Green dials have become a modern favorite, but they are easy to get wrong. Tissot gets it right on the Gentleman Powermatic 80 Silicium by keeping everything else restrained: a clean 40mm steel case, slim applied indexes and a date window, so the rich green tone becomes the one confident statement.

Under that color sits serious watchmaking for the money. The Swiss Powermatic 80 automatic is fitted with a silicon balance spring that resists magnetism and helps the watch hold its rate day after day. Its 80-hour power reserve means it can rest for a full weekend and keep going.

The green shade pairs naturally with navy, gray and earth tones, so it works with tailoring as well as denim. Super-LumiNova hands, a sapphire crystal and 100 meters of water resistance cover the practical side, and the exhibition caseback lets you admire the rotor whenever you like.

Specifications: Gentleman T127.407.11.091.01

• Collection: Tissot Gentleman Powermatic 80 Silicium
• Case: 40mm 316L steel, 11.5mm high, 21mm between the lugs
• Dial: green with applied indexes and date
• Caliber: Powermatic 80, silicon hairspring, up to 80 hours of reserve
• Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective inside
• See-through caseback
• Water resistance: 10 bar (100m)
• Steel bracelet with push-button butterfly clasp

Color with discipline, and a movement built for the way people actually live: the T127.407.11.091.01 is a green watch you will not tire of.