Tissot has expanded its PRX assortment — which at the moment contains 25 mm, 35 mm, 38 mm, 40 mm, and 42 mm case sizes — with three new 38 mm-diameter references.
Two of the brand new PRX 38 fashions are crafted in light-weight titanium, one with an anthracite dial, stamped waffle sample, and rose-gold plated utilized indices and arms, the second with a blue stamped waffle sample dial, metal coloured utilized indices and arms, and the third with a Damascus metal dial and utilized indices.
Three PRX 38 References
The 2 PRX 38 “Titanium” choices measure 38 mm x 10.98 mm, with built-in titanium bracelets, accessible with both a blue waffle sample dial or an anthracite waffle sample dial. The PRX 38 Damascus Metal can be introduced in a 38 mm x 10.98 mm case; nonetheless, as an alternative of an built-in steel bracelet, it’s introduced with an built-in leather-based strap that encompasses a Damascus metal buckle and finish hyperlinks. Each the bracelet and the strap include quick-release spring bars.
Damascus Metal
As you’d anticipate from a Swatch Group that focuses on cost-cutting and promoting at quantity, particularly throughout the Tissot, Swatch, and different entry-level watch manufacturers, this sort of Damascus metal will not be made by manually forge-welding two several types of metal (high-carbon and low-carbon metal) to create the distinctive one-of-a-kind sample you see on the dial and case. As a substitute, based on Tissot, its Damascus metal is produced by way of “a fancy course of through which two grades of stainless-steel powder are layered in alternating sequences and fused below excessive stress, forming a dense 70-layer block that provides the steel its energy and depth.” What they’re referring to is a CNC machining course of, not the guide forge-welded methodology that fashionable Damascus metal is usually created with.
A Tissot 3Hz automated Powermatic caliber with a Nivachron stability spring, 23 jewels, and 80-hour energy reserve, that options industrial finishes, seen by means of a transparent screw-in caseback, powers, hours, minutes, middle seconds arms, and a date wheel.
The Tissot PRX 38 Titanium (Ref. T137.807.44.061.00 – anthracite) and (Ref. T137.807.44.041.00 – blue), weigh 84 grams every, and retail for $975. The Tissot PRX 38 Damascus Metal (Ref. T137.807.96.081.00) weighs 75 grams and retails for $1,175. All three fashions are waterproof to 100 meters and accessible on the market now.
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