Timex Men's Easy Reader Watch

Jay HughesUnited States

Reality vs. Fiction, What to believe

I've been looking for a casual watch for these past few months and this beauty is the one. I was lucky to come across this watch as I was just about to buy a $500 Citizen I had my eyes on from the last visit to the store. The saved money is real handy for a kid still in school. And I'm sure you've assumed already, I ended up buying the Timex Reader and I don't regret it. I already had an idea(a petty one) about what kind of watch I wanted. One with a leather strap, red second hand, simple ~40mm white face w/date, silver case. So it was awesome to find the Timex Reader. But after scrolling down the page and reading a few negative reviews about the absurd noise, pesky date setting and also the cheap price I was skeptical about the purchase. Whatever, I decided to just order it and see for myself. Here's my some information about the watch if you're considering buying it, The face: It's white, just like the picture. I only say this because other watches by Timex advertise online a white face but are actually a yellow-creamy hue. The Indiglo: It's the colour teal and it also doesn't entirely light up the face of the watch. There's about half a centimeter of unlit area at the top of the watch. Think of it like a nearly-filled fish tank. It's a feature I won't see myself using much, so I care little about the defect. The Band: It's not as brown as the picture would make you think. Some reviewers agree that it's a Maroon Red. When you actually zoom in on the image, you can see the red that I'm talking about. Just assume that it's reddish and not brown for expectations. The noise: I'm a student with a PC and a fan always running. So obviously this small watch won't over power the noise. With the watch up to my ear, of course I hear ticking but I personally find the repetitive sound soothing. Just a tip, apparently if you put the watch FACE down it some-what mutes the sound from what I read from some reviews. The time/date: What do you do when you get a watch? You set it's time. Right away, I was super frustrated with setting time and date with this watch like other reviewers. A little side story, I kept pulling and pulling the crown to get a certain time setting and the ENTIRE CROWN came out! It looked like a metal toothpick. I was confused about what the hell just happened and sorta like when you drop a vase and sweep it under the carpet, I immediately shoved the little guy back in the hole without much thought. I'm not very technical when it comes it watches which would explain why I'm sounding like a stooge. Anyways, the watch still worked and I did end up figuring out how to set the time and it was a lot easier than I first thought. Throw away the instructions from the box and follow mine instructions below. How to set time: 1. Set Day of Week (Thursday, Friday, etc.) Pull crown out and move it clockwise. If the time is being adjusted, you're doing it right. Keep turning it to get the right day of the week. For me I had to keep turning 3 full days, essentially 6 full 12 hour rotations. 2. Set Date (1st, 4th, 29th, etc.) Pull crown out A LITTLE BIT. So little that there's barely a gap between it and the watch case. Then move the crown and you can set the date. 3. Set Time (12:39, 1:04, etc.) Pull crown out normally just like when you set Day of Week and just set time as you would any other watch. By the way, when I say pull crown out, I don't mean entirely out of the watch like I did earlier. Once you pull out the crown and it seems it doesn't want to come out a centimeter more, then that's as far as it should go. Overall, great watch, great price, great buy.

