Terrific Tissot Watches
Tissot watches came into being as far back as 1853, when Charles Felicien Tissot and his son Charles Emile Tissot started their watch making firm in their home area of Le Locle Switzerland. This was located in the rural Jura Mountains, which after Geneva became satiated with watch makers, became the new home to many Swiss watch makers.
In 1930, Tissot, struggling financially as were all other watch manufacturers after the first World War and during the onset of the Great Depression in the United States, merged with Omega and formed SSIH. This was the forerunner of the Swatch Group, to which this maker of Tissot watches now belongs.
Tissot watches have earned a sterling reputation since their inception in 1853. They've been awarded much recognition and many prizes for their innovation. Tissot was an important part of watch making history, as it continues to be to this day.
Tissot watches are the only wrist timepieces anywhere in the world to put Swiss crafting and precision, as well as innovative techniques, with a reasonable retail price tag. As such Tissot watches remain the most popular brand of medium priced timepieces in all of Switzerland.
Tissot and is watches have been an integral part of high profile sporting events for more than thirty years. Tissot was the sponsor of a Le Mans France racing car. Since that time Tissot watches have been involved in Formula One car racing as well as ice hockey, cycling, fencing and cricket.
To this day Tissot watches participate in sports, with Tissot sponsoring a vast number of sports programs. Tissot watches are official timekeepers and partnering firm for the Tour de Suisse classic cycling event. Tissot watches are the official timekeepers for world championships in sports such as track, road, cyclo-cross and racing mountain bikes. Tissot has several times served as official timekeeper for the World Cup in mountain biking. Tissot is the sponsor of the ice hockey world championship as well as the FIM world championship for motorcycling.
Online you can find Tissot watches for under $200 to a range of around $700. one of the lower priced models is the PR50 chrono watch for men. The timepiece has a case made of durable stainless steel, a leather strap that is black with contrast stitching in white. Its dial is silver, with Arabic markers and a buckle clasp. The glass is sapphire and the date displays at the 4 o'clock marker. It has quartz movement. These Tissot watches are water resistant to 50 meters.