TimexIntelligent Quartz Men's Tide-Temp-Compass 45 mm Watch

Its been a long time since I owned a Timex watch, in fact the last Timex I owned was in secoundary school nearly 30 yearsago.So when my current watch packed up I looked around for a replacement there was plenty to choice, but it was an easyone to make as soon as I came across the Timex Expedition E-Tide Temp Compass Watch T2N721SU my mind was madeup, I had to have it.Packed full of features but with a less is more styling you got the normal hands hours, minutes and seconds, a forthhand is used for the rest of the features ie: compass, tempreture and tide time which all work well once set up and thewhole face lights up for about 5 seconds for night use.There is one minor issue and that is the date section is rather small and the same gose for the temp and tide scales area bit on the small side considering the size of the face, other than this it is a very easy to use watch and a very nice looking with a very soft but heavy duty leather strap and a all stainless steel case and back and a scratch proof crystalface that is as heavy duty as they come.But the best part is the price at £67.50 its just over £90 off the retail price you cant go wrong as its a lot of watch for asmall amount of money.I highly recomend this watch to anyone who likes outdoor adventure or anyone who just want a good looking watch.

Very comfortable to wear, nice dial, interesting design. Great quality. Approved:)

This Timex watch has a really cool look, like a vintage instrument of sort (Reminds me of the old altimeter in a leather etuí we used as geography students in the 80's). My wife calls it my "National Geographic watch".In addition to the nice looks it also seems to work well. It has a quality feel to it. I read that some has had problems with things falling off, but it has not happend to me). I have a wrist of about 19cm in circumference, and the watch does not look too large on me. I have two rather standard sport diving watches and both feel heavier than this. So far, the compass works very well. The thermometer is, of course, measuring the arm temperature when on the wrist, and the watch must be taken off for it to work properly. Then it seems to be fairly correct. I have no use for the high/low tide indicator. The indiglo light illuminates the whole dial (except the centigrade scale of some reason), which makes it very easy to read at night (In fact, almost easier than in daylight. In daylight I often confuse the minute hand with the rear end of the compass needle)All in all, I like it a lot. However, there are some minuses:The leather wrist band is very bulky and uncomfortable. I soon bought a NATO nylon band in a matching color to the dial and, after some minor modifications with a soldering iron (melting insets in the nylon band) I made it to fit the watch very nicely. Now it feels really light and comfortable to wear, and truly give a "safari" or "explorer" feel to it.The indiglo-button is located directly towards the hand. Every time I flip up my wrist a little I mange to push the button. It will drain the battery pretty soon I fear. Both my diving watches have the buttons so arranged that no button points directly towards the hand, much smarter.The hands, especially the minute hand, could have had a little bit wider and more contrasting borders. They are now difficult to detect when in a hurry. Sad on a watch with such a wide dial.The digits and text giving the temperature etc on the dial are of a too small font size. Very hard to read even for me that have not yet got the need to wear reading glasses when reading a regular book, but for seeing these digits I have to wear glasses.A beautifull watch with unique look that certainly draw attention without being especially large or heavy. I hope Timex can fix the above listed issues for a future version.

Beautiful looking watch, I ordered it despite reading many reviews on bad quality.Turns out to be a mistake, it comes in a very humble package with no protection.Some of the areas on their photos that look black are actually silver, for my taste the watch looks too "busy" because the fourth hand really blends in with watch hands and it is not that easy to have a glance and see what time it is.The temperature meter is a joke, I am not sure what I expected but you have to take it off hand for a few minutes to show something close to ambient temperature, while wearing it it shows a blend of ambient and body temperature, around 35c.Compass seemed fine, although I haven't checked it against a real one.1 star for all that, and another 1 star for amazon return experience from Ireland. Zero help in getting this defective watch back to them while they keep my money.

The watch is lovely but I was very disappointed that it turned up in a damaged box and inside the presentation box was not shut the watch was already running with no plastic protective film over the face.Its amazing that the watch did not get damaged in transit and I obviously have no idea how long the watch has been running.

I go diving and sometimes drive the RHIB, so I thought a watch that would help with the tides would be a useful thing to have.To be honest, this is a bit of a gimmick of a watch, but at under £100, it's not bad. The temperature reading seems to work as does the compass (possibly the most useful feature, aside from telling the time, of course), while the tide clock is a little simplistic, but that's unavoidable I guess, just a 6 hour offset between low and high tides.That said, it's a different looking watch at an affordable price.The biggest negative is that the strap is very hard and unyielding and the design (tiny lug width, wide strap) means you either need to buy expensive aftermarket straps for it, fit a weedy 16mm one or modify a 24mm (which is what I did and it feels much more comfortable for it).

At first, I thought that the watch was a bit gimmicky, however after setting it up correctly found it to be quite accurate and helpful.Strap a bit rigid but this softens with use.

Very smart dress watch good features and an absolute bargain in the black Friday sale