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Timex Men's Metal Analog and Digital Combo Watch #T44642
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| List Price: | $59.95 |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #313 in Watches
- Brand: Timex
- Model: T44642
- Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
- Band material: Leather
- Case material: stainless-steel
- Clasp type: Buckle
- Dial color: white
- Dial window material: Mineral
- Movement type: Quartz
- Water-resistant to 165 feet
Features
- Quartz movement
- Timer; 3 time zones
- INDIGLO® night-light; brushed case
- Luminiscent hands
- Water-resistant to 165 feet (50 M)
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
Designed for active, outdoor lifestyles--as well as the rigors of harsh urban landscapes--the full-sized Timex T44642 Expedition analog/digital watch adds a stylish yet rugged complement to your everyday wear. It features a 24-hour chronograph with lap and split timing options, 24-hour countdown timer, alarm, and three time zones. The silver stainless steel case is toped with a silver bezel with black engraved accents that frames a white dial background with silver Arabic numerals and large luminous hands (with seconds hand). It also offers water resistance to 50 meters (165 feet) and a genuine leather strap in brown.
The Indiglo night-light uniformly lights the surface of the watch dial using patented blue electroluminescent lighting technology. It uses less battery power than most other watch illumination systems, enabling your watch battery to last longer. The Night Mode feature allows you to illuminate the Indiglo night-light for 3 seconds with any button press, regardless of the mode or function.
Timex Brand
The Timex Watch Company
Timex Group B.V. is one of the best-known American watch companies. Timex's U.S. headquarters are located in Middlebury Connecticut and it has substantial operations in China, the Philippines and India and full scale sales companies in Canada, the UK, France and Mexico.
The company began in 1854 as Waterbury Clock in Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley, known during the nineteenth century as the "Switzerland of America." Sister company Waterbury Watch manufactured the first inexpensive mechanical pocket watch in 1880. During World War I, Waterbury began making wristwatches, which had only just become popular, and in 1933 it made history by creating the first Mickey Mouse clock under license from Walt Disney, with Mickey's hands pointing the time.
During World War II, Waterbury renamed itself U.S. Time Company. In 1950 the company introduced a wristwatch called the Timex. Over the next three decades, Timex was sold through a series of advertisements which emphasized its durability by putting the watch through "torture tests," such as falling over the Grand Coulee Dam or being strapped to the propeller of an outboard motor, with the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." With the help of former Olympic broadcaster, spokesman John Cameron Swayze, sales took off. The company later became Timex Corporation, then Timex Group and, to date, has sold over one billion watches.
The company has remained very competitive and the Timex brand continues its dominance through present day. Its primary market remains the United States and Canada, although the Timex brand is sold worldwide due to its ability to capitalize on its strong brand image and reputation for quality.
One of the most successful and important features available on many Timex watches is the Indiglo backlight system. Indiglo is a brand name of Indiglo Corporation, solely owned by Timex for licensing purposes. Timex electroluminescent lamps, branded Indiglo, were introduced in 1992 in the Ironman watch line. They were an immediate success. The Indiglo® lamp uniformly lights the surface of the Timex’s watch dials in a manner that makes the dial read very easily in many different light settings. In some newer watches the Indiglo backlight only lights up the numbers, rather than the entire LCD display, which is achieved by means of a specialized film that inverts the LCD transmissivity.
Today, Timex Group products are manufactured in the Far East and in Switzerland often based on technology that continues to be developed in the United States and in Germany. With a large and varied line of watches, Timex has the style for everyone. From the locker room to the board room, there is a great Timex style time-piece for you.
Timex Warranty Information
The Basic Coverage:
This TIMEX Watch (but not any battery, crystal, band, or strap) is warranted to the owner for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of purchase against defects in manufacture by Timex Corporation - not by the dealer from whom the watch was purchased.
What Timex Will Do:
If this watch develops such a defect within the one year period, it will be repaired (i.e. a new or thoroughly reconditioned and inspected module will be installed or replaced and a watch of equal value and similar appearance will be supplied) at our option, provided it is returned with a $7.00 check or money order to cover costs of postage, handling, and service, and you provide proof of purchase and date of purchase.
This Limited Warranty Does Not Cover:
Your Rights Under Implied Warranties and State Law:
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESSED WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES. TIMEX LIMITS THE DURATION OF ANY WARRANTY IMPLIED BY STATE LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
Care of Your Watch:
Service of Your Watch:
If your TIMEX watch should ever need servicing, either send it to Timex addressed as follows:
HOTLINE WATCH SERVICE
P.O. Box 2740
Little Rock, AR 72203
Because of possible loss, we recommend insuring your watch, return receipt requested, when using the mails. If you do not obtain the proper receipt within a reasonable time, start a tracer through the originating post office.
NEVER INCLUDE A SPECIAL WATCHBAND OR ANY OTHER ARTICLE OF PERSONAL VALUE IN YOUR SHIPMENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE MAY SUBSTITUTE A WATCH OF EQUAL VALUE AND SIMILAR APPEARANCE FOR YOURS ON BOTH IN-WARRANTY AND OUT-OF-WARRANTY REPAIRS.
