Earlier this week, Tissot held a preview in New York for a few of its 2019 novelties. As part of the Swatch Group, Tissot will not be exhibiting at Baselworld this year, meaning that its releases will be spread out across 2019 rather than announced all at once. As the Swatch Group’s most accessibly priced brand, Tissot combines its mass-market savvy with a number of releases targeted at enthusiasts each calendar year. While there are a number of intriguing introductions coming for Tissot in 2019 (some we can’t share quite yet), one that caught our eye immediately was the two-tone Tissot Gentleman Automatic collection, an entirely new lineup that should be able to effectively cross the barrier between commercial viability and enthusiast approval. The Tissot Gentleman Automatic with a cream opaline dial.
The Tissot Gentleman Automatic is comprised of four new dress watches that are made of stainless steel with a solid 18 kt pink-gold bezel. That’s right, the bezel uses bona fide gold rather than being plated for appearance’s sake. Each watch is nicely sized at 40 mm by 10.64 mm, meaning that the watch can comfortably fit underneath a dress shirt and blazer. The lugs are extended slightly and curve downwards to nicely contour to the wrist.
The curved lugs help the watch contour nicely to the wrist.
The dials are the differentiator between the four watches with options in black, cream opaline, chocolate, and silver. In my opinion, the cream opaline ite...