The PRX is something of a revival, borrowing a lot from one of Tissot’s Seastar Quartz designs out of 1978 in terms of case shape and the integrated bracelet.

Diameter: 39.8mm

Lug-to-lug: 44.6mm (note: this doesn't include the fixed end links, if you want to include those the distance is 50.7mm)

Thickness: 10.6mm

Lug width is: ~12mm (integrated bracelet style; Tissot does sell specialized straps that can be swapped in place of the bracelet)

The watch has 100 meters of water resistance.

There are several dial color options available, even before considering the 35mm quartz options and the mechanical PRX choices. This model employs a blue dial with sunburst effect. There is a marker at each hour, all of which are lumed. The central seconds hand is not lumed but the hour and minute hands, in the baton style, are. The crystal is sapphire. There is an unframed date window at the 3 o’clock position. Beneath the 12 o’clock position the dial says Tissot and beneath that 1853. Above the 6 o’clock position the dial says PRX. The words Swiss and Made flank the 6 o’clock hour marker.

The lume used is Super-LumniNova but it seems thinly applied and in my real-world experience does not last long.

The watch case itself is stainless steel. Tissot uses what I find to be an interesting mix of mostly brushed but some polished elements. The bezel is polished as are the ends of the links, and with the latter the bracelet offers a lot of play with the light. The bracelet does lack micro-adjust, though I do like that the butterfly clasp can be closed either side first. There are a couple half-sized links at the clasp to make sizing a bit more flexible. Removable links are secured via cotter pins.

The watch uses a push-pull crown that does not screw down for its water resistance. The T logo is on the crown and in position zero the crown spins freely but does nothing functional. In position one the date can be quick-set and in position two the watch hacks and time can be set.

The watch has a closed caseback and the bracelet’s quick-release capabilities to allow easy changes to other compatible straps. This watch is powered by the ETA F06.115. This is a three jewel quartz movement. It is powered by a 371 button cell battery and the movement has an end-of-life indicator where, when the battery is low, the second hand will only jump every four seconds instead of every second.

As this is a quartz movement I am not able to measure its accuracy via my timegrapher. The F06.115 is noted to be an entry-level quartz movement and I have read online its accuracy range is to be -0.3 seconds per day to +0.5 seconds per day.

My overall thoughts:

The positives:

• Affordable

• Well finished

• Comfortable to wear

The negatives:

• Imperfect alignment

• Date not framed

• Lume is lacking

• Cotter pins

The PRX really packs a lot of punch at its price point (at the time I got mine it retailed for $375). The brushed and polished case and bracelet look really good, as does the sunburst dial. While I would have preferred a band with a bit more adjustment (be it via micro adjustment or maybe taking a page from Zodiac and using a sort of stretch system in their butterfly clasp), ultimately I was able to size my PRX to be quite comfortable so others might have issues but I do not.

But, Tissot can only offer so much at this price point. While most of the time my second hand strikes the markers it does not always, and while mechanical movements can cloak this with their sweep it is very obvious when it comes to quartz and that is going to bug some people. I would have preferred seeing the date window framed as I think the cut-out format looks a bit cheap. The lume does seem evenly applied but it is thin and does not last long so this is not a good nighttime watch. While I greatly prefer cotter pins over pin-and-collar systems I do find them far more frustrating than screws but, again, I am in no way surprised they were used at this price point.

Incidentally, Tissot does make the PRX Powermatic 80 for those that want a mechanical movement and would like a framed date window. Those do start at $650 on bracelet though.

Overall, I think you get a lot of watch with the quartz-powered Tissot PRX. I decided to get one because I wanted an integrated sports bracelet style watch but wasn’t sure how much I’d like the design. To me the quartz made a lot of sense for holding the price down and I think if you can mentally get past that then there is a lot of watch here to enjoy. I’ve not experienced much out there that is going to compete with this on finishing at this price point. Yes, compared to higher dollar watches you will notice a lack of refinement, but in the inexpensive range it looks pretty good.