Tissot's PRX 35mm + Why Can Smaller Watches Be Better?

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
  • A Discussion around the Tissot PRX 35MM and Why Smaller Watches can be Better. How has this collection become such a success? Where every brand under the sun has adopted this approach of creating an integrated bracelet sports watch, Tissot has achieved by not only calling on a past design but offering a far more accessible option with an excellent movement at a great price, now in an even smaller size. Instead of following the trends and trying to boost prices of their product, their ultimate success has come from listening to feedback and creating an excellent, well-rounded product.
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    Intro 0:00
    Why the PRX is a Future Icon 1:36
    The Tissot PRX 35mm 3:11
    Why Smaller Watches? 3:49
    Why Watch Size Matters 4:12
    Desgin & Closing Thoughts 5:52
    Conclusion 6:41
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  • @ID-Guy
    @ID-Guy  Год назад +13

    Why does the Tissot PRX continue to be a Success? Let me know your thoughts 🥃

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H Год назад +2

      I never undertood the PRX's appeal to begin with. To me, it just looks like a cookiecutter integrated bracelet design with non articating endlinks. And it has a movement renown for premature escapement wear. Swatch used nylon plastic for the escapement, instead of silicium or alloy, which has resulted in countless movements wearing out prematurely. Swatch has known about this issue since 2017, but keeps using the movement..

    • @turnbasedtoddy7664
      @turnbasedtoddy7664 Год назад +2

      @@HRM.Hlthough I have heard that I don’t know one person that has ever had a problem with the conposit escapement and I know alot of watch people. Also I don’t even think I’v seen a youtube video or anything of someone complaining about it. I think this is one of those things where people hear something and it just continues to spread with no real reason. Not saying that it hasn’t happened a few times but it is most defiantly over exaggerated.

    • @dannysimenauer5745
      @dannysimenauer5745 Год назад +2

      It captures the essence of watch making and design. It has a beautiful waffle pattern dial, an integrated bracelet, wears comfortably on the wrist, 80 hours of power reserve, and is so affordable! My first choice was the Rolex OP, but after giving up on an AD ever selling me one, and grey market prices being ridiculously expensive for a basic watch, along came the PRX and captured my heart.

    • @alfieakaronaldog
      @alfieakaronaldog Год назад

      @@dannysimenauer5745OP to PRX! That’s niche!!
      My recommendation would be a Grand Seiko SBGH273.

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H Год назад

      ​​​​@@turnbasedtoddy7664no, its a real issue which dozens of watchmakers have encountered already. They used nylon plastic, not scilicium... scilicium wouldve been a improvement, nylon is a HUGE downgrade. When you consider Hamilton uses the EXACT same movement, but with a non magnetic alloy escapement, for the same price as the PRX... Tissot is cheaping out in hopes people will get their watches serviced through them and generate another form of income. Swatch doesnt supply any watchmaker outside of their own repairfacilities with parts for the C07 movements, making them impossible to maintain if you cant 3D print your own palletfork or escapementwheel.

  • @TheeYellowDart
    @TheeYellowDart Год назад +5

    Size is perfect. What I don't get is everyone coming in to say mens watches are trending too small seem to completely forget the fact that there are a plethora of larger cases to choose from. There is literally a 40mm PRX to be had.
    I have modest wrists and it's hard for me to pull off 40mm cases with 47mm+ lug to lug (as much as I love some of them). I think smaller sizes are great for providing options.
    Once upon a time, MEN wore 32mm field watches and didn't complain about it.

  • @nicholaschavez6245
    @nicholaschavez6245 Год назад +8

    The PRX is a beautiful piece. I hope the success of the 35mm leads others like JLC and VC to take simple 3 handers back to 32-34mm. Hard to find a modern dress 3 hander at less than 39mm these days.

  • @yitza2698
    @yitza2698 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome video, very original and thought out. Great work!

  • @FightFramess
    @FightFramess Год назад +4

    I purchased a bb54 a few weeks ago and it had not left my wrist since. Absolutely timeless, understated perfection.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      How good is it?? Man, it has to be worn for a few days and everything changes 😆 The Gilt is just the cherry on top of the cake for me. Enjoy it brother, I doubt we'll be seeing something as clean as these for a while 🥃

    • @patrickhartmann1540
      @patrickhartmann1540 11 месяцев назад

      Have the BB54 and the PRX 35 auto in blue. Both are perfect on
      My 6.5” wrist. If I only knew what I know now when I started this hobby, I’d have a few less =>40mm watches!