For your convenience in obtaining factory service, participating Timex retailers will be pleased to provide you with a postage-paid, pre-addressed Watch Repair Mailer.
TIMEX is a trademark and a service mark of Timex Corporation. REG. U.S. PAT. & TM. OFF.
From the Manufacturer
This Timex Watch (but not any battery, crystal, band, or strap) is warranted to the owner for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of purchase against defects in manufacture by Timex Corporation. Timex will not repair defects relating to servicing not performed by Timex Corporation. This limited warranty applies to US Customers.
Customer Reviews
One member of an excellent line of watches
This is my second Timex Expedition. My last was model T472319J (green dial, hash-mark hours, leather strap), and gave out only a couple of months ago. In the four years that I wore that watch it was with me ALL OF THE TIME, serving as one of my three bedside alarm sources and as my daily watch in all conditions. I expect equal service from this watch.
Technical Details:
This is really two timepieces in one body. The analog watch keeps its own time, completely independent of the digital watch. The main stem is for the analog watch. The digital watch is in the window at the bottom and uses the four smaller buttons around the perimeter.
The digital watch features timezones T1 and T2, with shared minutes and seconds, but independent hours and dates. The single alarm can be set to use either T1 or T2. You can set the display to either T1 or T2, displaying either the time or the date for either timezone.
The battery is a single 2016. My experience has been that with the daily alarm included the battery will last from 8-12 months. Like anything, more noise and more use of the backlight will shorten the life of the battery. Include other factors (operating temp, battery quality) and your mileage may vary. Replacing the battery requires removal of the back cover with a Very This edge (like the cutting edge of a sharp pocket knife) and a Very Small cross-head ("Phillips") or flat-blade screwdriver to loosen/tighten a retaining tab. My advice is find someone to replace the battery if you are at all nervous about small things.
The leather wrist strap is sewn leather, generally pretty nice and rugged. With daily use, and depending on how the watch is fit (tight or loose) and the daily environmental conditions the band may last 6-12 months. Light-duty will be longer. The band is not hard to replace, if you are used to replacing bands. If you are not then do the same as with the battery: take it somewhere to have it done, or get someone you know who can do the job.
If you are sending this watch to anyone without regular access to watch bands and batteries you might pack along a few extra 2016 batteries (in packs please) and one or two watch bands, or a suitable and matching metallic band.
Now Cons & Pros:
Con: Timex switched to describing this watch with "three timezones", which I feel borders on disingenuous. One of the "timezones" is the independent analog watch, and is in no way tied to the digital watch and its dual timezone feature. So from the perspective of the average daily user it is a two-timezone watch.
Pro: The watch keeps reasonably good time in both analog and digital. I typically experience 2-4 seconds drift in a 6-month period. Remember, it's just a wristwatch, not a "precision timepiece".
Con: Depending on your body chemistry and the your daily environmental conditions the buttons will erode. I do now know why the buttons tend to erode while the body does not, but this has been my general experience. The nature of the erosion is the loss of the outer plating, followed by pocking of the inner material. The watch body and backplate did not erode at all.
Pro: Okay, really mitigating the last Con...even though the buttons erode over time, which I have experienced on many watches, the buttons continue to function without problem, which I have NOT experienced with other watches, including Casio, Pulsar, and no less than Seiko.
Con: The two timezones, T1 and T2, are linked by minutes and seconds, meaning you set the minutes and seconds on T1, and T2 inherits the same minutes and seconds. If your second timezone is any of the +30-minute zones you are out of luck on the digital watch. You can set the analog to its own time, so it can fill in if needed.
Con: The two timezones are NOT linked by hours and dates, meaning the second timezone can be more than 23-24 hours away...it can be a whole different date. If you are a stickler for "timezones" being related and less than a day apart and including possible 1/2-hour timezones then the Timex Expedition line misses the mark.
Pro: It takes a lickin' alright. I have worn this watch while working on cars and computers, in the rain, snow, cold and heat, in fresh water and salt water, and it has stood up to being banged about, even on the crystal/face, over the years. It came through like a champ.
Summary:
It's a good watch...actually, for the price it's an excellent watch that should last you a long time. Like any manufactured goodie a certain number will fail anywhere from days into use to a few months. The vast majority, however, will likely outlast most similarly-priced watches.
Overall, for the average watch-wearer, it's a great watch.
Solid Long Term Watch
I've owned this watch for almost 8 years now. I was looking at this page because I wanted the exact same watch again. The one I have now is getting a little tattered. I'll probably just replace the battery though.
I like this watch because it looks good for work (office) but stands up to weekend car repairs and house renovations without damage. I was always annoyed by other watches because the side buttons would stick.
This is one great watch that can handle a beating and still look good.
Great for the money
I've had this watch for over two years. It has performed flawlessly during the entire time. I swapped out the leather band for a twist-o-flex band -- mainly because I'm too lazy to have to unbuckle the band every time I remove the watch. I'm a pilot, so the ability to set one of the digital times to Zulu is great. I always like having an analog second hand for timing holding patterns, etc. Much faster to use than a digital timer. This watch beats the heck out of paying a few hundred dollars for a fancy pilot's watch that has essentially the same functions. I'd definitely buy this model again.
