Tissot introduced the PRX Quartz Chronograph in mid-September, adding a quartz chronograph to the current PRX collection. It costs $525 on the integrated steel bracelet and is not a limited edition.
The watch
The steel case measures 41mm across and 11.65mm thick, and it keeps the PRX’s integrated bracelet, here with a quick-release system. Three dials are offered, all vertically brushed, in silver with rose gold accents, black or blue. The lume is Super-LumiNova, the date sits at 4 o’clock, the crystal is sapphire, and water resistance is 100m.
The movement is the G10.212, a PowerDrive quartz chronograph. Its subdials include a register that counts tenths of a second, and it has a split-time function, which lets the wearer freeze the readout for an intermediate time while the chronograph keeps running underneath. An end-of-life indicator warns when the battery is running down.
Where it fits
The PRX name dates to a 1978 Tissot design, and the modern line already includes an automatic chronograph. On Tissot’s US site that model is 42mm by 14.54mm and costs $2,150. The quartz version is roughly a quarter of the price and almost 3mm thinner, a meaningful difference for a watch with an integrated bracelet, where case height decides how flat it sits on the wrist. It also undercuts the three-hand PRX Powermatic 80, which is $850.
What buyers give up is the automatic model’s mechanical caliber, with its 68-hour reserve. What they gain is a thinner case and finer timing, down to tenths of a second, with split times on top. For people who want the PRX shape with a chronograph and have no strong attachment to mechanics, the numbers favor this one.
Buyers open to a different shape have a cheaper light-powered option. The TX02 Solar Chronograph is $350 at Orient Watch USA, with a 42.8mm steel case, a flat sapphire crystal and 200m of water resistance, and it is charged by light, so there is no routine battery change. We set it against Citizen‘s Endeavor in Orient TX02 vs. Citizen Endeavor Chrono.
Key specifications
- Steel case, 41mm by 11.65mm
- Integrated steel bracelet with quick release
- G10.212 PowerDrive quartz chronograph, 1/10 second register, split time
- Battery end-of-life indicator
- Vertically brushed dials in silver with rose gold accents, black or blue
- Date at 4 o’clock, Super-LumiNova
- Sapphire crystal, 100m water resistance
- $525, not limited
