Tissot

Sideral

Low $429
Median $435
High $524
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The Tissot Sideral is for the collector who wants a mechanical watch with a little sailing-club eccentricity: a rounded case, bold color, and a regatta countdown scale rather than another sober diver’s dial. The modern version’s forged-carbon case gives that personality a wonderfully irregular backdrop, with a pattern that differs from watch to watch.

The story began in 1969 with a fiberglass-cased Sideral; the Sideral S followed in 1971, providing the inspiration for the 2023 revival. Look to the revival for the Powermatic 80 movement and a contemporary take on that unconventional construction, or to the originals if the fiberglass experiment is what draws you in. On the modern watch, the countdown markings are a timing aid, not a chronograph function. Its perforated rubber strap also uses an unusual buckle-free fastening system—worth trying on, because the fit and fastening are part of the experience.

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