Customers say
Customers appreciate the watch’s appearance, quality, and value for money. They find it looks nice on different straps and is well-assembled. Many customers consider it a good choice for casual wear or hiking. The comfort is also appreciated. However, opinions vary regarding the overall quality, functionality, timekeeping accuracy, and size.
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“The Timex Expedition Field Chrono draws design inspiration from vintage military watches. The unique dial features numerals in increments of five up to 60 and three sub-dials that track minutes, seconds, and 1/20 of a second for up to 30 minutes. An easy to operate date window is located at 4 o’clock. With the Quick Date function, you can set the date on the watch without turning the crown for every 24-hour period. Just pull the stem halfway out, and turn until desired date is reached. It also offers water resistance to 330 feet (100 meters) and a durable leather strap. 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.” From the hiking trail to the top of the mountain, you’re free to explore with this tactical field watch rugged enough to handle whatever life throws your way.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 3.94 x 3.94 x 1.97 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number : T49905SU
Department : men
Batteries : 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included)
Date First Available : November 17, 2009
Manufacturer : Timex
ASIN : B0083XFHIG
Country of Origin : Philippines
by anonymoss
Solid timepiece from Timex
Style: T49905 – blk/blk/brown leather bandEasy to read, watch face is well laid out and I like the contrast of the numbers against the background. It’s been a while since I had a watch with Indiglo so it was nice to see that again. However, with the white hands, it’s a little tough to read in the dark when the backlight is on, though it does have glow in the dark hands.Watch has a heavy, quality feel to it. Well constructed, like it may take a knock or two. Much beefier than any of the previous Timex watches I’ve owned. I was concerned about the crown size and it hitting the back of my hand in certain positions but it seems to be fine. I feel it but it’s not nearly as prominent as I thought.If you have bad eyes like me, it may be tough to read without glasses on.The band fits well after oiling the leather — cuts down drastically on break-in time. It always seems like I’m right in between two of the settings so oiling will help the band stretch a little in the tighter position. The color is pretty light fresh out of the box and the thread contrast is pretty retro. I found that oiling it also helped sort of detune that a little bit. I’m always one of those types that has to mod something the second I take it out of the box or it just isn’t going to work. Oiling the leather band was the trick. I was on the fence and considering ordering a different one until I took a few minutes and hand rubbed some leather oil in to get it much darker and more pliable. Super comfortable. And thick, too. Seems like it will hold on for a few years.I bought a “used” one for a slightly discounted price — in this economy, ffs!? Arrived just fine, intact, no signs of having been worn, just out of its original box and returned. Arrived in a factory box on factory wrist holder for the band, instructions were included, and arrived with a fresh battery installed — just need to remove the tab to engage time and start the watch.Also, register the lifetime warranty. You’ll likely never need to anything other than change the battery but if you ever do, they’ll fix it for free. Also, I am not affiliated with Timex in any way. I’m just hopped up on the watch I just got and feel like writing a nice review about it.Highly recommended watch and happy to replace that $60 smartwatch. I was ready to get back to a real time piece.Nice choice!
by Dasnamen
Typical Timex
Just love this watch. Itâs a little larger dial than the âtypicalâ 38mm,which is what I was looking for. Works perfectly. Keeps decently accurate time, solid built metal case and glass crystal. Leather strap not too stiff so break in is not really a concern. I like Timex best for reliability, features and price. Plus itâs easy to change readily available batteries (which last about 1-2 years). Getting lots of compliments on it. One small oddity, what should be the second hand is actually a tachometer/chronograph function. The second hand is actually a smaller dial near the 6 oâclock position. Seems odd especially if youâve never owned a hand sweep chronograph watch. Not a big deal just need to retrain your brain for the second hand. Timex has been my go to watch for years now and Iâve never had an issue with them except the occasional band or battery replacement. I wear them to work and am NOT easy on them at all. They just work. In my opinion, they are a great value. Moderate watches typically cost well over $100, Timexâs core watches are about 1/2 that price usually. Although the company has ventured into the upscale watch arena a few years ago and are also value packed and very good looking, some costing as much as $1000! For my daily driver kind of budget, Iâll stick with their core line basic watches thanks
by David Sieks
Nice Watch… But Buyer Beware!
This is a great looking and very functional watch for the price, so I was very disappointed to find it didn’t work properly. Close examination revealed a tiny plastic collar preventing the crown from being fully depressed as necessary. I’m aware most new watches come with a small plastic tab that must be removed to activate the watch: this was not that. Those tabs are designed to be easily removed with one’s fingertips. This collar (shown in the photo) was barely accessible due to the crown, and could not be removed even with fine-tipped watch repair tools.I contacted Timex customer support and sent them the photo. They evaded my question as to what the collar was and why it was there, but confirmed it needed to be removed for the watch to function, suggesting I bring it to a jeweler/watch repair shop. Well, the watch isn’t such a bargain anymore if I’ve got to pay someone to get it to work — so I returned it and requested a replacement.Wouldn’t you know it? The replacement had the same stupid plastic collar preventing it from working. This time I decided to see if I could fix it myself. I removed the case back with a pry knife, removed the plastic battery cover, used a pin-punch to release the watch stem, and fully removed the stem from the case, finally freeing the offending plastic collar. Pretty straightforward if you have the tools.Reassembly was trickier, as two miniscule push bars fell out when the plastic battery cover was removed. These allow the chronograph pushbuttons to activate the stopwatch. They’re smaller than a grain of rice and sit loosely within tiny channels in the battery cover, so they are very prone to falling out as the cover is put back in place. It took several attempts to get the battery cover situated with them still seated. Then it was just a matter of carefully placing the watch in a case press to snap the case back in place.Once reassembled, the watch worked fine. I replaced the rubber strap with a NATO strap, and it’s now a favorite daily beater watch. I’m astounded no other reviewers seem to have encountered this issue when I encountered it TWICE, but I’ve detailed it here in case others run into the same problem. Disassembling the watch to remove the troublesome plastic collar isn’t that big a deal if you have watch repair tools and steady hands — but if that’s not you, you might have to decide whether it’s worth paying a jeweler to repair your brand new watch.
by Allen Hynes
Going back to wearing a watch seems weird, everybody has a phone now. But it’s so nice and convenient to look at your wrist. Thank you for your product.
by Eduardo Bárcenas Parra
Me gusto mucho el reloj muy elegante
by Emille Brazeau
Amazing watch, works well and its not loud at all. It is a very dark color.
by Jose Julian
En general es buen reloj, es cómodo y se ve bien. No pesa y tiene buenos acabaos. Lo malo, la caja es de latón, no es acero inoxidable lo cual es más fácil q se raye con el tiempo, lo unico q es de acero inoxidable es la tapa de abajo. No es un reloj ruidoso. El extensible no es quita-pon es de los antiguos pero igual está bien. Le doy un 7-10 únicamente por que no vale lo q cuesta, pague cerca de 1900 pesos mexicanos, es mas para unos 900 pesos máximo.
by Dan
muy buena relación calidad precio, con la calidad TIMEX, por arriba de CASIO, pero obvio, no esperes un rolex, por eso digo buena relación calidad precio , Además da buena vista