The Tissot Ballade 40mm is a dress watch that refuses to be fussy. It borrows the decorative details of traditional watchmaking, a fluted bezel and a guilloche dial, then packages them in a slim, modern steel watch you can wear every day.

The deep blue dial is the showpiece: a traditional guilloche pattern with a sunburst finish sends rays of light across the surface, giving it more life than a flat blue dial ever could. Luminous Super-LumiNova hands and applied hour markers keep it legible, and the date window sits neatly alongside. A Swiss quartz movement with an end-of-life indicator keeps maintenance to a minimum, and the anti-reflective sapphire crystal keeps glare down.

At 8.25mm thick it slides easily under a shirt cuff, while 100 meters of water resistance makes it far more versatile than most dress watches. The quick-release steel bracelet lets you change its look without tools.

Blue guilloche Ballade 40mm: T156.410.11.041.00

• Reference: T156.410.11.041.00
• Case: 316L stainless steel with fluted bezel, 40mm, 8.25mm thick
• Movement: Swiss quartz with date and end-of-life indicator
• Dial: blue guilloche with sunburst finish and applied markers
• Hands: Super-LumiNova
• Crystal: sapphire with anti-reflective coating
• Water resistance: 100 meters
• Bracelet: stainless steel, quick-release, 20mm lug width

Traditional texture, modern ease: a blue dial worth a closer look.