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Perrelet First Class, Entry Level Automatic Watches

For 2010, Perrelet will release an attractive new collection of watches aimed to lure first time luxury watch buyers. The collection is called "First Class" and has nicely rendered three-hand automatic watches in a few styles. Each comes in a 42.5mm wide steel case that is quite thin (just 10.6mm thick), but also has a Perrelet style case that is reminiscent of its highly popular Turbine collection models. The casebacks are engraved richly, and help remind you of Perrelet's history of inventing the automatic watch movement.

The First Class models come in six versions. There are three dial colors choices, each available with either baton hour markers or Arabic numerals. The dial colors available are silver-white, black, or anthracite. Both types of dial look quite nice with the easy to read leaf-style hands. The centrally aligned date window is good touch. Inside the watches is the Perrelet P-261 automatic movement with 40 hours of power reserve. The watch has a sapphire crystal and is water resistant to 50 meters. Each of the Perrelet First Class watches come with black or brown crocodile straps with steel deployment clasps. The watches are comfy to wear and easy to own. Priced at just $2,100 retail, they should provide a good value for price conscious consumers looking for a solid good watch. Available soon where Perrelet watches are sold.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Gallery: Perrelet First Class Watches