Tissot PRC 100 Solar Quartz 34mm Bicolour Ladies Watch

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Tissot PRC 100 Solar Quartz 34mm Bicolour Ladies Watch

Name: Tissot PRC 100 Solar Quartz 34mm Bicolour Ladies Watch
Brand: Tissot
SKU: T1518222211100
Price: 510 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Stepping up in Tissot's range

The PRC 100 Solar marks twenty years of the collection and, more significantly, the first time Tissot has put a solar movement inside it. The technology is worth understanding: rather than hiding photovoltaic cells beneath the dial — which forces a compromise on dial finishing — Lightmaster Solar gathers light through microscopic honeycomb-structured cells positioned under the sapphire crystal itself. That arrangement leaves the white mother-of-pearl dial entirely uninterrupted. Ten minutes in daylight replenishes roughly a day of running, and a full charge carries the watch for up to fourteen months without seeing light at all. When the reserve runs genuinely low, the seconds hand shifts to a four-second jump to flag it. At 34mm and just over 9mm thick, this sits neatly on a smaller wrist without the bulk that sports-rated watches often carry. The two-tone execution — carnation gold PVD against steel — runs consistently through both case and bracelet, so the combination reads as designed rather than assembled. The dodecagonal bezel, a signature of the PRC line since 2005, gives the case its structure without making the watch feel heavy. The butterfly clasp opens with push-buttons, and the bracelet includes quick-release lugs — practical details on a watch that will likely be worn daily.

Reference: T1518222211100
Brand: Tissot
Case size: 34mm
Case thickness: 9.22mm
Lug width: 18mm
Case material: Gold PVD
Case shape: Round
Dial: Mother-of-pearl
Crystal: Sapphire
Movement: Solar
Calibre: ETA F06.615
Functions: Date, Solar powered
Water resistance: 100m
Bracelet / strap: Stainless steel bracelet
Strap colour: Silver
Clasp: Butterfly clasp
Lume: Super-LumiNova
Retailer: Mappin & Webb

Additional specifications

Power reserve: 24 hours
Weight: 97g
Origin: Swiss made

Learn more about Tissot

Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile founded the company in Le Locle in 1853, assembling gold pocket watches and, unusually for the time, exporting aggressively — Russia became a major market within a decade.

Tissot's history is a sequence of firsts achieved through willingness to try materials and ideas the establishment considered unserious. The first mass-produced pocket watch with two time zones came in 1853. The first anti-magnetic wristwatch in 1930. The Astrolon of 1971 was the first watch with a movement made largely of injection-moulded plastic, and it worked. The RockWatch of 1985 used Alpine granite for the case, followed by watches in wood and mother-of-pearl.

The T-Touch of 1999 was the most significant: a tactile sapphire crystal allowing the wearer to access altimeter, barometer, compass, thermometer, and chronograph by touching the glass, years before touchscreens were commonplace.

Tissot merged with Omega in 1930 and both became founding members of what is now the Swatch Group. Its position in the group is volume and accessibility — Swiss mechanical and quartz watches at prices most people can reach, with the Powermatic 80 movement offering an eighty-hour reserve at entry level.

The company has held timekeeping roles across cycling, basketball, motorsport, and fencing.