  • @AbdulRWatches
    @AbdulRWatches Год назад +10

    I am a big fan of smaller watches, I wear usually 36-40mm, I think the 34-36mm is definitely a good range as well, especially on my 17cm wrist. Thanks mate for the video 👍🏽

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +2

      And your taste is always fantastic Abdul. Hope you're having a super time in Egypt (caught a slice of the livestream earlier) 😉🥃

    • @AbdulRWatches
      @AbdulRWatches Год назад +3

      @@ID-Guy Thanks mate, having a good time down here. Hope you are having a great summer 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @alvinmick218
    @alvinmick218 Год назад +5

    You absolutely nailed it when you said it’s important to determine a given watch’s purpose. Using that as a premise, Tissot has indeed perfected all the details to make a highly desirable watch. I always enjoy your videos and thought provoking content. Well done!🥃

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +2

      Thank you as always Alvin. I went on a tangent with that "size v purpose" point but hey 😉 Really appreciate it brother 🥃

    • @alvinmick218
      @alvinmick218 Год назад +2

      @@ID-Guy I’m really enjoying the smaller sizes in my watch collection much to my surprise. I still like larger dials but it’s really nice to change things up a bit in my watch rotation.

  • @BAF605
    @BAF605 Год назад +8

    Well said. Brands offering different sizes can only be good for all. Those with average wrists get the best of both worlds if they can wear smaller and bigger watches. Well done Tissot for this addition to a great reissue. Please no complaints about watches for girl sized wrists from the 8/9 inch wrist brigade, especially if that wrist size has been enhanced by steroids or 200 pounds excess body fat. 😉

  • @dannysimenauer5745
    @dannysimenauer5745 Год назад +2

    I bought the 40MM PRX and absolutely love it and made it my daily wearer. I also loved the Freudian slip at 0:09 about "men never agreeing on size"! 🤦‍♀😉🤷‍♀️

  • @borassictime918
    @borassictime918 Год назад +2

    The reason you note for why dive watches have always been bigger certainly *used* to be true, but which diver depends on a dive watch today? The closest 99.9% of dive watches get to the ocean is the glass of water on the estate agent’s desk. Perhaps that’s why the BB54 has made such a splash, if you pardon my pun. The realisation that a 37mm diver is not only ‘original’, but also hugely comfortable as well as practical for many more dress styles (ie with sleeves as well as without).
    Much of this holds for integrated-bracelet watches also, with the added factor that those with smaller wrists can actually wear the smaller size. Those with large wrists *could* wear any size watch, no matter how small, if they have the confidence so to do.
    But yeah size is, and always will be, watch enthusiasts’ favourite topic to argue about 😂

    • @alfieakaronaldog
      @alfieakaronaldog Год назад

      I do not see guys with average wrists doing much arguing lol.
      Watch manufacturers can make all the smaller watches they want for all I care.
      I just won’t buy any.
      I only pray small wrist guys stop whinging on and on about it, buy the watches, and stfu 🤫
      Reality is they seem to be obsessed with talking about it 🥱

  • @PietroCozziTinin
    @PietroCozziTinin Год назад +25

    Forgive me ID-Guy for I have sinned. I bought an Invicta watch.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +5

      An Invicta??? Oh boy.. I hope it's a decent one at least? 😉

    • @michaelriera6277
      @michaelriera6277 Год назад +4

      Come on man. Get on the tiny watch train if you want to be cool. Every RUclipsr is doing it.

    • @PietroCozziTinin
      @PietroCozziTinin Год назад +3

      @@ID-Guy It's already gone. I needed the NH35 movement for another watch and this was the fastest and cheapest way to go. Invicta case? Anyone?

    • @pedrog7663
      @pedrog7663 Год назад

      Please tell me it was a pro diver 1953

    • @PietroCozziTinin
      @PietroCozziTinin Год назад

      @@pedrog7663 I don't know. It has a very ugly yellow winding-weight.

  • @zachg9065
    @zachg9065 Год назад +1

    These are great! Love the blue one

  • @younusimam-thesalamproject6340
    @younusimam-thesalamproject6340 Год назад +1

    Incredible improvisation at 3:18 . Bravo!

