Hey Watch Gang!
My dad is retiring in 2024 after a 35 year career in the Air Force. Obviously this is an incredible milestone in his life and I want to get him a nice watch to celebrate the occasion. I’ve narrowed it down to the following 3 watches and was hoping I could get some help as I don’t know the first thing about them.
Tissot - Le Locle Powermatic 80
Tissot - Chemin Des Tourells Powermatic 80
Tissot - Classic Dream Swissmatic
Any help would be greatly appeciated!
SM
You can’t really go wrong with any of these. My slight preference is for the Le Locle, especially the one with the black guilloche dial on a shiny steel bracelet. Chemin des Tourelles would be my #2, but it’s a little less refined-looking to me.
The Classic Dream Swissmatic is also a fine choice, but the movements (the internal organs of the watch) of the other two are much better. They’ll last for 80 hours on a single wind, whereas the Classic Dream will be about 50% of that.
All of these are watches made in the many hundreds of thousands, so they will be extremely easy (and relatively cheap) to maintain and repair over the coming years. Congrats to your dad!