One’s Age and the Tepid Influence it May Have on Choice of Watch.

That Timex is up a notch in style with the two-tone bracelet! That's a new one to me and I think it looks great!

I love Timex and their simple approach to design. Even this chrono has plenty of white space:

My daily driver Timex is wonderfully simple in design:

But the funny thing is, the "wildest" watch I've purchased recently was also a Timex, my tide/temp/compass model! I think they did a great job of integrating all of the features.

You are correct on all of these points in my opinion. Timex’s diversity on watch styles suits almost limitless tastes despite where on the age ladder.

I had the midlife crisis with interesting watches, but they are either stylistically impractical, clunky to wear, or just bad for quickly telling the time. So I've quickly returned to my reasonable roots.

A two-tone Timex Easy Reader with an expansion band checks several boxes on the maturity checklist.

My first watches were Timex in the early 60's. All pretty traditional designs because that's all my AD (Ligget/Rexall Drugstore) had in the carousel display.

I did venture into the wild and wooly digital era in the 70's with a Texas Instrument watch that wowed all my friends when I pushed a button and the time displayed in a blood red screen on the watch, but soon returned to my traditional taste in design. A major influence in my 60's-70's watches was heavily influenced by the watches worn by Barney Collier (portrayed by Greg Morris) in the Mission Impossible TV Show. He always had a plain non branded watch that he referenced as the time ticked down to certain disaster, and there was always a split second close up of the watch, for dramatic effect, I'm sure.

Between then and now I've stayed "boring" with Tags, Omegas, Hamiltons, Zodiacs,and other watches that are hardly known for wild designs.

Even today, as I make many micro owners wealthy, I opt for more restrained offerings.

And reissues from Timex.

Back to the beginning.

I just exited that very phase. The battlefield scene of my watch drawer is strewn with a good dozen impractical, clunky watches. Like I learned early in how to be good in sales — ‘Keep it Simple…Stupid’.

A rich description of your watch timeline indeed! Rexall. What an iconic marquee that would glow above their doors.

Having received a Timex as my first ever watch as a child waaaaay back in the 1960s, I definitely have a soft spot for the brand! Timex has in recent years upped their game with some truly interesting and cool watches (Q and Marlin re-issues come to mind).

Currently own three Timex pieces, my fave being an Expedition Scout with a white-on-black "Hamilton-esque" dial. Also an Atlantis digital re-issue, and my trusty old 2009 resin-cased beater, that has literally been to the other side of the world and back with me ... twice!

Yeah, Timex might not be a prestigious brand (by some standards), but they do have some really nice lookin' models that are decent bang-for-buck. As their ads used to say, "takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'" 😎

True that! The name Atlantis takes me back to middle school. I think my friend Matt Baer had one. Kids thought he was cool because his uncle let him have a couple of beers on a camping trip.

Idk I'm 38 now and like the same stuff I did when I was 16. If anything 16 year old me would look askance at the rose gold bezel invicta pro diver on a bright orange I'm currently wearing. I had one of those sensible timex watches, but it was too plain! Super easy to read, set, it lit up! But it just didn't click with me, even though it was one of the watchiest watch I've ever had.

Fabulous! A tourbillon in its celestial orbit.

Sad but true. No chronos for me these days. Nice and simple: Explorer, Ranger, Aqua Terra.

I'm relatively boring in the way I dress, so I do like my watch to have a bit of POP! Nothing to crazy though.

This is about as flashy as I may take it

Still partying it up at 62!

Just a few. I like them all. I will admit I'm wearing smaller divers lately.

Enjoy the watch!

Cheers!

Simple elegance as they say.

That Deep Blue is wonderful.

Thanks!

"Time's plunder on my withering frame."

What a great line. Here's to you.

And to Timex. I've a few of them.

A new word has been born. "Watchiest". I'm going to start working that into watch conversations whenever I can. Thank you Bzilla.

That's all you need. Is Aragon THE most underrated watch brand?

I believe so. For those of us who appreciate large watches, the quality and specs for the price a virtually unmatched.

The dial, the dial, it looks like I will live and die by the dial. I was fascinated by the dial of my first Timex when I was nine (?) years old and I remain that way almost 60 years later. I don't care how easy or difficult it is to tell the time, or how hard I have to squint, or if I have to turn my arm every which way, it's all about the dial. That's doesn't mean I don't have some very readable watches like my new Caravelle 43B152, but mere time telling is never the main criterion.

True that! Often a watch style is out of place, it seems, if its dial is not a textured masterpiece. Often conversely as well.

"Once in a while, however, I get smitten by a pretty face"

WHY HAVING MULTIPLE WATCHES IS BETTER THAN HAVING MULTIPLE MISTRESSES

With multiple watches, it's a pleasant experience seeing your life tick away one second at a time. And I daresay more quiet too.*

*Unless you're wearing a Timex Weekender.

Okay, I'll admit it, I don't know nuthin. And I can't write English either, apparently. But WHAT IS that watch on top? I'm not sure what I think about that. And it looks like it says 11:05 but I get so lost in that dial I don't really care what time it is anymore.

You're right 11.05 Lol, I can understand how you feel. It's a Xeric Halograph ll. 4 chatpterings of hours and minutes. Check it out on their website. It's a fun one!

Cheers!

Thanks so much. I'll scope it out. I have heard of Xeric and seen some on Video, but not yours. It's hard to forget a name like Xeric. I think we need more watch brands that begin with the letter X.