Touch-screen technology within an altimeter wrist watch? It's not mission-critical, as our engineering pals would state, but it really is cool.

The T Touch Expert lets you toggle between time, elevation, climate, compass, temperature, and stopwatch functions with a fast tap or swipe.

The motion is simpler and quicker compared to fumbling for side switches (which the Expert has, too), and it works even with mitts on. "But the real payoff is less about convenience than about elegance," states an editor. "This is the best-looking watch I've seen in 10 years of testing technical time-pieces." It is also tops in durability, precision, and cost.

This T-Touch watch also includes the following functions:

• Hours (12 or 24), minutes, seconds, date


• Chronograph for measuring intermediary and additional times


• Couble alarm


• Azimuth


• Thermometer


• Perpetual calendar


• Countdown


• Back-lighting

The Tissot T-Touch Expert is also available in a special pilot watch version for aviation enthusiasts.

Just $995 is a really small cost to spend on a T-Touch Expert to leave your pop, spouse, brother or partner breathless... and all his buddies jealous.