Tissot Le Locle Powermatic 80 — Blue Dial, Stainless Steel Bracelet
The watch
Built around a blue dial, the Tissot Le Locle Powermatic 80 pairs a 39.3mm case with a Powermatic 80 automatic movement. Expect 30 m water resistance and a sapphire crystal. We place it at Hour I (Minimalist Dress) of the Boardroom season, for the office and formal evenings.
Named for Tissot's home town in the Swiss Jura, the Le Locle Powermatic 80 refreshes the classic dress watch with a striking blue dial on a steel bracelet.
A polished 39.3mm stainless steel case frames a blue Roman-numeral dial with a guilloche centre and date window, matched to an integrated stainless steel bracelet.
The self-winding Powermatic 80 movement banks up to 80 hours of power reserve, staying accurate across a weekend and visible through the exhibition caseback.
The steel bracelet and butterfly clasp wear easily, sapphire crystal shields the dial, and 30 metre (3 ATM) water resistance handles rain and hand-washing.
For the man who wants a classic silhouette with a modern splash of blue.
New, boxed and warrantied — ships within the US.
Good to know
It is a self-winding Swiss automatic. The Powermatic 80 movement winds from the motion of your wrist and holds up to 80 hours of power reserve, so it keeps running for about three days when set aside.
It is water resistant to 30 metres (3 ATM), which covers rain and hand-washing. As a dress watch it should not be worn for showering, swimming or diving.
The case measures 39.3mm — a versatile size that suits most wrists (roughly 15.5-19 cm / 6.1-7.5 in). Our watch size guide (/pages/watch-size-guide) explains how to measure your wrist.
It has a blue dial, under a sapphire crystal.
Yes, the dial is protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, and an exhibition caseback shows the automatic movement inside.
On the ChronoSeasons dial it sits at Hour I — Minimalist Dress, part of the Boardroom season, and suits client meetings, weddings and evenings that call for a jacket.
Every watch is an authentic Swiss Made Tissot, brand-new with its original box and papers, and covered by a 2-year international warranty. Returns are accepted in line with our store policy.
From the journal
Owners say
The T006.407.11.043.00 hits a very sweet spot in entry-level Swiss horology. At 39.3mm with a sub-10mm thickness, it wears true to size on my wrist. The Powermatic 80.111 caliber inside drops the beat rate to 3Hz to achieve that 80-hour reserve, and mine has been ticking within +1.5 seconds per day since arrival.
My watch box is full of motorsport chronographs and tachymeter bezels, so my wife talked me into getting a traditional three-hander for our niece's wedding. The blue guilloche dial and leaf hands have a great vintage character, and the engraved caseback is cool to look at.
I'm usually wearing a beat-up dive watch on the docks, so I bought this blue Le Locle for office days and dinners out. Obviously at 30m water resistance it stays away from the bilge, and the steel bracelet and high-contrast silver hands are great.
Checked the timekeeping against NIST time for a full week and it gained less than 15 seconds total. The 39.3mm case tolerances are clean, the double push-button butterfly clasp locks securely, and the silver hands read clearly against the blue dial.
Very comfortable daily watch. I wear it at the pharmacy counter four days a week and out on weekends. The 39.3mm case sits nicely on my wrist and doesn't feel top-heavy at all.
Wore this to a dinner last night and my brother-in-law immediately asked what was on my wrist. The blue dial shifts from dark slate to royal blue depending on the angle, and it's very comfortable.
Always buy the bracelet version first. I sized the stainless bracelet for summer wear, and also picked up a 19mm cognac leather strap for autumn. The deep blue dial pairs well with brown leather and completely changes the vibe.
Ordering a blue dial sight unseen is always a gamble because some look neon in person. This Le Locle has a rich navy tone over the hobnail texture that looks understated indoors and catches the sun nicely outside. Solid links and clean sapphire glass.
