Additional information
| Brand Seller or Collection Name | Timex |
|---|---|
| Model number | T2H281 |
| Part Number | T2H2819J |
| Model Year | 2009 |
| Item Shape | Round |
| Dial window material type | Mineral |
| Display Type | Analog |
| Clasp | Buckle |
| Case material | Brass |
| Case diameter | 35 millimeters |
| Case Thickness | 8 millimeters |
| Band Material | Leather |
| Band size | Mens Standard |
| Band width | 18 millimeters |
| Band Color | Black |
| Dial color | White |
| Bezel material | Brass |
| Bezel function | Stationary |
| Calendar | Date |
| Special features | Easy Reader,Arabic Numerals,Scratch-Resistant,Water Resistant,Second Hand,Date Display |
| Item weight | 1.28 ounces |
| Movement | Quartz |
| Water resistant depth | 30 Meters |
B. Hamilton –
I’m far-sighted and I need to remove my glasses to see up close. With a typical digital watch checking the time was a two handed maneuver. This watch is EZ to read on the fly, with a big face and bold numbers. And lemme tell you about the backlight! Bright as heck, you could use it to flag down a jumbo jet (almost). I appreciate that it’s thin, and most of the face is used for the watch, not for some slidey compass gizmo that makes you look like Chuck Yeager or Indiana Jones. Loud ticking? BFD. It’s a watch. If it keeps you up at night you have bigger problems than a loud watch. On the nightstand it’s gonna be loud, so put it on top of something soft, you’ll be surprised at the difference. Thank me later.
The thing about analog: I’m not a runner or an aviator, so I don’t need precision chronometrics. If I really need an alarm, I use my phone. I bet my phone has a stopwatch if I really need one. When I check the time, I don’t need to know that it’s 7:56:48, I just need to know that it’s almost eight. Loosey goosey.
Analog vs. digital: My kids have trouble reading an analog clock, and they’re almost teenagers. If I walk into the TV room and say, “It’s time for bed, it’s ten o’clock,” they’ll say, no, it’s nine-fifty-eight!” The main thing is, Analog shows the time in a relative way, Digital in an absolute way. The idea of “a quarter past one” doesn’t exist in digital time; it’s 1:15. The hour is shown in an elapsing, progressing, way, quarters, thirds, halves, VISUALLY, like a sundial. You don’t need to know if it’s precisely noon, just that it’s lunchtime. Digital reduces time to a technical statistic, like cholesterol. Your brain has to interpret it into Time-time: “It’s 11:26, um, let’s see, thirty four minutes to lunch,” too much mental energy. A glance at an analog watch and you know it’s time to start those gastric juices a bubbling. A digital watch is useful only on New Year’s Eve and at the birth of a baby.
I wear a watch 24/7, sleeping, making whoopie, showering, changing the oil in my car. I like to be able to check the time in the middle of the night. “Thank God, it’s only 3:30. Back to sleep.” My main worry is about getting a tan line in the summer. But my life is relatively worry-free. I hope yours will be, and this watch will help.
Update: This watch works with the Men’s Rubbertech (TM) Silicone Rubber Watchband Stainless Steel Deployment Buckle Black 18mm available on Amazon. Outstanding product.
Update June 2019–
After wearing this watch nearly 24/7 for 8and a half years, including bedtime, shower time, executive time, construction work, swimming, everything except when I got an MRI, it finally showed some age. First the light dimmed out, then it started slowing down. I reckoned that a replacement battery would nearly match a new watch, if I were to go to a jeweler. BUT NO, and new battery was 4.65, and i prized off the back with a Swiss Army knife can opener blade and replaced it. Good to go. Now all I need is to polish the bezel, due to the construction work effects.
libworkers –
This is a great watch, very easy to read. Big clear typeface, the numbers are legible even with a quick glance. So nice to have the bonus of a 24 hour clock too. The indigo feature helps in the dark of night and seems to forever. I really like the date feature too. I confess it took me a while to set this part up but once it’s done it’s really handy. The black watch band strap is 18 mm and soft comfy leather. If I needed more than one watch I would buy this same one again. This is my third timed indiglo watch and I think it’s my favourite.
Lizardo Yael Núñez Íñiguez –
Llegó a tiempo y en excelentes condiciones. Es de muy buena calidad, elegante y se ve genial puesto.
Enrique Moreno –
El Precio en los relojes Timex es grandioso en Amazon !!!!
Jeff –
I dare you to find another watch that has all these features. I tried and this was the only watch to meet my criteria. This is a very classy, lightweight, easy to read, affordable, water-resistant, analog watch, with a night light and a day/date display.
Its style is a very understated classic round face with only one side button and no phony tachometer/compass or built-up “rugged” appearance. It has a very demure chrome appearance with a leather strap which works well for everyday use at home, work, or even for a night out.
Being lightweight, it does not slide up and down on your wrist like some of the heavier more “manly” looking watches do. Since it’s not overly large, it also does not yell out “look at me”, rather it simply does it job quietly and out of the way.
It is easy to read on many levels. The numbers are large, the font is a san-serif style without any fancy end strokes, plus they are bold and black on a white background.
Amazon has some of the best prices out there, but even without Amazon’s great deals, this watch will still run you under $50. A great price for a rare find.
Some watches at this price range are not water resistant, however, this one can be taken into the shower or while washing dishes without any worries whatsoever.
I used to think digital watches were easier to read and made more sense, yet the truth is, analog watches give you a better “sense” of time, as one can see visually what percentage of a particular hour has been “used up.” A digital watch simply does not give you that same feeling. Plus, with its constantly moving second hand, it is very easy to orient oneself to the passage of time.
Timex’s Indiglo back light is quite unique and hard to find in other watches. A simple press of the one and only side button activates this glowing light that lights up the entire watch background for a super-easy to read dial in any grade of low-light or even pitch black. I think this feature alone makes Timex watches a must have.
Finally, the best feature, in my mind, is the fact that it tells you what day of the week you’re on (i.e., MON, TUE, WED, etc.) as well as the date (i.e., 12, 23, 31, etc.). Yes, maybe I’m a bit forgetful, but there are times, when you just need to verify the day you’re on. Especially when there are holidays and you’re thinking it’s Sunday, when really it’s a Wednesday. Sometimes it’s a regular day and you just can’t remember, it happens.
In summary, this watch has a brilliant set of features you are not likely to find anywhere else. I was ready to spend $300 on a watch that fit the bill, and this one did it for under $30. Hands down, the best watch you can get with all these features at this price-point and even higher ones.
wabakimi man –
At Wabakimi Outfitters I often HAVE to be up early and know the time in the dark. THs watch is affordable, easy to read night or day, good “light-up” in the dark, and eve attractive. Good buy.
Steve S –
Just what I was expecting from Timex nice watch no to big 36mm perfect for a person with a small wrist