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While it looks like a sturdy but casual watch, this Timex Expedition is built to excel just about anywhere you take it, as demonstrated by its most celebrated owner, Everest mountaineer Conrad Anker. The hands are illuminated, and the white dial also features the Indiglo night light function and a date calendar at the three o'clock position. Black Arabic numerals and full indexes allow for easy time-keeping in any situation. The strap is a dark brown leather. The watch also features a metallic case and is water resistant to 165 feet (50 meters). The watch uses analog-quartz movement.
The TIMEX Story
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:
- Timex will not repair defects relating to servicing not performed by Timex Corporation.
- Timex will not provide any warranty service if your watch shows evidence that it has been tampered with, misused, abused, or altered; for example: moisture damage sufficient to affect the proper function of the watch; damage to the case; or visible cracking of the crystal.
- Timex reserves the right to charge you for a replacement battery, if the battery in your watch is depleted. No additional charge will be made unless the one year warranty has expired or servicing is necessary for reasons beyond our control, in which case a moderate charge will be made.
- TIMEX IS NOT LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, special, or consequential, damages, so the above exclusion or limitation may not apply to you.
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:
- Avoid exposing your watch to water, steam, or other forms of moisture, if it is non-water-resistant.
- If the lens becomes damaged, have it replaced at once to avoid damage to the module.
- When your battery is depleted, have it replaced promptly. The particular type of battery is indicated on your caseback.
Service of Your Watch:If your TIMEX watch should ever need servicing, either send it to Timex addressed as follows:
HOTLINE WATCH SERVICEP.O. Box 2740Little 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.
Product Details
- Item Weight: 1 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- ASIN: B000ST6W1E
- Item model number: T41181
Timex Women's T41181 Expedition Classic Analog Watch
Customer Reviews
I buy these because they're inexpensive and I don't want (or need) a status watch. This one quickly became my favorite because the strap actually fit my wrist; most bracelet-types are too big. Does the job, is unobtrusive, and weighs next to nothing.
This watch -- Timex T411819 -- has many pluses -- but sadly, a minus or two as well.....
This is a very nicely-sized watch. It can be worn by anyone, of course -- but is of the size which (used to be? is?) called a "boy's watch". The diameter is approximately an inch across, and the numers are nicely-sized and readable, without over-powering the
face of the watch. Around the outer-most part of the face, are tinier numbers. These numbers, "13 - 24", make it a watch to tell 24-hour, or military, time, as well, should the need ever arise. (And it sort of puts the old joke to rest. To wit: "What time is it when the clock says 13:00?" "It's time to get the clock fixed!" : ) Of course, this joke is about clocks, not watches....but it's still quite funny, so I include it here!)
Many "sports" watches, (including Timex Expediton watches, of which this is one), have, (or used to have), these HUGE bezels around the face of the watch, usually with numbers "5 - 60" printed, or engraved, just above the usual "1-12" intervals on the watch-face. Sometimes this "extra ring around the watch-face" even swiveled! There seemed no reason for this... No stop-watch function was usually included with such analogue watches, and, anyway, most people are familiar with the "4" number indicating 20 seconds, and the "9" number indicating 45 seconds, etc. All these extra rings did was to make these "sport" watches even chunkier and more inelegant than ever. Even today, most quartz analogue watches stil have remnants of this practice, even if it only amounts to an extra bit of bezel, raising up and high-lighting the winding knob.
NOT SO ON THE TIMEX T411819! No extra, inelegant "trimming" around the bezel on this watch! Stylish and as slender as any sports watch can be,
it looks just about exactly like the old, wonderful-wind-up analogue watches used to look! (Sigh..........!) As pretty and elegant a quartz sports-watch as anyone could ask for!
