Affordable Day-ate Watch that looks twice it's value
I got this watch to replace a self-winding Seiko day-date watch. Even though the Timex watch is relatively inexpensive, I still needed the watch to look good and show the day and date. Reading reviews, I was concerned that the flexible metal watch band might bee too small, but it turned out fine and I even had to
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remove one of the skinny links. It also has a nice indigo light, which my Seiko does not have. As for battery life ... I have no idea.
Here's a couple more useful details. Since I weight only 165 pounds and the watch band had only one skinny link too many, the metal flex band is likely to be too small if you weight over 180 pounds. Timex sells similar watches with extra long metal bands and I would order them instead if you weight over 180 pounds. Also, contrary to some reviews, the stem is quite easy to pull out to adjust time and date, but you need to know how. The sides and top of the stem are buried in the watch case, so to pull out the stem you fingernail UNDER the stem, where there is a gap between the stem and the case.
Easiest to read watch I've ever owned.
I had been looking for a self-winding watch that would never need a battery or have to be wound manually when I spotted this one. The ad mentioned a 10-year battery and I thought I could live with that.
I really like the large easy-to-read dial with actual numbers instead of those pretentious roman numerals. Great contrast too.
My previous watch would gain about 5 minutes a week and that got pretty frustrating. I've had this watch for close to a week now and it's been holding within a second or two of my cell phone. I'm impressed!
The twist band was okay but felt a bit tight so I simply replaced it with my old fold-and-snap band.
The glow-in-the-dark dial doesn't, at least not very well. I wasn't looking for that functionality so I'm okay with it. (Update - I just discovered that the built-in glow dial DOES work. You simply have to push in the stem! I suppose that's the one thing that this watch lacks: Instructions.)
Can't speak to the water resistance yet but, since I'm pretty hard on watches, I often shower with my watch on to get the crud off and I'll know then if it's resistant enough for me. Reminds me of those old Timex ads: "Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!"
One small frustration is that there's no quick way to set the day of the week. As received, it was set to Monday and, to get it to Wednesday, I had to turn the hour hand through two days to get the weekday correct. Day of the month was easy and I liked that I could go up or down with the numbers.
I think I'm really going to like this watch, especially at the unbeatable price!
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