Tissot Quartz Watches, Replica Tissot Quartz Watch

Tissot PRC 200 Quartz Chronograph Yellow Hand (T0554171105700)

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Review by Eric Hunsicker, From United Kingdom Chesterfield

Tissot Bridgeport Automatic Silver (T0454071103300)

This is the best smoker i have used,the gas can be turned real low for smoking then real high for grilling/searing.The next time i go crabbing this is going along.goodbye charcoal!

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Review by Adrian Megson, From United States Hampton

Tissot T-Sport PRS516 Automatic Chronograph Men's Watch T044.614.26.051.00

The features are useful and the watch works well. I wear it every day and have no complaints.

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Review by stephanie bloomfield, From Germany Wennigsen

Vertalor has just won the International Chronometry Competition. The organizer's analogy offers a perfect summary of the demanding standards for the contest: "the Chronometry Competition is the equivalent of five Formula 1 Grand Prix races - without a single pit stop!"

The scientific validity of the Competition is based on five tests, including three measurement cycles, exposure to magnetic fields, and exposure to impacts. These particularly difficult tests lasted four months.
 Winning the gold medal is thus an acknowledgement of talent and performance - the extent of which may be grasped by considering that the strength test alone comprises no fewer than 150 impacts.

The requirements of the Competition tests are of an extremely high level. This has been demonstrated once again: of the 28 competing watches, only six passed all the tests and earned a ranking. The Competition only reveals the names of the first 3 in each category.

Tourbillon : Les Ateliers Louis Moinet, from Saint - Blaise, won first prize with their calibre 8009. They obtained a total of 682 points. There was no 2nd or 3rd prize.

Chronograph : Tissot SA, from Le Locle, won the first prize in this new category, with its calibre CO1.211. It obtained a total of 572 points. There was no 2nd or 3rd prize.

Classic : For the 3rd consecutive year in this category, Tissot SA from Le Locle won the first prize, but also 2nd and 3rd prize.

Young watchmakers : No prize could be awarded in this category, since none of the watches passed the tests.

There were 18 young watchmakers and 7 companies taking part: Chopard, Dodane, Kerbedanz, Pequignet, Les Ateliers Louis Moinet, Sellita Watch and Tissot.
The watches entered in the Competition undergo four months of testing. They are subjected three times over to the chronometric certification tests, as defined by international standard ISO 3159.
The tests are conducted in collaboration with the Swiss Chronometry Inspectorate (COSC), Besançon Observatory and Arc Advanced Engineering college (HE - Arc).

WORLDTEMPUS - 24 October 2011

The tourbillon has once again reined supreme in the new International Timing Competition (Concours International de Chronometrie), which was held for the second time by the Museum of Horology in Le Locle, Switzerland. The first in more than 40 years was held two years ago. Greubel Forsey's Double Tourbillon 30° Technique, which is outfitted with a 60-second tourbillon cage inclined at 30 degrees rotating inside a second four-minute tourbillon cage, took both first place in the "Tourbillon" category with 915 of a possible 1,000 points as well as first place overall. Second place with 855 points went to the Chopard L.U.C. Tourbillon Twist All Black, and 791 points was enough to ensure third place for Technotime's tourbillon.

In the "Classic" category (standard escapement), Tissot's Le Locle model won with 764 points followed by F.P. Journe's Chronometre Souveraine with 488 points. None of the four entries of the new "School Watch" category qualified for a place as they did not meet C.O.S.C. chronometer requirements for the duration of the competition. That isn't as bad as it might sound as there were many watches in the other two categories that also fell short of C.O.S.C. specifications - an indication of the difficulty in simply surviving the arduous competition, let alone being placed.
The fully encased timepieces are first subjected to fifteen days of timing tests at the observatory in Besançon, France, then a fifteen-day C.O.S.C. test at the C.O.S.C. laboratory in Biel followed by exposure to a magnetic field and repeated shock before undergoing yet another fifteen-day C.O.S.C test. Each entered watch began with 1,000 points and lost one point for each second off a perfect rate.

The domination of the tourbillons in the two competitions to date - Greuble Forsey's Double Tourbillon 30° Technique this year and Jaeger-LeCoutre's Master Tourbillon in 2009 - indicates that when well designed, well constructed and well regulated - none of which is an easy task - then the tourbillon escapement appears to offer real practical advantages to improved precision in the wristwatch. That was the premise Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey set out to prove when they began development of their Double Tourbillon 30° more than ten years ago, and Thursday night's results were a well deserved vindication of their approach.
This award completes a very well earned hat trick of major prizes for Greubel Forsey in recent years: the Gaïa Prize for Entrepreneurship in 2009; the Aiguille d'Or at the 2010 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve; and now first place in the Concours International de Chronometrie 2011. Not bad at all for a small brand founded in 2004.