  • @younusimam-thesalamproject6340
    @younusimam-thesalamproject6340 Год назад +1

    I enjoy watches of multiple sizes, from my Father-in-laws 37mm Seiko 5 field, to my larger divers. Each is great and provides a different experience.

  • @marcgirard7551
    @marcgirard7551 Год назад +3

    Well done video and critique as always. I think the PRX needs the small size to look “right.” The 40 looks fine in photos but always seemed a bit off to me in person. Then I saw the full “gold” version in 35mm and thought it looked like such a fun and proportionate piece. There’s other watches I would buy in the PRX price range that suit my desires and style better but sometimes I think I should just take a flyer on a PRX. I fear I’d end up not wearing it much though.

  • @turnbasedtoddy7664
    @turnbasedtoddy7664 Год назад +2

    I always look forward to your videos! One thing I would disagree on is I think a 35 mm watch would look just fine on a 9 inch wrist. I always say small watches look good on every wrist but a big watch only looks good on a big wrist. Great video on the PRX though. I definitely plan to get me a blue one in 35mm.

  • @juniorjohnson5961
    @juniorjohnson5961 Год назад +1

    Thank you always enjoy your thoughts
    As a former scuba diver the bugger the watch the better.
    For a dress watch 36mm is fine . I havent really looked at the PRX but im shure id choose the 35mm.

  • @CarlosDiaz-gk7nk
    @CarlosDiaz-gk7nk Год назад +1

    Great review!

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      A pleasure to share it Carlos! Thank you brother 🥃

  • @Puertorrican_Power
    @Puertorrican_Power 10 месяцев назад +1

    Actually smaller 34-36, maybe 38, watches are the classic, all time norm for the average gentleman. Large watches are in fact a trend. As with all trends, eventually it dries out and people start appreciating again the convenience and casual elegance of smaller watches. People that promote larger watches simply because "the bigger I can fit, the better" don't realize that a watch is a jewelry, a fashion accessory, and as such the bracelet or strap is part of it and is to be appreciated when looking at the piece from the top, and not just the dial. That's why, from a classic fashion standpoint, a smaller watch provide that element of casual elegance and taste, because when seeing from the top you can appreciate the dial, but also how it blends in to the bracelet very smoothly, as a bracelet should be. I respect everybody that might think different, but that's how it should be unless you have a bigger wrist than average (7.50+ inch), obviously, or if you are an active sports enthusiast, diver, etc.

  • @ChristianChua
    @ChristianChua Месяц назад

    i agree on every point!

  • @mitchellsmith1593
    @mitchellsmith1593 11 месяцев назад +1

    35mm gold quartz for me. Nice video

  • @zendt66
    @zendt66 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for your excellent review. I've been close to pulling the trigger on a purchase but the one factor holding me back is the plastic that I hear is in the movement. Any thoughts on that? I'd really value your opinion. Many thanks.

  • @johnseeger9083
    @johnseeger9083 Год назад +1

    A perfect dissection of the reason why companies offer different sizes and different types of watches.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Appreciate it John, thank you sir! 🥃

  • @williamchan8866
    @williamchan8866 Год назад +1

    It’s a very good point you brought up….the intended purpose. I cycle a lot, even in winter. So I’ll strap a big watch over my winter jacket. I also like watches even down to 34 mm they do look a “neater”.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Love a massive diver to wear over a wetsuit but then a tighter looking "mid-size" feels so great day-to-day. Thank you for this William 😉🥃

  • @anthonystevens8683
    @anthonystevens8683 Год назад

    I comment less to comments on watch videos about "it's too big", or "too small", or "lugs are too long". I've always suggested that people try this things on first if they like the watch that might be a different perceived dimension. As you state the style of the watch will have some impact, bezel thickness, case material and colour can all have an impact. Longer lugs may not be an issue if they drape down can also make a difference. Anyway I'm more than happy with my larger PM80 PRX but I would also like to try the 35 at some point.

  • @est1977santosLA
    @est1977santosLA Год назад +1

    Please do a review on the Grand Seiko SBGN005 and/or SBGN003.

  • @pedromanuellopez142
    @pedromanuellopez142 Год назад

    Hi, ID Guy, sorry to be way off topic here, but take a look at the Aquastar Model 60. Perfection.

