Don’t let the cheap price put you off…., December 10, 2007

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D. Colley “daz78″ (England) – See all my reviews

  

There’s a Brit saying: “Pay a cheap price, buy twice”. Basically false economy rears it’s ugly head – for example: you buy a cheap watch to try and save money only to find the watch broke after a short while and you having to buy ANOTHER watch to replace it.

This isn’t the case with this watch. I opted for a sports watch because I was fed up to the bleedin’ eyeballs with having chain link watches breaking all the time on me (and not all of them were that cheap either.) I also wanted a watch to go jogging with as well, so I opted for this beauty because of its price and its countdown timer.

I was not disappointed, it is a lot smaller than I thought it will be, which is a bonus as it is disheartneing to go jogging with what feels like a leadbrick swinging from your arm, but it still feels solid and compact all the time – what I am trying to say is that this Timex doesn’t ‘feel’ cheap.

I wasn’t expecting much with the watch but I am very please…

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Good watch for the price, September 11, 2007

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Jaret Beebe (Adirondacks New York State) – See all my reviews

  

I am student in a wilderness school. This watch does every thing I need it to do. It cost under so it is a great value for what I paid for it. I use it when I am swimming, running, or out on a field exercise without a problem. It will not sing and dance for you, but if you want an affordable and reliable watch with good durability, this watch is the way to go.

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Pretty good watch, but mediocre band, November 24, 2007

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B. Rushton – See all my reviews

  

I got this to replace my Timex Ironman. It’s mostly good, but there are a few things that might have diussuaded me from by it if I had known about them and if there had been a better alternative:

1. It beeps every time you push a button (except for the Indiglo button). On the Ironman that’s only the case when the hourly chime is on.

2. The countdown timer doesn’t save the last entry. For example, if you set it to count down 5 minutes and stop it with one minute left, the timer just stays set to one minute. If you want to count another five minutes, you have to reset it. Not a huge deal but kind of anoying.

One nice difference is the Indiglo button – instead of just staying on while you hold it (unless you hold it down for a few seconds), one push lights the face for several seconds. The buttons are also a lot easier to push.

— Update —

After three years, the resin band started to split, and I had to replace the watch (or…

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