WORLDTEMPUS - 8 July 2011

When the winner of the first chronometry competition held since 1967 was announced, it was big news in the watch world. Testing one watch's accuracy over that of another had not been accomplished in more than 40 years, thanks in great part to the unquestionable hold that quartz has over mechanical systems.
The watch world seems to be recovering nicely from the economic recession, and the desire for such a fundamental - and fun - technical competition begun in days of yore has once again emerged.

While in the premier competition held in 2009, only 16 watches divided into two categories (companies and independent watchmakers) were submitted, the new edition of the competition boasts three separate classifications: traditional movements coming from companies, tourbillon movements coming from companies, and traditional movements submitted by watchmaking schools. In the latter category, there are four submissions from four very different students at four schools of watchmaking: two Swiss, one French, and one American. All four of these submissions are made on the basis of the ETA Unitas 6498 caliber. Here, apparently, the test is to see which student can best regulate this standard, stable workhorse to optimal chronometer specifications.
The other 14 submissions come from ten companies: Kari Voutilainen, Chopard's LUC, MHVJ (a Vallee de Joux supplier), Mido, F.P. Journe, Technotime, Tissot, Frederique Constant, Greubel Forsey, and Leroy - all European companies based either in Switzerland or France.

It is interesting to note that Jaeger-LeCoultre, the company that took both first and second place in the last competition - with two tourbillons, no less - is not participating in the 2011 edition. CEO Jerôme Lambert explained that since the company took both first and second places with tourbillons in the 2009 competition, the company wanted to enter a different movement. However, the desired movement - a new one - was not yet ready to launch, and thus the Le Sentier-based brand decided not to enter the competition this time around. "It is not that important for us anyway," Lambert remarked. "The competition's testing is very similar to the 1000 hour test that we subject every one of our watches to. Certainly, after the last competition, most of the other companies learned that in addition to accuracy, it is also important to consider stability."

Measurements will be carried out in officially certified laboratories in Besançon, Biel and Le Locle. The watches will undergo magnetism and shocks tests reproducing conditions of everyday use. The Committee of Honour is chaired by astronaut and EPFL professor, Claude Nicollier. The jury comprising independent individuals and journalists in the luxury watch industry is chaired by Jean-Marc Triscone, dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Geneva. Technical commissioner and a member of the jury is Laurent-Guy Bernier, delegate of the Swiss national metrology office METAS.
The winners of the competition will be announced on October 20 at the Château des Monts watch museum in Le Locle.

The dedicated building, located a mere stone's throw from the Eplatures airport, is now home to the four companies created by Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, and jointly run by the two founders along with CEO Emmanuel Vuille: Greubel Forsey, CompliTime, CT Design and CT Time. Over one hundred people have now moved to the new premises from the Ancien Manege and other sites where the Greubel Forsey adventure began.
Vividly reflecting the nature of Greubel Forsey watches, the new workshops are designed to be a concentrated blend of technological feats displaying a distinctive soul underlining the link between the past, present and future. It is composed of two buildings: a 17th century listed farmhouse renovated by Mr. Gilles Tissot (an expert in the renovation of Neuchâtelstyle historical buildings) which will serve as a reception area. It also houses the Unique Timepieces workshop, a showcase for the brand's creative excellence. The renovation work preserved numerous key features such as the shingle roof, external envelope and foundations. Various decorative aspects can be admired, such as a vaulted cellar, a former open fireplace, an 18th Century master room with its wood-worked ceiling and tiled stove, a carved doorway dating back to 1668, as well as the sundial symbolising the passage of time and perfectly suited to the building's new function.

The main building directly linked to the farm and designed by architect Pierre Studer houses the development and production premises. Its original shape reflects a geological fold as seen in the topography of the Jura mountains, further enhanced by a 'green' or garden roof. It is also the first double-skin environment-friendly construction in the region and the glass outer walls create a natural thermal buffer zone. In summer, the air circulates to create a cool breeze; while in winter it is enclosed to serve as additional insulation. The ground-floor ventilation is equipped with an adiabatic cooling system (the extracted air is cooled by water evaporation and then used in a heat exchanger to cool the pulsed air). The ventilation system on the uppermost floor, home to the watch movement and final assembly department, is cooled by filtered air. Inside the building, concrete has been widely used to better stabilise temperature.
Natural light streams into the whole interior from the outer walls and through the impressive glazed covered courtyard. The staircases on each side are a subtle reminder of the Ancien Manege.

Just as the creations of the world's great fashion designers rely on the perfect mix of fabric and cut, the Tissot Couturier timepieces blend elegant lines with materials to match. This new 'collection' of 21 watches expresses modern elegance, tailor-made to today's diverse style statements. Sophisticated chronographs meet understated classics in one family, all closely related through their uncompromising attention to detail.

Styled for individuals

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