TimexExpedition Scout 40mm Men’s Analog Watch | INDIGLO Backlight and Luminous Hands | Durable Comfortable Adjustable Strap | 24 Hour Time | Rugged Outdoor Watch | 50M Water Resistance

This is a way too early initial review. You have been duly warned.I purchased the Expedition with the light brown leather strap and a matte stainless buckle. It has a coordinated colored case done in a dark tone similar to a traditional oil-rubbed bronze finish. The dial face is in a sympathetic matte warm gray, with glow-in-the-dark white hour and minute hands and a yellow-orange second hand. In my opinion the entire package is pleasing to the eye, albeit in a fairly conservative manner. It's something that is easy to mix with casual wear but is probably too understated for formal or flashier outfitting. This particular Expedition is my second one; the first was purchased some time ago here on Amazon (the one with the drab green band). Because that one has been flawlessly running, I though it was time to pick up another one.In operation the Expedition is easy to set up. The crown is set up with three detent positions: the first of course is the disabled position next to the case. The middle position detent accesses the fast date adjustment function and the outermost detent allows for time adjustment. The crown worked as it should, although the middle detent for date adjustment was a little vague in feel and took a bit of time to properly find. I'd suggest first adjusting the date before finally adjusting the time because of this, because it was all too easy to skip over the middle detent and find myself at either end position. The crown also offers a dial illumination feature; press in on the crown when it's in the disabled (closed) position and the dial will light up in a soft bluish tone.As for its fit and function, the Expedition series suits my smallish wrist quite well. The watch face is perhaps a tad smaller than what I'd normally prefer, but its markings are generally easy to read and make out. The lone exception is the humorously small date window; in certain lighting conditions, the offset of the date dial from the time dial allows for shadows to be cast across the date numbers, making the digits hard to read without some amount of shift the watch around to catch the right lighting in order to make out the number. It's a quiet operating watch as well; with my hearing as it is, I can only hear the 'tick' of the second hand if I hold the watch close to my ear. YMMV of course, but that's how it is with me. As for its water resistance capability, I haven't had the (dis)pleasure to test either of my Expeditions in a dunking/soaking kind of manner. Nor would I particularly want to, especially with this new one and its leather watchband. I'll instead trust Timex and their quoted water resistance figure of a depth down to 50m. Not that I would ever want to test that myself; dry land is more than good enough for me these days.As for its most important metric, well it's been nuts-on accurate for the first 2+ hours of operation. I mean, I DID warn you that this was a way too early initial review. :D However given how my first Expedition has consistently performed, I really don't anticipate any operational and functional problems with Expedition #2. But if there were to be issues, it's good knowing that Timex offers a limited lifetime warranty on the watch.This Expedition was bought at an excellent sale price at the time of purchase. Even at its regular price I truly believe that it's a worthy addition to any casual watch collection.A-rating so far.

This is a great field watch! This is my first time owning a Timex, and I have to say I'm impressed. I've owned a handful of Casio watches, a Seiko, and an Orient, and I wanted to give Timex a try. I've owned watches that cost more than 5 times the roughly $30 I paid for this one, and while this is definitely not in the same league as a Seiko or an Orient, I am very pleased with it. I've been wanting a field watch for awhile now to have as a more casual analog option, and this fits the bill perfectly. It's water resistant to 50 meters, it came with a comfortable NATO strap, and it has luminous hands as well as Timex's Indiglo feature, which is Timex's backlight technology that illuminates the full dial. So if you need to check the time in the dark, simply press the crown and the full dial will light up, which adds to practicality.This Timex expedition has a metal case, and I'd recommend it over the other expeditions that have a resin case, as the resin case expeditions have a notoriously loud tick and this one is a good bit quieter. The build quality is also noticeably better than the resin case models. I plan to use this as my daily driver/beater watch at work because it's simple and good looking, and is cheap enough that if it gets damaged it's not a big deal. Time accuracy is great as well, considering it's a quartz watch.Overall, if you're in the market for a field watch that is practical, affordable, and good looking, this is the watch for you.

I received a mint condition Timex Expedition Scout Watch, it's a good looking simple Quartz watch. The indiglo feature works well, the strap is comfortable, and there's no loud ticking. It's an excellent watch for a very affordable price.However, I did not receive what I ordered. I ordered the Black/Black/Grey model, and I received a model with a crown guard (An appreciated feature) that didn't exist on the picture, a black nylon strap with brown leather reinforcement, grey dial and a not very grey case instead of the black leather strap with a black dial and dark grey case sans crownguard that was pictured online.I'm not going to return this watch, because what was delivered to me is a perfectly functional and simple field watch that looks similar to the picture online. I assume I got the updated model or something, I saw reviews complaining about the lack of a crownguard and how it was easy to damage the crown.