasp doesn’t bother me at all! The price is a little high, but only because I’m poor! I’m sure it’s worth every penny! Highly impressed! Thanks for the review.
Stunning watch! Love the colors and form of this watch. I've got a '72 Tissot T-12 Navigator Seastar World Time in the collection and love it. Thanks for sharing!
The watch box is heavy because there are two books in it. One is about tissot history the other one contains all the tissot watch collection. If you remove them the box won't be that heavy. Great video!
That’s a gorgeous watch! I’ve owned a Tissot for many years and they are good quality timepieces... A watchgasm... hahaha! Had to click subscribe after that!
Really enjoy your reviews. You have a easy listening voice. You could be on the radio. Could you do a segment about why the second hand on some quartz watches don’t hit exactly on.
Appart from the clasp which is kinda cheap, the metal bracelet is really well done, solid, no polish mistakes. But yeah it is highly polished, so it's shiny.
Just got the black dial version..Stunning watch for the money.. Its not a divers watch. no ISO certificates with this watch.. Amazing for the price and I am getting 0.5 a day which is incredible for the money
The deal-breaker for this watch is the lack of regulation. Sure, it's regulated at the factory, but neither I nor my jeweler has the tools to regulate it when it loses accuracy. Minor gripes were the small index markers, the price, and the lack of lume on the bezel. Anyway, I love the color and the 80 hour power reserve.
The indices are fine. Any larger, too similar to so many other watches. I do agree about the cheap clasp. For me, deal breaker. As for being highly polished, let's face it the majority of people who buy dive watches don't dive))))
I picked up the version with the blue -- black gradient dial a few weeks ago.. Really cool watch but the markings on the bezel were all but impossible to read unless you put the watch in a certain angle. It was really annoying so I ended up returning it. I was really surprised something like that would make it to the production version. I would think it being a tool watch that readability would be a major priority. I was pretty bummed out.
Received mine (all blue with metal bracelet), accuracy is terrific, after the first 24 hours wearing it I'm still within a second my reference smartwatch.....who needs COSC lol. Only thing I can say, it's a very "dressy" diver. Only wearing it one day at the office and already 5-6 dudes asked me watch is the watch because it's gorgeous. First time one of my diver's provoked so many reactions..... Bought it two weeks ago from Jomashop (best price I've found), was lucky enough to avoid the customs fees...... One thing : the lume isn't very strong......but it lasts LONG. I'll test it in diving conditions when the summer comes........never felt like diving in winter (unlike some of my friends).
You'd think that but there's a Steinhart Ocean One 500 Titanium with a display sapphire back that is WR up to 500 meters as the name suggests. Same price point as this, Swiss movement, better in my opinion. But yea, display back does not equal poor WR.
This watch is amazing with accurate time keeping and 80 hours power reserve. However; the bracelet needs to be more professional with 20 millimeters width having double clasp, machined and solid brushed links. The bezel numbers need to be readable, as they are very shiny. The index marks need to be a little bigger and the hour arm to be a little longer. Tissot needs better lume for this advanced dive watch. Otherwise, all the other technical specifications are spectacular. Many Thanks for the comprehensive review and Best Regards.
This is nice. The clasp could definitely be better. Have you seen the Certina DSAction Diver? It’s another Swatch Groups watch with this Powermatic 80 Movement. It’s also an ISO certified diver and has a milled clasp with ratcheting extension.
missed your channel, trying to make a three watch collection for 1,000 or a little more and a three watch collection for 3,000 ++ first collection tissot and other good but low cost swiss made (yes I want to see automatics from tissot) 2nd collection 3 swiss watches for about 1,000 each. I think its possible as tissot has a few, three hundred dollar automatics, and I have a nice list of swiss brands with watches for about 1,000 each, anyway hope to see more reviews
I have a pcr200 but I love this model... And they got it in black.. am I gonna buy a second Tissot hmmmph Also what did you use to charge the lume there ?
6:03, yeah but this Tissot watch has some misalignment/skewed too. Look at the text SWISS MADE in the bottom. They should have really put that centered somewhere else, it just look odd, that the text SWISS goes more left, than the MADE goes right.
Watching your video, I'm not quite sure, but I think the looks and the design of my new Seiko turtle "save the ocean" is a better piece ,although the Tissot win over with the sapphire crystal on it.
Seems like 80-hour power reserve is the new standard, making those 38 or 42-hour power reserve in those ETA, Sellita and even more high end brands' and in-house movements outdated and unacceptable, especially this is available in a non-luxury timepiece. Even Ball is producing their in-house movements with 80-hour power reserve.
@@surfitli Yes, you are right. Good thing Ball's manufacture calibre still offers 80-hour power reserve at 28,800 bph. Their prices are pretty decent, very comparable to those ETA movements in affordable swiss watches.
