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I have heard that Tissot easily could send more than a million Powermatic 80 Automatic calibers to Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres ( COSC) to be certified. How good and accurate this new caliber is definitively will the next published COSC figures show. Tissot Powermatic 80 Automatic caliber Tissot Powermatic 80 Automatic caliber Tissot Powermatic 80 Automatic caliber Tissot does not tell officially, but I assume the Powermatic 80 Automatic caliber, in analogy to the Swatch Sistem51’s movement, is also entirely made of ARCAP, an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc with exceptional anti-magnetic qualities.

Calibre watches meaning manual#

The high-tech escapement has no regulator the rate is set at the factory with a laser, making the manual rate adjustments normally required by a mechanical watch unnecessary. One of the factors which contributed to that robustness was a new way of regulating the watch by removing the index-assembly system and replacing this item by an innovative technology. However, with a new construction concept that integrates a new spring barrel, Tissot and ETA were able to provide the piece with a greater power reserve, allowing the watch to go for 80 hours without being worn or wound up.Īs if a greater power reserve was not enough, they also found a way of making the movement extremely precise and robust by concentrating on ways to improve the regulator system. Standard watches would usually have a barrel that would last 36 to 48 hours before needing to be wound up again. The Tissot Powermatic 80 Automatic caliber not only demonstrates ultimate precision but also has 80 hours of power reserve. Together they thrived to push the limits in terms of precision, power and essentially giving time a new status.

Tissot has been working hand in hand with ETA for the research and development of this new automatic caliber. Way off the mark! In analogy to the Sistem 51 caliber from Swatch the Powermatic 80 Automatic caliber is another silent watchmaking revolution. At a first glance it´s just another ETA caliber.