Vintage Tissot Stylist watches.
The Stylist is Tissot's slim dress line, and it is one of the most underrated vintage Swiss watches you can buy. Gold-plated or gold-filled cases, restrained dials, and cases small enough that they read as jewellery rather than as a watch. Both manual wind and quartz examples pass through, and the manual ones in particular are proper mechanical watches at a price that has not caught up with them.
Frequently asked questions
Is a vintage Tissot Stylist a good buy?
It is one of the better value vintage Swiss dress watches available. A manual wind Stylist in a gold-filled case is a real mechanical watch from a serious Swiss house at £175 to £260, which is less than many modern fashion quartz watches cost new. The quartz versions are cheaper still and need only a battery.
Is the Tissot Stylist solid gold?
No. Stylist cases are gold-plated or gold-filled over a base metal. Gold-filled is the better of the two and wears far longer, since the gold layer is substantially thicker than electroplating. Every listing states which we believe a case to be, based on its markings.
Are Tissot Stylist watches men or women size?
Most are ladies' watches, typically 24mm to 25mm, in keeping with the slim dress styling of the period. Larger examples around 33mm do appear and wear well as a unisex dress watch by modern standards. Every listing gives the case size in millimetres.
