![]() This Tissot’s 39mm case, 100meter water resistance, and silver sunburst dial checked those boxes. It needed to be a jack of all trades, meaning that it needed both the specs and the design to make that happen all while looking the part on a 7inch wrist. Tissot and chronometer certified, check and check. It had to be Swiss, and it had to impress at its price point. This Tissot PR100 did just that, and that could be the end of the story, but I’d prefer to bring you along through the journey a bit. The long of the short of it is that I was looking for a watch that could be all those things mentioned in the previous paragraph, ticking the boxes not only in specs and design but also providing a great value for money and hopefully when all was said and done there would be enough of an x-factor to make the purchase a no brainer. While my memory is a bit hazy on this point, I believe that it was this type of search that ultimately lead me to this Tissot, but that’s a story for another day. And that’s exactly what this Tissot PR100 automatic chronometer has been for me.īy this point most if not all of us are familiar with the luxury watch alternative videos or lists on such and such a forum or blog. ![]() A guy like me needs at least one watch that fits his lifestyle that meets him wherever he’s at, a jack of all trades, a strap monster, always ready if the opportunity presents, a ride or die. I’ve been a chef, a whitewater guide, a teacher, a pastor, and an auto technician among other things. I’m comfortable in the city, at home in the country and at peace in nature. My story is one that has me feeling just as comfortable in boots and flannel as I do in wing tips and a suit. What I mean is, that we suit each other in a manner of speaking. And, yet it is mine, part of my story, but maybe it has become more than that, maybe in some ways it has become like an extension of myself. This simple three handed Tissot is both understated and in some ways unremarkable. ![]() Returning to the watch in question, the watch on my wrist. And in that vein I choose to tackle this watch review. Even the most stat inclined mind has senses and a soul. It’s that spark that draws us all to watches in the first place. The point I allude to is that there is something missing. The average watch review is likely written at a desk behind a keyboard, the watch of the hour may or may not be present, it may or may not be owned by the author, and in place of stories and anecdotes a long list of specs is ready and waiting. I’d imagine this is not where or how most watch reviews start. The sun now dipped bellow the horizon opens the door for the trees’ long silhouettes to greet me on the glassy water as the first star emerges I lift my wrist tilting it back and forth with little need for the time, I suppose I simply want to enjoy this moment to its fullest. My wool sweater and field jacket keep me warm I smile and am truly thankful for this simple moment. I sit writing in my leather bound journal scribbling these words with a gifted pen from a dear friend. The indices of my watch glint with the setting sun’s rays. Seated at forest’ gates and river’s edge, a hint of sweet smoke circles upward from my pipe, purchased from a train station booth in Malaysia before our children were born.
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