I am no watch expert but personally I think the Tissot "looks the best" of the lot. Just from an aesthetic aspect. I recently bought the Tiffany Blue PRX Quartz and holding off on automatics until I know more about them - and the cost to service them. My understanding is, and I could be wrong, that the Powermatic 80 won't be ridiculously expensive to service - I have been reading $1700 for some Rolex models. So ....

 

Writing this as I am wearing the Le Locle (although P80) in T-shirt, jeans, putting on a sporty sweatshirt if I go outdoors. What I'm trying to say is, Le Locle is a dress watch, aka a watch that is more suitable than other watches in formal situations, but are also viable in other situations.

But I don't have an Aqua Terra, so that's certainly something to think about.


One question, is there a reason you dislike powermatic 80? It's not the first time I've heard this and I struggle to understand why. I don't know the inner workings of the movement, I just thought having 80PR is nice, AND the accuracy is so much better than the Christopher Ward I had before it.

Back to the original question. Concerning Seastar vs PRX vs Le Locle, I think there are a few routes to go about it, phrased in question format :

1) are you hellbent in getting another Tissot? Or does it have to be Swatch? Can't it be anything else? It sounds like Seastar fits your requirements in the water-beater, but doesn't fit you well to the point you would be willing to openly say "I want this watch". If you really want a diver, I would cheap out and buy a G-shock for the beach and other rough jobs first (seems you don't have a true beater), then hunt for a second hand Oris Aquis of your favorite color for less than $1000

2) you are correct to think that you have a very high representation of GADA in your collection. This is extremely rare, though I wouldn't say it keeps you from getting a PRX. The key is to get one in exotic color. Do you want a PRX is exotic color? If the answer is yes, it seems that's the route you should take as you seem to love the watch from what you wrote.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that Le Locle "look the best" in your collection, but it's certainly the most unique one as it's the only one that dips into the dressy spectrum at all. Aqua Terra is right at the middle (good GADA), Hamilton is a field and the Longines is a sporty GADA. If I were you I would consider selling the Longines first as that's the least unique watch in the collection.

Then again PRX35 costs like $300 so, just dumping $300 and see if you like the new toy shouldn't be THAT bad..... If you can afford an Aqua Terra you can afford $300 for a disposable toy. If you want space in the collection, selling the Longines should get you a good diver with spare change in the pocket. A green/red Oris Aquis would be HOT

 

LOL - Yes I said the Tissot looked the best but you are right - it's the dress watch so I suppose to my eye dressy watches will always look "better" in the sense that they look classy/elegant. The dive watches I look at and think - gee a lot more people go diving than I thought. I mean if you are going to go diving they make sense but it's kind of like people who buy a big V10 Dodge Ram and then never haul anything or pull a trailer.

From my understanding of why people don't like the Powermatic 80 is they feel it loses the smoothness of the second-hand sweep. It doesn't bother me - I tried on the Tissot Gentleman Silicium and liked it well enough but then the price was pretty attractive. I would choose the dial design over the second hand movement but to each their own.

I sort of think too that people may want something different - Tissot being part of the Swatch group you sort of see the same movement in their other watches - Hamilton / Mido / and others seem to offer 80hour power reserves under different names and seem to me to be Powermatic 80s. That may take away some of the brand specific uniqueness.

 

keep the Le Locle and buy the Quartz PRX if you just want an inexpensive sport watch that you can take to the pool.

The Le Locle is a good looking watch, and also thinner and better-suited for formal events than your Aqua Terra.

i used to sell my Le Locle for 300 bucks and i’ve always regretted it (though now i do own an Omega dress watch and another Omega GADA watch)

 

keep the Le Locle. It’s a good looking watch, and also thinner and better-suited for formal events than your Aqua Terra.

i used to sell my Le Locle for 300 bucks and i’ve always regretted it (though now i do own an Omega dress watch and another Omega GADA watch)

Interesting. I'm actually thinking about selling my Le Locle for 300 bucks lol....

 

Keep the le locle and try something else from swatch group

 

PRX all day. It's such a delight to wear.

However, I think the Le Locle is dressier than the AT in certain respects, and I could see keeping it too for those times when you need to actually dress up (no idea if you ever wear a suit, let alone a tuxedo() unless you're super strict about a One Tissot policy, in which case dump the Le Locle because you're loving the AT.

 

I really like my Gentleman with the blue sector dial. Wears great and the blue changes hue with light changes.

 

I like your LeLocle but depends most on what look you want.