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[Powermatic 80.111] Your experience with this movement regarding longevity? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by Suspicious-Produce95@alien.top to c/watches@style.land
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 Hi guys, I have just bought a Tissot Luxury which is equipped with the P80.111. I have had a conversation with a local watchmaker, who is skillful in repairing such luxurious timepieces. He told me that this movement comes with plastic parts and tend to get worn overtime, resulting in weaker performance regarding accuracy and longevity. He actually claimed that there have beeen a lot of customers whose 80.111 got problem after 2-3 years.

 However, I have checked many comments from this sub and see that they believe using plastic parts is a wise movement of Tissot. They said that doing so means longer maintenance period. And some even stated their Tissot 80.111 never experiences any problems regarding broken plastic parts or poorer accuracy. 

 So, what is your experience with this movement?
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[–] PDX-ROB@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Tissot isn't a high end brand. The movement is made to be cheap to swap out and reliable for the money. https://www.sguscustomerservice.com/

Can your watchmaker full service a SW200-1 for $195?

[–] goldblumspowerbook@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t worry too much. A lot of people talk about those movements not being serviceable etc.. and then go ahead and buy Seiko NH35’s that definitely get thrown out when you service the watch. I think the concept of plastic makes people nervous but Tissot isn’t looking to generate a bunch of warranty claims.

[–] Suspicious-Produce95@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense... Do you have any P80.111 in your collection?

[–] goldblumspowerbook@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I don’t. I have a .611 in a Mido that doesn’t have the plastic bits, but wouldn’t hesitate to get a Tissot myself.

[–] guffy-11@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Not an owner but have seen a couple of posts about the manual wind powermatic in Hamilton breaking in 2-3 years. Again this is the internet were people with trouble will post so might not be a huge deal.