Comments on: Tissot T-Touch Expert Watch Review: The King Of Quartz

By: Bill (Aus)

Bill (Aus) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:30 +0000

Yes…… I was one of the people who was proud to have bought the T Touch (cant comment for the expert).
Bought it in late 2007, had the battery changed by a local guy who is a watch/clock expert early this year 2010.(two months out of warrantee)
Had a shower and camped in the rain for day- it fogged up and stopped. Obviously changing the battery affected the seal because I have been wearing it in the shower since I bought it.
I bought it for say $1100 and they want $490 to fix it! I feel ripped off.
The dealer here (Aus) is Swatch. I spoke to them and they kept saying that wearing it in the shower voids the warrantee although they couldnt show me in the handbook. I wrote a letter to the head of the department 3 weeks but have yet heard anything.
You would think with the massive mark-up that are on watches that they could nealy send me a new watch for $490 and forget about repairing it.
I would be a sucker to pay $490 to have a faulty watch repaired. I agree with many of the other posters that when you spend that type of money originally that you should get many years of service- not 2. If I get it repaired it will have cost me over $700 a year for the privilidge of wearing a T Touch!

Hope others have had better luck because I’m a little embarrased for spending this amount of dough.

By: GerarD

GerarD — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:54:09 +0000

Hi there i am planning to go to Las Vegas around the 18th of august this year, where should i go for a reasonably priced T-Touch expert ? Thanks in advance 4 your reaction !

Grtx,
GerarD

By: ju

ju — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:12:44 +0000

T-Touch is rubbish. Not just muy opinion asa consumer, but confirmed by a reputable repair business. Don’t go near one.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:34:03 +0000

Really, thanks a lot for this comment

By: friedricetheman

friedricetheman — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:16:10 +0000

Ok. I think I should re-educate the masses on how to spot a T-Touch Expert. The T-Touch Expert and the T-Touch are two DIFFERENT beast all together. The Expert uses an altogether different movement than the T-Touch. The T-TOUCH EXPERT has a BIGGER LCD (with backlight) than the T-Touch. And on the caseback (the back of the watch), “T-TOUCH EXPERT” are stamped at the bottom. Also, the EXPERT is A LOT BIGGER than the T-Touch. Heck, the EXPERT is a lot BIGGER than most of the other watches out there (think SunDial size) at 44-45mm.

Most if not all of the complains are directed at the original T-touch (minus the Expert). The Expert has a 100m water resistant (again, stamped in big words on the caseback). So, if at the back of the watch, yours has the words “30m water resistant” etched over it. Tough luck, you got the ORIGINAL T-Touch, in which case you better say your prayers or chuck that bugger and get a T-Touch Expert instead.

This is a review on the T-TOUCH EXPERT and not the older models which are problem prone. The NEW T-TOUCH EXPERT won’t malfunction unless you really abuse it (eg. taking a hammer to it).

I just wish Tissot would make an announcement to re-educating the public that 30m watches (eg. the old T-Touch) shouldn’t be exposed to water. You can’t take an old T-Touch (with 30m WR) to swim, shower or even dive with it. You will need a minimum of 10 Bar WR (100m) for surface swimming. 20 Bar (200m) and above for recreational diving.

Now, be truthful, how many of you guys who are having trouble with the original T-Touch took it out for a swim, shower with it, or wore it out while it was raining? C’mon, let me see a show of hands..

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:41:35 +0000

Hello! I just have one couple of days ago thanks to your excellent review too. As a brand new owner I have nothing to add so far but I have a query about timezones: seems to me that analog dial (hands) are always synchronized to timezone T1. As a frequent flyer changing timezones I would like to have analog dials sync’ed to T2 but it appears that analog display is ‘driven’ by digital T1 only, meaning there is no way to select T2 on digital & sync hands to that zone. Is this the case since I can’t figure it out & the instructions are not clear. TIA

By: David

David — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:31:59 +0000

I have had my T-Touch Titanium for 3 years and during that time I have sent it back 3 times for a total time of 2 to 3 months each time.The first time they told me it would be 250 bucks to repair it. It was under warranty and thank goodness I was able to get it repaired for free. Now out of warranty I have lost one of the buttons (2nd time) and shortly after that the hands started going crazy and would not stop moving in a circle until 3 days later when it finally died. I love the watch and all it is supposed to do but it cannot even do the most basic watch function of telling the time. Unfortunately Tissot likes the service revenue it generates. Something is wrong with this picture.

By: emma

emma — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:49:15 +0000

i am very interested with the t-touch expert titanium and inspired to get one for my future husband.the features really2 sophisticated and great but what i am scared now is the sustainability of this watch..i’ve read a lot comments!! and i am getting extremely upset with all of them

By: admin

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:17:59 +0000

Nothing to worry about, this occurs on many watches.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:17:26 +0000

Thanks for your nice words. The comments started getting so plentiful I just sort of sat back and watches them grow!