Timex Expedition T49963 Scout Watch

I’m 5’9″ and the watch at 40mm is a bit large for my wrist. My bad. The good — the indiglo dial is quite visible at night when you need it. More good: the watch feels like it’s high quality. More good: The second hand on the watch properly tracks the indicies all the way around the dial; this not often not the case for lower cost watches, and it drives me nuts when this isn’t the case. Let’s just say you’ll get a good bargain if you buy this field watch.

So far, I’ve bought three Timex watches, two of the expedition series and another fancier ‘dress’ type.

I have a year and two months of usage on one of them, as a ‘daily driver’ watch, the Expedition Scout, green woven wrist band with a black face.

I wear this watch almost exclusively, day and night. At work, in bed, in the shower, everywhere. Rarely does this watch come off my wrist. My day job doesn’t keep things nice for long, and seems to test the things I use quite well. I work in manufacturing, as a technician. I move big, hot, blocks of steel and reach into tight, greasy spaces, full of things to knock the face and everywhere else on.

Guess what? Still works, still looks pretty good. There’s some finish wear, and a couple small chips in the glass, but that’s to be expected. It keeps it’s time well, and the calendar function works well. There’s been a couple of instances where the adjustment knob has gotten pulled out, but otherwise it keeps it’s time well. It is absolutely a reliable watch, without question.

I recently bought another Expedition Scout, this time with a brown leather strap and a white face, otherwise it’s the same watch. I only bought this one for some variety, change things up a bit.

I do have two criticisms. One, I really really wish the watch also displayed what day of the week it is, in addition to the numerical date. But that isn’t huge.

Second, both of these watches have the Indiglo feature, which is nice. However, I immediately noticed something when I got my latest watch. The usability of the indiglo degrades substantially if the face of the watch is dark. The white/almond color face of my new watch lets much more light through.

Side note, the dark grey lettering on a black face is a little difficult to read, in contrast to the black letters on the white face of my new watch. Definitely going to stick with white face watches from now on. That said, I never had issues reading the darker watch. I only noticed it upon viewing the new one I bought.

In short, buy a timex.

This is my third Timex EXPEDITION in this style. I keep buying it because it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. But I also like it for the following reasons:

1. The large analog face is easy to read.
2. It’s Water Proof for 50 Meters (164 Feet) or (5 Atmospheres).
3. It has an INDGLO Illumuation for low light condition.
4. A Numerical Date Indicator.
5. Wide Nylon Band for comfort.
6. The Band can be switched very easily.
7. It keeps great time.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Produit de très mauvaise qualité. Le couvert arrière de la montre s’est soulevé sans cause apparente. La montre n’a pas été endomagé lors d’une chute ou autre. Lors d’une baignade dans une piscine l’eau a pénétré dans la montre. Timex charge 10$ plus taxes pour réparer la montre sous garantie. Ce n’est pas une véritable garantie. Il vaut mieux acheté une montre auprès d’un bijoutier si on veut faire respecter une garantie. Le bijoutier est lui soumis à la garantie au Québec.

Meets my expectations. I needed a beater Timex watch that was comfortable, reasonably accurate, quartz, great value for expedited funds, looked good, analog, and readable. I have had this watch for just under three weeks. The watch is large and heavy enough that it slides on my list due to the imbalance of its weight, so I frequently rotate it to the bottom of my wrist rather than have it on the top. I set it for my time zone and coordinated with UTC/Zulu and have watched it for accuracy. The date is difficult to see as the date window is so small. Mine watch loses about 6/10ths of a second each day – that is completely acceptable for my purposes. Due to the fabric watchband, it doesn’t stay where I put it but that is a minor inconvenience. It hasn’t suffered a significant “wack” as yet so I cannot comment concerning its shock resistance. Baring something going wrong with it during its one-year warranty in materials/workmanship, I will be keeping it.