Tissot is the Official Timekeeper of the Ice Hockey World Championships

Tissot was recently named the Official timekeeper of the Ice Hockey World Championships for 2011. This year, the championships will be held in Bratislava and Slovakia between April 29th and May 15th. The Ice Hockey Championships will be composed of sixteen teams which will play a total of fifty-six games in seventeen days.

Tissot is a brand renowned for its sport watches and its commitment to accurate timekeeping and this certainly isn’t Tissot’s first experience as Official Timekeeper. The Swiss sport watch brand, founded in 1853, has been supporting ice hockey championships officially since 1996 and Tissot has also served as the Official Timekeeper for championships in fencing, skiing, cycling, motorcycling, and other events in the sports world.

Tissot is best known for its collection of T-Touch watches, and most recently the T-Touch Expert line. Tissot excels in the production of quality, affordable timepieces that can withstand the rigors of sport activities. The T-Touch gets its name from the touch-sensitive sapphire crystal covering the dial which allows for newer way to select the watch functions. The range of functions that can be found in the modest T-Touch Expert 43mm case is alone overwhelming. The Tissot T-Touch Expert has a calendar, altimeter, compass, chronograph function, alarm, a backlight, a thermometer, and an analog-digital display. To top it off, this watch is water resistant up to 100 meters, which makes it the perfect companion for any of your athletic endeavors.

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