 Really Nice Watch for the Price |
| Review Date: March 19, 2007 |
| Reviewer: LR2, Detroit, Mi. USA |
| I came across this watch while looking for a casual brown leather band watch. I orginally was looking at the Tissot, forget which model, and came across this one. This Timex looks very, very similar to the Tissot, but without the $400 price tag. I decide for the price of the Timex, there is little to lose. I have been very happy with my decision. The functions are very easy to use and the watch has some weight to it. But most of all, I love the look. I have just began collecting watches and for one of the cheapest costing watches that I have, I find myself wearing this one more than the others. I highly recommend it. |
Some things you might want to know
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| Review Date: December 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Me, |
I bought this watch because of the way it looks. I was going to buy the Timex Expedition T47902, another Expedition, about the same price, most notably the alarm is set by the face dial. That watch would have been cool, but in a world of a billion watch styles, appearance is everything. I like digitals, but they just come off Geeky with any kind of clothing, IMO.
1. The watch isn't white as shown in the picture. The face is ivory colored, and the hands are luminescent. No, they don't glow as well as the old radium watches, but you won't give you cancer either. IMO, gives the watch more character, and the dial is more legible than I expected.
2. The watch is thicker than I expected, mainly when you view it on end with one of the straps facing you. Less of a problem than I thought at first. It doesn't look thick from the crown side, and wearing the watch, no one, including you, views it from the side, maybe an ant crawling on your wrist band. Smash him before he bites you. I like the way it looks on my wrist.
3. The battery lasts 4 years. Wow. If I get two, from playing with the Indiglo button too much, I'll be happy.
4. For $5, paid to Timex, you can extend the warranty by 4 years, making it a 5 year warranty. Hmmm...if the watch won't tick, glow, alarm, chronograph, etc. they will fix or replace, as long as the face isn't broken. If you hit the face just right, you could break it, but it's odds for survival are better than yours, you name the activity.
5. The watch is water resistant to 100M, not 165ft, Timex website.
6. The instructions, and box the watch comes in are rather Spartan, almost funny, you really don't need either much. You don't have worry about paying for a fancy box. The instructions is a rolled up piece of tissue paper, used for half the watches they make, and in 3 different languages. On one piece of tissue paper? Yeah, the writing is small. It's sort of a test. It does tell you how to initialize the chronometer, and it does tell you not to push the buttons under water. It tells you nothing about how a chronometer works, so if you don't already know, their instructions are cryptic. The Timex website is not much better. They are saving on words there too.
7. I found out through Google that the chronometer on this watch actually works, and the dial at the 2 o'clock position actually does function. It's a stopwatch. How about that? The dial at the 6 o'clock position functions as the second hand, like what you are used to on a regular watch with a second hand. The large second hand sweep is fixed at 12 o'clock, until you press the upper button on the right. When pushed, the large sweep measures the seconds, the dial at the 10 o'clock position measure minutes elapsed up to 30 minutes, and the dial at the 2 o'clock position remains fixed. When the button is pushed again, like a stopwatch, second and minute sweeps stop to show elapsed time, and a that point the 2 o'clock dial shifts to tell you how many tenths of a second, to add to the elapsed minutes and seconds. The button at the lower left resets the chronometer.
8. The instructions said something about the lower left button also working with split timing, but I couldn't understand how it worked. As you can tell, all this is new to me, so If someone else can help, that would be nice.
9. The alarm operates from the lower right crown/button. It works well, but probably not as convenient as a dial operated alarm, like the T47902. I don't know for sure. I didn't buy that watch. There are some tradeoffs here. Cool looking water resistant chronometer vs. nifty dial alarm. What can I say? The need to be macho to the max overtook me. Hooah.
The watch is fun, not a big investment, looks cool, and I'll never have to worry about taking it off for fear of an activity breaking the watch. Damn the torpedoes. I say buy the watch if you like the way it looks.
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Excellent value for rather little money
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| Review Date: February 19, 2007 |
| Reviewer: S. Markus, |
Good looking, easy to handle chrono watch. Alarm works fine, but is limited to 12 h in advance. "only-hour-change time-setting" is excellent for frequent travellers between time-zones. The INDIGLOW illumination makes Timex watches superior to all other "non-digital" watches.
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A Big, Bold, Beautiful Watch
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| Review Date: November 21, 2006 |
| Reviewer: GradyPhilpott, |
This is my third watch in this series of Timex Expedition Chronographs. They are all big, bold, and beautiful. Everyone mistakes them for "high end" watches, as they are all very solidly built and have a very positive action.
I find it hard to believe that such beautiful timepieces that do so much so well can be had for such ridiculously low prices.
I love them all.
Timex! Who'd a thunk it! |
Excellent chrono Watch from Timex
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| Review Date: November 16, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Amol Anil Kshirsagar, |
Its really a excellent chrono watch in its range. Cool feature rarley found in other chronos watches is alarm. You can set the alarm over minute or under the minute. Combination of dail color and leather strap gives overall a rich feel. Tachymeter is another feature, but need to read literacture to understand and use it properly. Documentation or user manual is not at par. But exploration gives more understanding. Another nice feature is the indiglo patented by timex. Also we can set the indiglo function which will automatically activate it with one touch push button and remain for 3 seconds.
Overall its satisfying experience owing the this model from Timex. Its above expecation in its range. |
Lovely watch!
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| Review Date: January 20, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mountain Artist, Oregon |
| I gave this watch to my son for Christmas, and he just loves it. He reports that the alarm is indeed easy to use. It's also a very attractive watch, much handsomer than many much more expensive watches. Had given him a more expensive alarm chrono last year, and it never worked well. Unless you must have only elitist-named watches, you'll find this watch to be a handsome, terrific buy. |
Great watch, great price
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| Review Date: June 9, 2008 |
| Reviewer: wanabegeek, |
I bought this watch at Target for $75. I should have bought it on Amazon for $60.
This watch looks great, elegant and casual. Even the leather band is both elegant and casual.
It is stainless steel and water resistant to 100 meters, allowing swimming and snorkeling. It is not too heavy, despite it's thickness.
The chonograph is fun easy to use and fun to play with. The alarm is easy to set. The indiglo light and "night mode" makes it even more useful than my citizen chronograph. |
Just A Great Watch At A Great Price !!
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| Review Date: October 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jeffery H. Reynolds, Dallas, TX |
I am one of those people that likes relatively inexpensive watches. I have a collection of Casio, Armitron, and other brand watches along with a few Timex brand watches.
I ordered this Timex #T45951 simply because I thought it looked neat. I like Chronograph watches, but... I was looking for a watch with a leather band that was more of sports watch than a dress watch.
This Timex seemed to fit the bill... and the price was right.
When I received it, I was shocked. It was a heavy time piece. It was solid. It had a soft leather band that was relatively thick and appears to be durable. I had to read the book to understand how to operate the thing... but, after that... I have to say that I love it. The indiglo works great on this watch. And, it is easy to read at night.
Please note that the watch face and hands are not 'white'. They are more of an 'off-white'. Looks great on the arm/wrist.
I rate this with 5 stars!! Great Value !! |
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