  • @mannyfernandez1713
    @mannyfernandez1713 Год назад +1

    You couldn’t resist yourself with the explore and then the explorer appears 😂😂😂😂 would’ve done exactly the same

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      Glad someone picked this up 😆 Believe it or not, it was more of a happy accident than anything intentional (recorded the video about a month ago) but replaying it and seeing the explorer pop up, I thought "not bad" hahaha! 🥃

  • @finesse49
    @finesse49 Год назад +3

    I have a 35mm quartz. I like that it’s unobrusive and I prefer the sunburst dial. The fact that they are available and can be had at a discount doesn’t hurt. I almost feel embarassed when I put on a larger watch.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +2

      It's a weird thing going smaller and suddenly it feels so much more "wearable" right? Happens to me all the time too 😆

    • @finesse49
      @finesse49 Год назад

      @@ID-Guy Yes, more wearable. My first watch, a gift when I was young is a 31mm Junghans Trilastic. I wore it so much that the ridges on the crown are gone! It still runs, though. Today my 36mm Oris Big Crown Pointer Date came into rotation - perfect for an art gallery visit this morning.

  • @ThD040
    @ThD040 Год назад +1

    Great video again. It had been a while since I reacted. Just wandering; wearing something new on your wrist?
    Working from another country now. So not online that much.
    Keep the great videos coming.
    Hopefully you will enjoy a whisky 🥃 this weekend.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Great to see you Theo! I was very lucky to pounce on an A384 when nobody was looking at the beginning of the year 😉 Still havent shared it on the channel... but it was boarderline theft for what this lil watch is. Really hope you're well and enjoying your new role in another country sir! Thank you for stopping by as always and have an excellent weekend! 🥃

    • @ThD040
      @ThD040 Год назад +1

      @@ID-Guy looks great, enjoy that watch!

  • @chriscon8463
    @chriscon8463 Год назад +2

    Well said! I have a smaller wrist, 6 1/4”. I can wear up to about a 48mm lug-to-lug; I usually go for 40mm watches or smaller. I have a BB58 blue that fits me well & I love it! My most comfortable watch, though, is my 36mm Lorier Falcon II. It’s so thin, well-balanced, & we’ll-proportioned for me. I’d love to try on a 35mm PRX sometime!

    • @WestCoastAce27
      @WestCoastAce27 Год назад +2

      Lug to lug is the real dimension that determines the fit.

    • @chriscon8463
      @chriscon8463 Год назад +1

      @@WestCoastAce27 yup; 48mm is about the largest I can do.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +2

      If I can interject and say that you'll LOVE the BB54 as a choice. I've been a BB naysayer for years at this point, but the 54 has changed my views completely. Even on my 6 3/4" wrist, it wears beautifully thin and the proportions are something else 🥃 Fully agree on how balance etc. fits into our experiences and changes the game. Thanks for sharing this Chris!

    • @chriscon8463
      @chriscon8463 Год назад

      @@ID-Guy I totally would have bought a BB54 if they had been out when I got my 58! I still may get one someday.

  • @jeffdj1975
    @jeffdj1975 Год назад +1

    Well done! Also, how’s the bb54 treating you?

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Thank you Jeffery! Man, the 54 is fantastic. I can't underscore how well it works day-to-day. Often makes me think (or try to think if Watches and YT wasn't a "job") that a piece like the 54 could easily be someones only watch and they'd be so happy with it. Just feels more and more competent by the day, unlike me 😉

  • @Misterallec
    @Misterallec Год назад +3

    I bought the 35mm Quartz for 360 dollars, thats unbeatable value from a brand new watch i think.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      It's astoundingly good AND the fact that they can continually keep the prices low and not relinquish quality (like other brands should) is why they're smashing it! 🥃

  • @HonoluluBlue81
    @HonoluluBlue81 Год назад +5

    Size is always relative to the wearer. The 35mm PRX looks like a kids watch on my wrist, but the 40 is perfectly proportioned. I’m sure for some the 40 is too big and the 35 is too small and they’re hoping Tissot releases a 37.5.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Always relative and thanks for sharing this brother 🥃

    • @michaelriera6277
      @michaelriera6277 Год назад

      Heresy

  • @user-oe8ve4ub1s
    @user-oe8ve4ub1s 2 месяца назад

    You convinced me😂

  • @riseuplight
    @riseuplight 10 месяцев назад

    When did you move to the UK from ZA?