I was looking into this watch. Correct me if I'm wrong, but to get the power reserve at 80 they slowed the beats per second. If that's the case it's not as a smooth sweeping hand which is what I like. Wondering what's the difference between this watch and a seiko regarding the second hand movement?
als 1 great observation and great question as well. Personally I’d rather have a Seiko like the Sumo I own with a 6R15 movement and even better the new 2019 Sumo with the 6R35 movement and 70 hours power reserve. The Sumo I own has 50 hours power reserve and I’m fine with that .
Yes the Powermatic 80 aside from other things has a high-tech escapement that tends to be more accurate and they slowed the beat rate 21,600 just like most SEIKOS but as far as quality it still is Swiss Movement keeps great time very thin and very very accurate and dependable I have two Powermatic 80 watches and they both keep within 3 seconds a day.. just a side note I really do like movements with a smoother sweet but fertile watches there's so many advantages to the slower beat rate hope this help I know it's long-winded
Hey Maverick, I was considering one of these, would you suggest the Seastar or a Seiko SUN065 Padi? I'm torn between the two? Great video as always! Thanks.
What epidemic sounds song is that on the video? Nice watch, I was looking for new diver sub 1000€ and final two were this and certina. Went with certina 60th anniversary
I have to agree with you. What lets this otherwise gorgeous watch down is that shitty pressed steel clasp!! I'm actually dissapointed that a company like Tissot has done this rather than putting a nice machined clasp on it. It would be a winner otherwise!
One of the reasons I don’t wear a highly polished watch in the ocean is the watch will shine like a fishes scales underwater inviting apex predators and I don’t need to be on shark week!
Haha I hear you man but I'm a commercial scuba diver and I've never had a problem with that and I've seen plenty of sharks. I wouldn't worry about that one bit.
This could have been such a great watch but Tissot made so many design mistakes. First they have these big fat hour and minute hands and then put super tiny hour markers. They’re so small they look comical. The hour markers should be double the size. Why is the lumed lollipop on the second hand so small? It’s so small it doesn’t function. The lume is pretty weak overall. The hands are decent (not remotely Seiko Lumibrite level but adequate), but the dial hour markers are faint and fade very quickly. The bracelet clasp is cheap stamped metal that looks worse than a Seiko clasp. The amount of polished surfaces is a strange desiccation. The ceramic bezel is too reflective making it near impossible to read the bezel markings in most lighting. The best version of this new Seaster to get is the one with the black bezel and gradient blue dial (like an Oris Aquis) that comes on a rubber strap. The Certina DS Action Powermatic 80 is a much nicer dive watch with full ISO6425 certification and a quality bracelet with a ratcheting dive extension for only slightly more than the cost of a Seastar.
Damn I couldn't have said it better, bravo sir, though I'd take the seastar with black bezel and gradient blue dial with rubber strap over a similarly priced Seiko dive watch any day. You'd be getting Swiss made quality and on the dial with 80 hours power reserve even though it beats at three Hertz any Seiko for that price would as well. Again,I applaud you sir, you saved me from having to write it. Lol
I've handled one of these, and man..the bracelet sucks! Sharp edges, pressed clasp, flimsy and cheap feeling... i'm not kidding, in a 100$ seiko you will have a better bracelet in my mind... also the finishing between polished and brushed surfaces were wavey.. the movement is awesome, but that's about it... just my opinion... Great video nevertheless 👍
Unfortunately no and that display caseback is a huge setback to use it as a real diver, the crystal can pop out or explode even at 60m, an ISO certifed swiss budget diver would be the certina ds action diver, here it is: www.jomashop.com/certina-watch-c032-407-11-041-00.html, it has the same movement and i think it is a milimeter smaller than the tissot and it has a solid steel caseback
@@guiyerod444 it could have the certification if they wrote 200m wr on the dial. Even the Rolex submariner doesnt have the certification and it was largely used by professional divers (those from Comex for example). The omega Seamaster isn't ISO certified either. Omega and Tissot are from the sale group (Swatch), like all Swiss luxury brands they don't want to be bossed around by ISO while they have been in the manufacturing of dive watches for ages, long before ISO.
@@guiyerod444 even the current Seamaster has a display of the movement.....it's really nothing wrong for diving. Swiss historical brands don't do ISO. The Rolex submariner is not ISO, neither the Seamaster.
Had the watch and sold it. The lume is meh, the bracelet is light and feels really cheap, the bezel aktion is light, has back play, feels also cheap... Like the look of the dial and the powermatic 80. The watch is a bling diver for a OK price for Swiss Made.
I have the classic tissot, upon closer look one of their needles don't align with the digits. A let down for a claimed luxury watch maker. Yes its original and came with the box and a warranty and also from an authorised seller. Yet I am intrigued by their T-Touch watches. *sigh*
I am too a big TISSOT fan and am sorry to hear that about your watch. I have heard that some fakes can make there way into the authorised dealer world . If I was you I would take it back and compare them with the same model and if still the same then TISSOT really need to sort this out 👍
