Watch me now...

I'm a little embarrassed that I'm singing about a watch for crying out loud. Maybe it's because we all are just craving a little honesty this election year. Anyway as an old(er) coot I needed a watch for business (my waning days) and pleasure (hopefully) and being a curmudgeon. This watch is perfect.



The circumference and thickness kind of make you remember older days in watches. The numbers are easy to see against the background (large 4 8 and 12) and the gold double bars to indicate the other hours are sized perfectly compared to the actual numbers. You can see the watch without reading glasses - at least I can this year - and I can even make out the day and date without glasses. Whoever designed the face probably has been studying those Golden Ratios or whatever: there is a pleasing relationship between the circumferences on the face (outer and inner) and the diameters of the outer ring (hours section) and inner circle (most of the day-date the Citizen logo and the main whatchamacallit that the hands attach to). The color of the gold is not bright yellow; it kind of grades to the ochre red-gold - certainly a watch for the Beowulf wannabe's out there (like me). The band is or was an alligator-steer genetic fluke I suppose; reasonably soft. And the color of the band picks up the reddish quality of the metal. It is a very light-weight watch.



Plus it runs on light man! Light! (Must have said that during the 60's sometime....) Pretty cool to think that nobody REALLY knows what's powering this thing. Never needs a battery - gedoutaheah! Really! If you buy this watch (your own) they could bury you on Mt Everest with your arm sticking up perhaps with a baggie around it - I don't know why and in a thousand generations your heirs can come by take the watch leave the baggie and use it until the universe...well whatever it will do.



Do some Amazon reviewers have too much time on their hands? (Clever no?)



Buy this watch. I prefer the gold/brown: more mythic. You'll like it.More detail ...

Great watch 2 areas of concern

Got this watch as a dress watch based on my wife's recommendation. I have worn Casio G shock watches for the past 20+ years and had no reason for a nice watch. Now I need one and wanted something plain. This watch fit the bill. Light thin comfortable and the classic simple look I wanted.



The watch arrived from Amazon with a dead battery. Luckily Amazon includes that wonderful note with the watch that tells you your brand new watch might show up with a dead battery and that this can easily be solved by replacing the dead battery. Huh? Good thing my car didn't come with a note like that.



The other issues is the band. It looked a lot nicer in the pictures. Although it is leather it looks like plastic.



This is a great casual watch. Unless you can find a nicer band it isn't very dressy.More detail ...

Excellent Watch

This is an excellent watch. It is thinner than I had thought it might be given it is solar powered. I would have preferred a smooth finish black band instead of the cheaper pieced look but overall it I really enjoy it. The only other thing I would have liked was if the hands illuminated in the dark.More detail ...

All this and John Cameron Swaze too!

Young people have no idea what they're missing (their loss is actually ours since they're not aware of it). Not only have LP's and CD's gone out of style (replaced by downloaded MP3 files) but watches as well (replaced by the digital read-outs on cellular phones and iPods). I'm sorry but the only thing that keeps me functional in our overly-digitized gadget-driven world is a plain-old plain-spoken fashion-resistant watch like this Timex with a bland analog face that even a mother wouldn't love--only a great grandmother or someone with as long a memory as mine.



But this piece is redolent with its own memories--of the special telecasts of all-star live jazz spectaculars sponsored by Timex and hosted by former newsman John Cameron Swaze. Amid the flurries of fringe-reception snow you might catch momentary sight of Benny or Louis or Ella and even hear a few notes of "Perdido" or "When the Saints Come Marching In." But most memorable of all were the commercials: Timex watches being subjected in "real time" to fire and ice poundings and shakings high-dives into pools of water followed by Swayze's invariably reassuring and authoritative commentary on the outcome: "The watch that takes a licking and keeps on ticking."



Hate to admit that none of my Timexes purchased in the '50's are still ticking but this one which boasts a "ten-year battery" is thus far showing promise of a good strong heart. And unlike the '50's version this new and improved (can that be possible?) Timex lends extra support to those of us who have lost all but our long-term memories: it even offers a reminder of the date and day of the week as well as hands that light up without the radium coating. Best of all it's no less affordable than its 1950's counterpart. If anything it's kept behind the pace of inflation! (Thank you China for making possible the continuance of an American tradition).More detail ...

High quality great deal

My Skagen arrived this morning and I am overly pleased with what I found.



To start the packaging is clean and interesting something you could display if you're into that sort of thing.



The watch itself is beautifully executed Scandinavian design with very nice subtle details up close. It looks better on your wrist than it does in the pictures.



The only issue I have with the watch is the leather band. Out of the box it is very stiff and strangely enough has a very strong odor of fish. It didn't impact my star rating as I know it will break-in and loosen up over time and I'm sure the fishy smell will disappear as well. Using a nice leather conditioner might take care of both.



You could spend twice as much and not find a more refined watch this really is a great deal.More detail ...