  • @nanasetiana2689
    @nanasetiana2689 11 месяцев назад

    5.08 what watch is that? Speedmaster? Reply please

  • @Valera_Scotland
    @Valera_Scotland Год назад +1

    Dude... just ordered Omega Aqua Terra 2503.50.00
    Spontaneous purchase..... can't believe I'm doing it ha ha ha
    It's a watch I sold 3 years ago and should have kept. This one a little newer from 2007 with 2500c Co axial. Black dial... I think the Explorer is dead to me ❤

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      Man, I've become so disillusioned with Rolex... over the last two weeks I've been considering something special for my 30th (at the end of the year) But these stupid prices are such a turn off... £7k for an Explorer?? Where I paid £4k for an exceptional El Primero... there's just no logic with the crown brand anymore 😉 Have a blast with your Aqua Terra! I may just follow you at this rate brother 🥃

    • @Valera_Scotland
      @Valera_Scotland Год назад

      @@ID-Guy man exactly. I paid £2400
      Explorer is £6150
      Come on...
      P.s. so what's your short list? We must meet up for a drink near Christmas in Edinburgh and show off our new pieces man, make a day of it!

  • @_sr
    @_sr Год назад

    I like that some brands are making smaller - or lets say more classically/traditionally sized - watches. This contemporary trend of watches getting bigger and bigger just does not feel right. Ugly..I agree, there must be logical reason for making a watch bigger as in the case of divers. Why would you make a time only or date/time watch unnecessarily bigger. Tell you why.. just for the sake of following the trend👎🏻
    I have a 7inch wrist and I am loving my 36mm explorer so much. So comfortable to wear, so classy.. I will probably be getting this 35 prx also. I am sure it will fit beautifully.. thanks for the review and valuable opinions..🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @cunawarit
    @cunawarit 18 дней назад

    I see it differently. I remember the 70s and 80s when nobody wore huge, colossal watches. Aside from the Pop Swatch, oversized "UFO" watches were not common back then. The current trend towards smaller watches feels like a return to normalcy, moving away from the recent years where ostentatious, "look-at-me" designs dominated the horology world. This shift represents a welcome return to subtlety and refinement.
    I have worn 44mm watches, in fact, I still have one. But nowadays my three favorite watches are 32mm, 34, and 35mm. Small simply looks better to me.

  • @conorwhitworth5182
    @conorwhitworth5182 Год назад +10

    I guarantee if you spend a week with a 34mm Date you'll never look at a 36mm Date-just ever again. Beautifully proportioned and sitting better on the wrist. 34-36mm are just the ultimate everyday pieces. Totally unobtrusive and comfortable. When I see a company release a new 40mm dress watch I scream into my coffee! My father-in-law (retired police officer) always wore a 33mm gold watch and he was a tall imposing man with 'presence' shall we say. You wouldn't have argued with him!

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Great points here Conor, thank you! I've been gravitating more to mid-size pieces (37-39mm) lately and love that flow of balance on the wrist with a feeling of "greater attention to detail" with everything on their dials. Sometimes smaller pieces can be better, but it's all relative 😉

    • @garyboyle695
      @garyboyle695 Год назад +2

      34-36mm no thank you. Way too small for me.

    • @JackoWillMakeLives-loveu
      @JackoWillMakeLives-loveu Год назад +1

      I have a 7.5” wrist and 41mm is the sweet spot for me. 33mm is fine but just a bit dainty for me. Wear what you love!

    • @markrichards3720
      @markrichards3720 Год назад

      Not if you got 7.75. Wrist even the 36mm is baby be like you I'm. Guessing wearing a 28mm

    • @michaelriera6277
      @michaelriera6277 Год назад

      Then you are’t hanging with the cool kids and will never earn the Hodinkee to Kool for Skool badge.

  • @PaoloZucchetti
    @PaoloZucchetti Год назад +1

    Best buy

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      They really are astoundingly good 🥃

  • @PocketUau
    @PocketUau Год назад +1

    Subjectively speaking, 38x45mm is the perfect watch size for most men, fitting wrists from 6 to 9 inches really well.

    • @salvadorHombre
      @salvadorHombre 8 месяцев назад

      Have you seen a 38mm watch on a 9" wrist? It looks comically small.

