Timex Giorgo Galli S1 Owner Review : Sporty, endearing and atypical

Giorgio Galli is an Italian designer who has been working with Timex for some time. After a 41mm version released in 2019 that had a bit of an effect, the 38mm version came out at the end of 2021 and, in addition to offering a more reasonable size for small wrists, corrects some of the flaws of the first versions. The watch has the perfect dimensions for my taste: 38x45mm, about 11mm high with a slightly domed sapphire. The dial is sunray blue, without superfluous literature. Timex below noon, period. Only a synthetic ruby above 6 o'clock gives the change in the lower part. The faceted and beveled indexes reflect the slightest ounce of light to make it a walking projector, while the rest of the railway is hollowed out to mark each minute. The hands, also faceted, are a good length and offer an anecdotal lume (really non-existent). What really makes this watch different, what made me fall in love at first glance, is its case, whose sides are generously hollowed out to reveal a imitation screw thread on the interior height, as if the dial were screwing into the case. This pattern is repeated on the outside of the screwed case back, revealing the Miyota 9039 with its decorated and badged rotor, and also on the thickness of the rubber strap (very comfortable, with an ingenious long strand attachment system) coordinated with the color of the dial. The crown takes up this design element, making the entire watch very coherent, both fluid and industrial, an effect accentuated by the almost complete brushing of the case, with the exception of the chamfer of the bezel and the recesses on the sides. In summary, this watch is magnificently homogeneous, and its design could make it box in the higher category, the one that will tickle the €700 mark. Only in photo unfortunately, the movement being (very) noisy and clashing a little with the image it wants to give itself. Last negative point for me, the meager water resistance at 5atm. On a watch with such a versatile look, with its sports inspirations and mounted on rubber only, a 10atm would not have been too much and would have made it the wonderful daily under 500€ that we can expect from the American giant. A narrow miss, but no doubt that the Peanut firm will surprise us with a V2, already in the pipeline