Sometimes I just got to throw in a dresswatch
just to mix it up a little. Toolwatches in all honors but there are certain
occasions when a toolwatch just doesn’t do it. Oh, did that come as a shocker to you?
No but it’s actually true.
I was very positively surprised by the Visodate.
It looked great. Perhaps a little too big for my taste with its 40mm to
function as a proper dresswatch but I guess it's all about getting used to
the size. As a daily wearer to the office it was great. The price was also
another great thing. Anyone could afford it without having to eat noodles for
the rest of the month. And judging from the quality of the movement (standard ETA 2836-2) this piece
could last you a lifetime if just serviced properly.
The first one I had was the steel version with
white dial which I got in early January 2014. Super easy to match with whatever
shirts and jackets I put on. The second one, which I got in early April 2014,
was the gold-plated version with black dial and that one was a little more complicated
to match. Being gold it stood out in a different way compared to the steel
version. Between the two of them I preferred the steel version with its cleaner look.
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| #211 - The Tissot Visodate, ref. T019.430.16.031.01. |
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| #222 - The gold-plated version, ref. T019.430.36.051.01. |
When one of my best friends, Daniel, turned
thirty my friends and I all chipped in and gave him a Visodate. He wasn’t
really a watch guy but he became unexpectedly fond of it and has been wearing it every day for
the last two and a half years. Everybody needs a nice watch and if they don’t
agree with you just find a suitable opportunity when you can force it upon them (birthdays are perfect) and they will eventually realize they'd been
wrong. It works every time!
This was another post that could have been divided into two separate but I chose to bundle them together instead. Sometimes it feels right and sometimes it doesn't.
This was another post that could have been divided into two separate but I chose to bundle them together instead. Sometimes it feels right and sometimes it doesn't.
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