Tissot Men’s T-Touch Stainless Steel Watch #T33.1.588.51 Description:
The Tissot T-Touch Touchscreen Watch features: Altimeter, Barometer, Thermometer, Compass, Chronograph, Alarm and of course Time and Calendar functions. By simply pushing the crown and then touching the tactile crystal at different positions these functions can be activated. Touch the screen at two o’clock and your current altitude appears on the digital readout. Touch the crystal at six o’clock and the hands move around into position to become a compass.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4150 in Watches
- Brand: Tissot
- Model: T33.1.588.51
- Band material: stainless-steel
- Bezel material: stainless-steel
- Case material: stainless-steel
- Clasp type: fold-over-push-button-clasp-with-safety
- Dial color: black
- Dial window material: scratch-resistant-sapphire
- Movement type: swiss-quartz
- Water-resistant to 99 feet
Features
- Precise Swiss-Quartz movement
- Touch-screen technology with 8 separate functions: Altimeter, Chrono, Compass, Alarm, Thermometer, Barometer (Meteo), and Date and Time
- Easy to use – Activate by pressing on the crown and the touch-screen
- Case Diameter – 43 mm; Crystal – Tactile Scratch-Resistant Sapphire
- Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)
Customer Reviews:
Don’t bother – get a Casio instead
The advantages of this watch: “gee wow” touch screen, heavy construction, sapphire, staus and prestige of the brand name.
The disadvantages:
* the digital display is often obscured by the analogue hands.
* the digital display is rudimentary – poor format for date, digits only.
* no countdown timer.
The competition:
If you really want a watch that does all the things routinely expected of a digital watch plus temperature, altitude and compass, look at Casio and Suunto. They have several models that do it all, with a clearer, more easily read display plus extra features like recording temperature and altitude. And they are cheaper.
In summary, the Tissot is for status, but if you want a tool that will do the job, get a Casio or Suunto.
I have had the Tissot for about 2 weeks. I will sell it and go back to my 15 year old Casio Alti-Thermo.
Nice Watch
I received this watch about four months ago. I still love it. Yes, as the previous review says, the altimeter needs to be calibrated constantly to get an accurate reading and the thermometer is only accurate when not wearing the watch (it’s still handy though), but all the other functions work great. I find the compass most useful (and fun). The alarm and chronometer (stopwatch) work as advertised. The meteo takes some getting used to. I haven’t found it very useful yet, but I’m still working it out and haven’t given up on it yet.
Also, it’s a great looking watch that I just enjoy wearing. Overall, this is the best watch I’ve ever owned – by far.
The most balanced men’s watch
If you are looking for a watch combining style, beauty, comfort, swiss-made, quality and rich functionality, the Tissot T-touch is your best choice. Many watches of higher price offer no more than two or three of those characteristics. But the most impressive of the T-touch is the technology behind: all the functionality simply at the touch of your finger and presented both in analogic and digital way! For some of my friends it looks like magic…
I have many fine watches in my collection, but once I started to use the T-touch, by far, it became my favorite.
I have only some suggestions for future versions:
- Backlight.
- Second city date and time.
- A more intelligent algorithm to correct the effect of body temperature in the thermometer.
Amazon.com Product Description
Watch #T33.1.588.51 from Tissot’s high-performance T-Touch collection offers much more than elegant style and reliable timekeeping: it boasts touch-screen technology with a host of helpful features. Eight separate functions keep your day on-track, whether you’re at the office, enjoying your favorite outdoor activities, or traveling: altimeter, chrono, compass, alarm, thermometer, barometer (meteo), and date and time. It’s also very easy to use; simply activate by pressing on the crown and the touch-screen. Touch the screen at two o’clock and your current altitude appears on the digital readout. Touch the crystal at six o’clock and the hands move around into position to become a compass. Water resistant to 99 feet, and boasting the accuracy and precision of Swiss analog and digital quartz movement, this Tissot original also has a tactile, scratch-resistant crystal to protect its dramatic black dial, and a durable stainless steel case, bezel, and bracelet.
About Tissot
For more than 150 years, Tissot has embodied the innovation and tradition of Swiss watch-making. Based in the Neuchâtel area of the Jura Mountains, in Le Locle, Switzerland, Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Emile created the watch making company Tissot in 1853. Whether in the technology of its movements, in the research for special materials or in the very functions of the watch itself, Tissot’s engineers and watchmakers have developed pioneering timepieces over the years.
Some of Tissot’s triumphs over the years include the the Idea 2001 (the world’s first plastic watch) released in 1971, the Rock watch (which set the timepiece’s movement in a stone case made from Swiss Alps granite) in 1985, and the Wood watch from 1988 (with a completely wooden case). Tissot uses the best movements (from ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse), the highest quality materials (316L steel, 18K gold, titanium) and scratch-proof glasses (sapphire crystal–at least 2500 Vickers).
The company has been involved with high profile sports events since 1974 when they sponsored a racing car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, France. Since then Tissot’s timepieces have been chosen as official timekeepers for world championships in cycling, motorcycling, fencing and ice hockey. And Tissot is currently the the official watch and timekeeper of NASCAR.
Tissot timepieces have been worn by a bevy of celebrities over the years–including Grace Kelly, Elvis Presley and Nelson Mandela–and James Stewart’s character L.B. Jefferies wore a Tissot timepiece in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window.” Today the company is represented in a variety of sporting fields by English soccer star Michael Owen, IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, and MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden. Today, Tissot is a member of the Swatch Group, the world’s largest watch producer and distributor.
