I ordered a Timex to be a counter to my G-Shock (penniless quartz gang) and I’m very glad to have done so. It turns out the watch has basically no visual deficiencies - simple watchface design does a great job and it’s printed nicely. It also feels very robust and tight for a quartz watch. I’m pretty sure I will be wearing it more often than I initially expected to.

The ticking really is thunderous though. I didn’t know about it and it is the first thing I noticed - after owning a G-Shock and an automatic watch it really is heard. I don’t mind as I’ve grown up with those loud, cheap $10 quartz wall clocks around, but the sound is genuinely like one of those, just sized down. It’s actually a bit amazing, almost like a feature 🤭

The strap is nice as long as it is fairly new, but I feel like this watch is perfect for a nato strap which I’m going to order soon. It should work with leather as well, feels pretty universal on that front.

A genuine 8.5/10 from me (in terms of quartz watches), and considering the price probably a 9.5 (the ticking being the -0.5). I can see myself paying double the price for this watch and not feeling ripped off to be honest.

  • silenthills13@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Haven’t noticed. Anyway, as funny as it sounds, I don’t really mind. My G-Shock keeps perfect time every time, so does my phone. My Seiko automatic on the other hand loses 4 seconds every day. It’s not a big deal to me 😅

    • fasterthanfood@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      My Timex Expedition Scout chronograph seems to lose 30 seconds a month or two, which is weird because quartz watches really shouldn’t lose time at all. But that would still be considered fantastic accuracy for an automatic (less than 1 second per day), so I’m not complaining.