Tissot Ballade
The Tissot Ballade collection embodies Swiss watchmaking elegance, bridging tradition and innovation. Combining timeless design, precision and a variety of movements, it reflects Tissot’s technical expertise.
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39 mm, Automatic mechanical movement
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34 mm, Quartz
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40 mm, Quartz
The story of the Tissot Ballade
Launched in the 1990s, the Tissot Ballade quickly established itself as an elegant and accessible watch, recognizable by its fluted bezel and timeless design. Reinterpreted in 2024, the collection today blends Swiss watchmaking tradition with modern technology, featuring quartz models and COSC-certified automatic versions.
The Ballade embodies Tissot’s craftsmanship: offering a watch with remarkable precision, careful finishing, and an exceptional value for money. True to the brand’s spirit, it symbolizes the perfect balance between classic elegance and horological innovation.
The different Tissot Ballade models: Quartz, Automatic, and case sizes
The Tissot Ballade collection comes in several diameters and movements, offering a perfect fit for every wrist and every horological preference.
The Ballade Quartz 40 mm and 34 mm models prioritize ease of use and instant accuracy of the Swiss quartz movement, ideal for everyday wear without winding.
The 39 mm and 30 mm Ballade Automatic versions, driven by the COSC-certified Powermatic 80 movement, embody mechanical tradition with an extended power reserve and a Nivachron™ spiral resistant to magnetism.
Whether quartz or automatic, every Tissot Ballade keeps the same signature: an iconic fluted bezel, a timeless design, and all the precision of Swiss craftsmanship.
The fluted bezel, the signature of the Tissot Ballade
The fluted bezel is one of the most iconic elements of the Tissot Ballade.
Historically, the first fluted bezels appeared on pocket watches and diving watches: the fine ridges helped with gripping during winding or handling of the glass.
Over time, this shape lost its mechanical function and became a sign of refinement and craftsmanship.
On the Ballade, Tissot reinterprets this classic detail through a finely cut bezel that plays with the light and emphasizes the case’s geometry.
It gives the watch a unique visual identity, halfway between tradition and modernity — a tribute to yesterday’s Swiss watchmaking, reinvented for today.
