Cutting it short:

The Tissot Automatic T97.1.483.31 T-Classic Ballade III Mens Watch has one of those designs that proved to be hot favourites over time and again. From the interwoven waves lining the dial to the elongated, skeletal hands and beyond, everything about the Tissot Automatic T97.1.483.31 T-Classic Ballade III Mens Watch is confidently modern. Moreover, it is of a size that can suits both the genders.

Going all the way:

Despite its labelling as a men’s watch, the Tissot T-Classic Ballade III T97.1.483.31 can be donned both by men and women and its style helps both the genders to express their true personality – for a man, it proves to be stylishly masculine and for women, it brings a no-nonsense feminine feel high on charm. For both, it heightens the sense of elegance, no matter what outfit is in question.

The Tissot Couturier T97.1.483.31 T-Classic Ballade III Mens Watch has an impressive appearance; thanks to its mid-large sized case and a pristine white, classy dial. There’s a scratch resistant sapphire crystal covering the dial, which is a combination of classic and timeless design elements. The elongated skeletal hands keeps things undeniably charming and their extended points help to read every marking precisely. That aside, they don’t interfere with reading the date as many watches do with broad hands.

Inside, there sits one workhorse of the ETA mechanical line movements - the ETA 2824-2 that has undergone continuous refinements to come up to its 28,800 vph version. It is a self-winding movement in its standard format with twenty-five jewels and an ETAchron regulator mechanism. As for the barrel spring, pallet stones, balance wheel, shock protection and hairspring, they are the same as in the chronometer version, which is actually a more fine-tuned and regulated version of the same. The standard ETA 2824-2 is accurate to +12 seconds a day; in worst cases, it might go up to +30 seconds. It is well-built, accurate and much easier to maintain. Based on the Eterna 1427 from 1961, it is also durable and relatively inexpensive while maintaining the core functionalities of the basic three-handed watches with a date function and a pretty big power reserve, stretching to almost two days on a fully wound mainspring.

The movement of the Tissot Le Locle Automatic T97.1.483.31 T-Classic Ballade III Mens Watch can invariably be guaranteed to last long for its more generously proportioned wheels, a balance wheel with a larger diameter and a ball bearing race support with smaller diameter and the crown and the ratchet wheel fitting on top of the barrel bridge. Its other prominent features are the two reversing wheels that form the most important parts of the automatic winding system and an automatic unit that fits on top of the movement.