B. HamiltonUnited States

My New Forever Watch

I'm far-sighted and I need to remove my glasses to see up close. With a typical digital watch checking the time was a two handed maneuver. This watch is EZ to read on the fly, with a big face and bold numbers. And lemme tell you about the backlight! Bright as heck, you could use it to flag down a jumbo jet (almost). I appreciate that it's thin, and most of the face is used for the watch, not for some slidey compass gizmo that makes you look like Chuck Yeager or Indiana Jones. Loud ticking? BFD. It's a watch. If it keeps you up at night you have bigger problems than a loud watch. On the nightstand it's gonna be loud, so put it on top of something soft, you'll be surprised at the difference. Thank me later. The thing about analog: I'm not a runner or an aviator, so I don't need precision chronometrics. If I really need an alarm, I use my phone. I bet my phone has a stopwatch if I really need one. When I check the time, I don't need to know that it's 7:56:48, I just need to know that it's almost eight. Loosey goosey. Analog vs. digital: My kids have trouble reading an analog clock, and they're almost teenagers. If I walk into the TV room and say, "It's time for bed, it's ten o'clock," they'll say, no, it's nine-fifty-eight!" The main thing is, Analog shows the time in a relative way, Digital in an absolute way. The idea of "a quarter past one" doesn't exist in digital time; it's 1:15. The hour is shown in an elapsing, progressing, way, quarters, thirds, halves, VISUALLY, like a sundial. You don't need to know if it's precisely noon, just that it's lunchtime. Digital reduces time to a technical statistic, like cholesterol. Your brain has to interpret it into Time-time: "It's 11:26, um, let's see, thirty four minutes to lunch," too much mental energy. A glance at an analog watch and you know it's time to start those gastric juices a bubbling. A digital watch is useful only on New Year's Eve and at the birth of a baby. I wear a watch 24/7, sleeping, making whoopie, showering, changing the oil in my car. I like to be able to check the time in the middle of the night. "Thank God, it's only 3:30. Back to sleep." My main worry is about getting a tan line in the summer. But my life is relatively worry-free. I hope yours will be, and this watch will help. Update: This watch works with the Men's Rubbertech (TM) Silicone Rubber Watchband Stainless Steel Deployment Buckle Black 18mm available on Amazon. Outstanding product. Update June 2019-- After wearing this watch nearly 24/7 for 8and a half years, including bedtime, shower time, executive time, construction work, swimming, everything except when I got an MRI, it finally showed some age. First the light dimmed out, then it started slowing down. I reckoned that a replacement battery would nearly match a new watch, if I were to go to a jeweler. BUT NO, and new battery was 4.65, and i prized off the back with a Swiss Army knife can opener blade and replaced it. Good to go. Now all I need is to polish the bezel, due to the construction work effects.

IlKalleItaly

Buona qualità per il prezzo

Cercavo un orologio a lancette, dal design sottile e compatto perché ho il polso piuttosto piccolo per un uomo. Di "cipolloni" pesanti, spessi e ingombranti è pieno il mercato e non me ne interessavano altri, perciò questo modello della Timex è sicuramente una scelta alternativa poco comune e interessante. Tra l'altro è "Made in Olanda" non in China e la confezione è elegante e molto curata. Il cinturino è di pelle abbastanza sottile da risultare confortevole e leggero anche in piena estate. Certo non di qualità eccellente, del resto cinturini migliori costerebbero molto più dell'intero orologio in questione, perciò decisamente valido rapportato alla classe di prezzo (l'orologio l'ho preso in offerta oltretutto). La sagoma dell'orologio è sottile e leggera ma sobria e a mio avviso elegante se si apprezza il genere "old fashioned". La regolazione delle lancette risulta pulita, continua e scorrevole. Le cifre sono ben leggibili e l'illuminazione Indiglo efficiente e pratica. Se devo trovare proprio un neo a tutti i costi, la lancetta dei secondi color argento su sfondo bianco non è il massimo della leggibilità, soprattutto con poca luce, ma in effetti quando la si consulta? Piuttosto silenzioso, al polso non si sente mentre appoggiato al comodino accanto al letto nel silenzio della notte si potrebbe sentire il ticchettio. Ma nel caso basta metterlo in un cassetto. Certo bisognerà attendere qualche tempo per vedere la durata dell'insieme, ma di sicuro l'impressione è ottima e lo ricomprerei subito. Dopo alcuni mesi d'uso posso confermare che anche la precisione è buona, basta regolarlo di pochi secondi ogni due o tre settimane!

Puppy loverUnited States

Looks great, keeps fantastic time, very durable.

I have bought this watch several times over the years and have never had a problem with it. I give them as gifts as well as use daily myself. I love the easy-to-read face, the date inset and the 'night light' feature. I wear mine around the clock and get it wet, bang it on items and generally abuse and use it. It still works great and keeps perfect time. I love that I can check the time at night in dark light or pitch black. It's a great value for the price and can be dressed up or down according to the watch band. I personally use a silicone one for daily use and a dressier one for church and other dress up activities. I really like this one's off-white face that makes it look more elegant. My white face is my everyday watch since it has a cracked crystal but still keeps fantastic time. I get it wet all the time and even with the crack it keeps going month after month, year after year. You can't get much more durable than that. I am a small woman under 5'5" and it doesn't overwhelm my wrist, and the one I got for my 6'1" husband looks great on him as well. I'll keep buying these watches for myself and others as long as they make them.