Timex - History, Models and Owners' Reviews

My first automatic watch! After a small collection of fun and unpretentious quartz watches, I had the pleasure of receiving a beautiful original gift for a birthday! It had been catching my eye for a while with its gray dial, and especially Snoopy, who I am a fan of. Add the motorcycle that has been part of my daily life for over 10 years and there is the winning combo guaranteed. So I like the dial, which reflects the light in different ways depending on the angle at which you look at it, the domed glass (I'm not sure if it's sapphire glass), the date complication, and the transparent back. For a novice it's mesmerizing to be able to admire the automatic movement in operation, especially with the peanut characters! I find it very precise (according to my very personal estimate, we are on + or - 5 seconds but not much more, I always have the same time as my iPhone 🤪), simple, elegant and functional. On the other hand, there are some negative points: the 42-hour power reserve is too short for my taste, if I wear something else 2 days in a row it has to be wound up and I find that a shame; And the original strap, given by Timex as being "responsible" leather, marks very easily (be careful with nails that are too long or the dog's clawed paws!). I alternate it with a Milanese mesh steel strap that completely changes the look of the watch. All this does not take away from the charm of the watch and the pleasure I have in wearing it almost every day...

Very nice surprise this expedition north GMT! It's simple, I can't take it off anymore! Ultra light, it sits very well on the wrist (17). Compact despite its 41 mm. I love the shape of its very successful cushion case. Timex paid attention to detail, the dial is very beautiful and readable, the date is in black, the GMT mention is yellow like the hand, the crown is signed, sapphire crystal. Titanium case and bezel. Purists will say that we could have done without the open back. I think Timex insists on the fact that it is an automatic. All this really makes you want to go on an adventure.

There are watches that we think about, compare, and hesitate about. And then there is the fun gift that seduces us on an Instagram ad, that we wonder when we will wear it, but that we buy because it is nice and cheap. For this Timex Standard x Peanuts basketball, we are clearly in the second case. What made me fall in love: its dial that lights up entirely with a press on the crown. So the quality of the materials does not seem incredible, but it becomes so when you consider its price (105€). It is clearly the watch that shouts to everyone "I do not take myself seriously" and depending on the event, originality is sometimes much classier than the quality of manufacture. Wear this watch to an NBA party surrounded by celebrities wearing watches costing tens of thousands of euros and I am sure that you will have better reactions than if you wear a "classic" Rolex Datejust. A 40mm case large enough to be distinguished, a contained thickness of 9.5mm and a very soft leather strap, make it a pleasant watch to wear. The not very discreet ticking of its quartz movement will remind you of the clock in your classroom. Only a few months in my collection. I will try to have it signed by an NBA player so that in addition to being fun, it has sentimental value. The two-tone and snoopy dial in extra thickness textured with its ball is very pleasant to look at. I never tire of lighting it up in the middle of the night, the superluminova on the hands becomes useless. The battery will certainly need to be changed quickly.