Customer Reviews:
 Inspired design + superb timekeeping = the perfect watch July 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If, like me, you're one of those people that for whatever reason doesn't like to wear a wristwatch, this inspired piece of kit from Timex is the answer to your prayers.
I expected it to be quite light and flimsy, it's actually slightly heavier than it looks, and feels solid, helping to inspire confidence in a watch with 'Shock Proof' on the dial. It should take a reasonable amount of punishment, being designed to hang from a belt loop or a rucksack or a bag - or anywhere else you can think of (I use mine like a pocket watch). It's water resistant to 50 metres so getting it wet shouldn't be a problem. In addition, the dial can be rotated along the horizontal axis for easy viewing whichever way up the watch is.
Apart from the above, what I really like about this watch is that the display, in TIME mode, shows only the time (in 12 or 24 hour formats), and not the date (how many times a day do you need to know the day of the week, month and date?) which makes for a less cluttered and much clearer display. The date can be seen at the touch of the MODE button viewable in DD-MM (for us Brits) or MM-DD for everybody else... The other really cool feature is that the LCD has a green reflector at the back. In normal viewing the display has the standard grey background, but in low light, slightly tilting the watch increases the contrast reducing the need to resort to the Indiglo light. One wonders why all LCD watches don't have this. You also get the standard chrono, timer and alarm functions. The battery is a CR2025 lithium cell which should be good for anywhere between five and ten years depending on how often you use the Indiglo light and/or the alarm.
Build quality is excellent, as you would expect. My watch has lost about two seconds a week since I've had it, so no complaints there. It's also ridiculously priced. I would have paid at least twice the price.
I love this watch - a fantastic example of the marriage between form and function. Much kudos to Timex for a beautiful piece of design and engineering.
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