  • @rafeang
    @rafeang 9 месяцев назад

    If they actually released a model with the same color as the one in your thumbnail... im buying that without any hesitation

    • @rafeang
      @rafeang 9 месяцев назад

      I want an affordable iwc ingenieur so badly 😭

  • @jirkatran
    @jirkatran 11 месяцев назад

    i have small hand so easy choice for me :D 35 perfect size

  • @timemycollection
    @timemycollection Год назад +1

    I like the 35mm a lot. Green or white 👌🏾

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      A nice lil companion piece to your 124270. BTW, I'm hitting 30 at the end of the year and the adjusted prices for these Rolex models breaks my heart, brother. Don't think I could ever justify the price (I might need some encouragement from you 😉)

  • @Super3xtr4
    @Super3xtr4 Год назад

    There is no perfect size. But the perfect size for each individual.

  • @steveverhoef5667
    @steveverhoef5667 Год назад

    It’s time to examine the glycine watches! Totally fascinating.

  • @djorgen
    @djorgen Год назад +1

    Thanks for the video, very interesting! Good looking watch, but it's too close to the AP Royal Oak for me. Not enough of a heritage. :-)

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      That dial is very, very, very similar 😉 A pleasure to share these as always brother! Thank you for taking the time to watch the clip 🥃

  • @Tenkterian
    @Tenkterian Год назад +3

    In my book, it's fairly simple: visible wrist-to-watchhead-ratio of 1:3:1 when looked at from above looks superior and is best achieved with sub-40mm watches and sub-47mm lug-to-lug on most men's wrists. That's why 38 happens to be the upper limit for my 7 inch wrist in most instances. But that's just my personal, anecdotal pseudo-science 😅

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      Well this is the most brilliant thing I've seen on the subject... looking down at my 39mm Seamaster, it has that perfect "1:3:1". Absolutely fantastic study here brother! 🥃

    • @marcgirard7551
      @marcgirard7551 Год назад

      What ratios are we comparing when we say 1:3:1? Dial size to… wrist circumference?

    • @Tenkterian
      @Tenkterian Год назад +2

      @@marcgirard7551 I didn't express this correctly, I'm afraid. 1:3:1 means: roughly 1 part of visible strap/bracelet on top and bottom next to 3 parts of the head of the watch covering the wrist when viewed from above.

    • @marcgirard7551
      @marcgirard7551 Год назад +2

      @@Tenkterian I see. So roughly 16mm strap/end link show on top to 48mm lug-to-lug to 16 mm strap/end link on bottom? That makes sense to me! Never though of this as ratios like that

  • @michaelfierman3256
    @michaelfierman3256 Год назад +1

    I have a feeling I'm getting one of these for my birthday. I've always said to my friend his 40 looks like a Roman Cuff, so he knows I want the smaller one...but is it too small? I need to try one on.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      I reckon you'll be blown away by the size. It has that "sweetspot" feel and definitely pushes across that it was almost "meant" to be that size originally. BUT that was my take when trying one out 😆🥃

  • @jshwck4210
    @jshwck4210 Год назад +1

    What the Black Bay was for the late 10s is the PRX for the early 20s

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      I like this 😉

  • @jeid3822
    @jeid3822 11 месяцев назад +1

    I still prefer seiko spb 259 ginza to tissot prx❤😮😊 35mm

  • @alfieakaronaldog
    @alfieakaronaldog Год назад

    I have a quartz PRX and only wear it when I need to confirm how much I don’t like wearing it.
    I like owning it, but fail to see what the fuss is about.
    My Gentlemen on the other hand (not literally) is genuinely impressive IMO.

  • @salvadorHombre
    @salvadorHombre 8 месяцев назад

    Respectfully, I dont find the 35 to be well proportioned.
    The 40 looks and feels slimmer due to the larger diameter. The white date window fades into the dial as it is relatively small on the larger dial. The bezel frames the dial but doesn't feel like a thick Explorer-like bezel. The size of the squares in the tapisserie dial feels more well proportioned on the 40 than the 35.
    When I saw the 35mm PRX Powermatic, I got an "uncanny valley"esque feeling and this is why.

  • @WestCoastAce27
    @WestCoastAce27 Год назад +3

    The elephant in the room you didn’t mention: China in particular and Asia in general.
    PS - possible future debate: what makes a watch a Sports watch? That’s a dress watch to me.

  • @vvvhhhhhbb
    @vvvhhhhhbb Год назад

    Actually just sold my 41 mm, to get the 35mm MOP dial. Have a 19.5mm wrist, and the 41mm just didn't sit quite right.