This watch comes equipped with BOTH glow-in-the-dark hands, AND Timex's trademark "indiglow" feature. With "indiglo", one just presses the winding knob, (or, I guess, it's more proper to now call it a "setting knob"), inwards -- and the entire face of the watch lights up! I owned another Timex Indiglo watch previous to this, (one without glow-in-the-dark hands), and can attest to the fact that, though producing a pleasant, glowing watch-face, too much use of this feature definitely shortens battery life! Also, Indiglo -- used mainly in the darkest of rooms -- if used too frequently -- can really hurt the eyes of someone on the verge of, or someone who actually has, cataracts. With my other Timex Indiglo watch, I would close my eyes as I pressed the setting-knob, to produce the glow, then opened them directly afterwards, so that I would only get the slighter "after-glow", and not the full-lit "indiglo".
This present watch, however, seems to have a far less strong, and less lasting "after-glow" than my previous Timex watch with indiglo.
Why, one would wonder, would Timex now put BOTH glow-in-the-dark hands, AND an "indiglo" lit up watch face, in the same watch? The answer, sadly, (in this case anyway), is because, if there is any light in the room at all, the "glow-in-the-dark" hands on this model are kind of hard to see! This is because the hands themselves do NOT have ENOUGH "black outlining" around the glowing part of the hand, to help distinguish the hand from the rest of the watch! For the watch-face here is NOT white: it is the palest, palest, PALEST "powder green" colour. The glow-in-the-dark watch hands are a somewhat brighter, "glow green" colour....but there just isn't enough contrast between the two greens -- especially as there is far too thin a black outline around each hand -- to easily see what time it is at first glance. If only the outline around each hand had been just the tiniest bit thicker! Now, this watch-face is VERY easy to read, at SECOND glance, even in the brightest room....but being able to instantly see, at very FIRST glance, what time it is, would have been deeply appreciated!
Wind-up watches -- even the cheapest ones -- used to have a RAISED crystal, set ON TOP of the bezel. In this watch, it is the bezel that is raised, and the crystal, (made happily of glass!), fitted and set into it. This makes for a neater looking watch, and most probably a more water-proof one....but I do miss the look and feel of a RAISED crystal.
Many people use the reflected image in a watch face, or the numberical window of a calculator, to look at a TV, whilst lying in bed. I know I do. Using most of these watch-faces or calculator windows, I've found that taking my glasses off makes them work best. But when using this Timex Expedition T41181 watch, I find it's better to wear my glasses. Perhaps it's the glass crystal of this watch that makes the difference....
Many people do not know that to prolong the life of ANY battery-powered watch, all one must do is pull out the stem. This stops the watch from working....but you do save on the battery. Keep in mind, too, that, as this watch contains a (tiny) date-window, one must realize the advancing of the date will also be effected. But one can always glance at one's calendar, (or computer!), to realize, if in doubt, what day it is!
On the back of this watch, the letters "PR" can be found. As I no longer have the accompnaying literature, I THINK this means the watch was made in Puerto Rico. If so, GOOD! Puerto Rico is a U.S. Protectorate, (and I THINK this means they can apply for state-hood any time they want!) To me, buying ANYTHING made ANYWHERE but in (Communist) China, (and/or totalitarian North Korea), is a good thing. To buy anything made in the U.S.A., its protectorates, or our allies, (Mexico, Canada, Japan, the UK, France, etc., etc.,), is a good thing...a VERY good thing,....and is sadly beginning to become too rare an experience! So, if this watch is made in Puerto Rico....this sure is another plus for it!
Do I miss wind-up watches? More than almost anything! (:_( However, this little Timex Expedition watch sure LOOKS more like a wind-up watch than any quartz watch I have ever seen. Automatic, self-winding watchee have now, almost totally, taken over the "non-quartz" market...but they are often heavy, and usually, very VERY expensive. For my money, this is a Timex Expedition T411819 watch gives just about anything one could ask for, in a non-winding, non-automatic watch. With good care, and battery replacement when necessary, it can last and last.
P.S.: It ticks! Not 5 or more times a second, like a mechanical watch -- but just once every second. A good, loud tick, too! Good ol' Timex watches....as John Cameron Swayze used to say, "they take a licking, and keep on ticking!" Happily, this watch not only looks like a mechanical watch -- in many ways, it acts like one too! (Double sigh.........)
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