To be honest, I hadn't heard of the Tissot brand before looking for a new watch.  My old watch was a quartz TAG Hueuer circa 1995.  I was completely happy with it until it broke and TAG's service repair quoted about $600 for a repair.  I started focusing on automatic watches as I understand they hold their value more, and I was also fascinated by a completely mechanical mechanism.  I budgeted less than $1000.  Early in my search, I discovered that ETA is one of the biggest makers of automatic watch mechanisms, and that ETA and Tissot are both owned by Swatch.  ETA Swiss movements are used in higher end watches, and there are different grades of each movement.  I understand that the ones in this watch aren't the highest grade, but still pretty accurate.  After doing a lot of research, I picked the Tissot Tempo.

Overall, I'm very satisfied.  Out of the box, the watch is well made.  Both the case and band feel substantial and they don't look cheap.  The clasp mechanism in particular is a little beefier than my old TAG clasp, and it feels better.  Overall, I think the watch is heavier and thicker than my old TAG, but that seems to be the trend these days.  The sapphire back is a nice touch to check out the movement.  It is already getting a little oily residue from my skin, but I can always wash it off.  The face, in my opinion, is very classic and understated looking.  If you wanted to pick nits, you could say that it is a little generic looking.  But I wasn't looking for something to turn heads.

The only downside is that the watch is a little big for my 6.5" wrist.  I'm tall (6'3"), but have very small wrists for my height.  The watch looks bigger than my old TAG.  The lugs don't overhang my wrist (which I've read is how some measure if a watch is too big), but the case still takes up a good portion of my wrist.  This Tissot model is one of the smaller Men's watches in their line.  They had a smaller one (the Carson), but I didn't like the styling.  Overall, I think I can get used to the size.  Again, big watches seem to be in style and this model is modest in comparison to others.