★★★★★ 3
Functionally not bad, but style is meh
Color: Blue/Rose Gold-Tone, Color: Blue/Rose Gold-Tone
Likes:
Very easy to read with the large numbers/characters
The “indiglo” lighting seems to efficient in dark/dim light
Dislikes:
Setup is not easy. It did not come with instructions.
Watch time lags behind
Find the watch a little uncomfortable on the wrist
I need a watch for the clinical portion of my schooling. This watch is not terrible. The display is easy to read and the indiglo light displays well. Ultimately, I’ve decided to return it. I wish it had instructions. I got by enough to set the correct time and date, but it appears there are two times you can preset it to. So maybe you can have one set as one time zone & the other another time zone. I was going to set one as normal time and the other as military time, but couldn’t figure out how to set which preset you want to currently display, so I just set both as the same exact thing.
I like a different watch, also purchased from Amazon, better for myself after comparing it to this timex. I just don’t care for the look of this one. It looks a bit too juvenile. My sister described it well as a watch she “would have worn as late elementary/middle schooler” and I agree. I have a feeling that maybe it doesn’t come across as such in the white. White was my first choice, but other reviews mentioned the band dirtying and not being able to remove stains/coloring, so I went with this blue band color. Also, something about the watch was a bit uncomfortable while wearing it and I have a hunch settling in to wearing it more would not solve that discomfort much, if at all. Also, I initially set the watch 2 minutes early against the time on my phone. But it’s now days later and I noticed it runs behind the time on my phone by about 30 seconds. Both the watch I compared to this one and this timex itself claim to be water resistant, but I have not tested those claims with any hand washing or anything. I trust they’ll be fine in that sense. Also haven’t tried the alarm/stopwatch features as they’re not exactly needs of mine. Overall, I like that the look of the watch I like better in comparison will not only serve its purpose for my schooling just fine, but it also looks less kiddy, was cheaper, and actually came with instructions. If all you care about is big easy to read characters and don’t mind if your watch time ends up being a little behind, this timex is fine. If you want/expect more/different than that, maybe keep looking elsewhere because you can probably find more of what you’re seeking out and possibly even cheaper than this timex.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2021