  • @whodeycinbengals
    @whodeycinbengals Год назад +3

    While I can respect and love what the PRX brings to the table (as far as value), 35 is too small and 40 is too large for my tastes. If they ever do a 37 or 38 mm, I’ll look more closely at getting one

  • @K.J.H_
    @K.J.H_ 11 месяцев назад +1

    I hope they introduce a mid size. To my taste the 35mm is for a less than 6.5in wrist and the 40mm would work better above a 7.5in wrist. Leaving a massive middle ground of average sized wrists that the prx doesnt really work that well for.

  • @erkang27
    @erkang27 Год назад +1

    I think PRX is unique because it didn’t copy others, go his own road! New size is more elegant like DD36 Rolex

  • @uiualumni
    @uiualumni Год назад +1

    I hope you’re right. I’m holding my breath for a 37mm version.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      These have been too successful for them not to go even more mad with sizes (33 & 37mm's) 😉

  • @Therealgdoesgshit
    @Therealgdoesgshit Год назад +1

    I wear from 32 50’s dress watches to 42 modern divers no problem actually my biggest watch is a Casio Duro 44 ,

  • @stanislas4990
    @stanislas4990 11 месяцев назад

    The trend now goes to smaller watches. But a size doesn't mean everything.
    I have 35mm and 36mm watches, and the size is great on my wrist (I have quite a small wrist, 17cm, or 6.7"). I have 40mm or 42mm watches, and it fits me. But I have tried the 35mm PRX, and it seems quite small, too small for me, if I compare with my 40mm Tissot PRX. It's subjective. The way a watch looks is as important of its real size.

  • @DavidDatura
    @DavidDatura Год назад +2

    I recently purchased a limited edition Seiko 5 with the Snoopy dial. It’s 36mm and is about as small as a watch can go on my 7” wrist without looking tiny. So this 35mm would just be too small for me. But a great size for a lady’s or skinny man’s wrist.

  • @Boon778
    @Boon778 Год назад +1

    Please once do a Video about the Citizen NY0040 and marina militare. There are quite some around already but there is so many information incomplete and wrong and this watch- an icon already- has deserved a video made by IDguy :-D Feel free to contact me for an NY0040 Marina Militare to videograph

  • @jamesminshall4601
    @jamesminshall4601 Год назад +1

    It’s an impressive watch but I don’t understand why there is no option for on the fly adjustment, it appears to be style over function and that’s what annoys me.
    I think they are still popular because they keep releasing interesting options. I agree a midsize would be very good but I think the full lume dial is my current favourite.

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H Год назад

      Simple answer, price point.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Quick adjustment makes such a difference today, I guess it has to do with the types of closures they're using (double deployant butterfly) I doubt that will ever change because of price (and other factors) - but it's one helluva drawback with most integrated bracelet models unless we're look at the standouts like the VC Overseas & Lange Odysseus 😉

  • @mitchellsmith1593
    @mitchellsmith1593 2 месяца назад

    35 and 36 rule!

  • @Anirossa
    @Anirossa Год назад

    Got a limited edition pr100 powermatic 80 for under 180 usd grey market. does +1s/day watch prices makes no sense.

  • @dingodave3966
    @dingodave3966 Год назад +1

    Dear Mr ID Guy, couldn’t agree with you more, sadly…
    Smaller can sometimes be better, especially if that’s all you have to play with…🤷‍♂️

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      This could be one of the sneakiest innuendo's I've seen so far 😆🥃

  • @EDHBlvd
    @EDHBlvd Год назад

    “The case study of the PRX”. Nice pun.

  • @normanhunter7
    @normanhunter7 Год назад +1

    Good things come in small packages

  • @simmysharma6845
    @simmysharma6845 Год назад +1

    Big, small, average... Have them all. Enjoy your watch

  • @HRM.H
    @HRM.H Год назад +1

    Im all for smaller pieces. Nearly every PRX ive seen looked too large on the owners wrists in my opinion.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      Going against modern day conventions, I can see by the Wankel 😉🥃

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H Год назад +1

      ​​​@@ID-Guyhahah, i just disslike lug overhang... I use wankels for racing. Wankel is simple and lightweight, but incredibly fuel hungry and maintenance intensive.. kinda like a manualwind 36.000 SOH movement! It wont compete with the modern stuff, performance wise, but its impressive nonetheless.

  • @TwentyOne_Five
    @TwentyOne_Five Год назад +3

    36mm is a medium sized men’s watch.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      It's so good that the "stigma" fad of calling 36mm "too small" is dwindling 😉🥃

  • @jameshoward9700
    @jameshoward9700 Год назад +1

    Fully! 35mm is absolutely right, for this watch. People need to stop polarising themselves into spec silos and consider the thing. What are its proportions, its colour, its material... its use? What will you wear it with? How will you wear it? A 35mm PRX is so right (and so good), as is a 52 Tuna, a 39 Seamaster 300, 45 Fifty Fathoms, a 42 Speedy, a medium Santos, a 36 Explorer.... Rarely does upsizing a period design work. Rolex worked hard at it and had success with the DJ41 (mainly 'cos it ain't 41..!), but less with the Sub or 'Dweller.

  • @paulrobertclayton5352
    @paulrobertclayton5352 Год назад +3

    I personally like big watches..
    I just picked up the new Bulova pilot panda edition …
    It has heritage and class rolled into one ..
    It’s pure class .

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      I had no idea they made a Panda edition of the Bulova Pilot! Those Lunar Pilots man... I've heard stories from big time collectors that some of their biggest regrets was letting them go while collecting, that says a lot 🥃

    • @paulrobertclayton5352
      @paulrobertclayton5352 Год назад

      @@ID-Guy I have all three ..Captain James Scott took it to the moon in 1971 ..
      The year I was born ..so it has a lot of significance for me !

  • @structurescience
    @structurescience Год назад +2

    100th comment!

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      Boom! 🥃

  • @michaelriera6277
    @michaelriera6277 Год назад +2

    If you truly want to be on the tip of the hipster spear, then only 34mm or less will do.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад

      Agreed with clear frame glasses to seal the deal 😉

  • @alfieakaronaldog
    @alfieakaronaldog Год назад

    Surely all watch guys should feel it’s great that watches are difficult sizes and people have different preferences.
    Thing is that the call for smaller watches seems to come largely from unhinged twisted individuals with chips on their shoulders.
    Sales figures of all these new small pieces would be interesting to know.
    You have to factor in that lots of sheep will just buy what they are told to, rather than making their own mind up though.

    • @salvadorHombre
      @salvadorHombre 8 месяцев назад

      The Rolex Explorer 40 was brought back after just a year of being discontinued. I think that says all you need to know about the apparent "small watch trend".
      The small watch crowd believes everyone is going to be rocking 36mm and below watches. This belief is bogus.
      More sizes of watches means more options for people with different sized wrists. It doesn't mean that small watches are going to take over the industry.

  • @crypt0gh0stph38
    @crypt0gh0stph38 11 месяцев назад

    Meanwhile. I bought a vintage RADO VOYAGER. ETA 2836-2. 4HZ FOR $100. 😂

  • @HectorHughMunro
    @HectorHughMunro Год назад +1

    I like smaller watches but it’s still a Tissot. It’s a cheap watch for people who wear Superdry shirts.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      Only the real G's wear "no-name" branded shirts (like me) 😆🥃

  • @cristiabc1310
    @cristiabc1310 11 месяцев назад

    May be optics is nice but this is not all about a watch. The movement is not well build in my opinion. Why plastic parts Tissot??

  • @eggsII
    @eggsII Год назад

    The movement in this watch has a plastic escapement, to my understanding. I don’t understand why they would do this.
    Why do you tout their build quality with this plastic escapement issue?

  • @mrszisz1
    @mrszisz1 Год назад +3

    I don't understand the crusade for small sizes that ytbers are pushing like there's no tomorrow.

    • @ID-Guy
      @ID-Guy  Год назад +1

      I can't speak for the rest of them but hey, it's something different on my end 😉

    • @mrszisz1
      @mrszisz1 Год назад

      @@ID-Guyure man. I was considering buying 35mm PRX for my wife, but she didn't like it's thicness.

    • @NeoWahNah
      @NeoWahNah Год назад +1

      LOL! I 100% agree. But hey, buy what floats your boat!

    • @mrszisz1
      @mrszisz1 Год назад

      @@NeoWahNahMaybe they're tiny?

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H Год назад +3

      Crusade??? Most people have been BEGGING for smaller watches the last 2 decades. RUclipsrs are just riding the trend

  • @lidijabacic8348
    @lidijabacic8348 11 месяцев назад

    rolex is better than tissot