Timex Expedition Men's 43 mm Chronograph Watch

Love the look of this watch the size is perfect for me it’s comfortable and look like a quality watch without the price tag

Absolutely amazing, very comfortable, and the strap actually saved me in a workplace accident! I bought this watch a few years back, never changed battery, it has been used and abused and never failed me once. As close to perfect as possible.

TLDR: Avoid like the plague!I’ve owned a number of Timex watches over the years including an older, basic Expedition model, and my opinion was that they were decent, reasonably accurate watches for the money. So on that basis I ordered this model.This Expedition 43mm chronograph changed my opinion.I’ve tried three of these watches now and all three had to be returned due to poor timekeeping.Before unpacking a watch I performed a basic test - set the time to match a radio clock I have and leave it for 24 hours. To be within manufacturers specs. it must not gain or lose more than about half a second per day (+-20 sec. per month). All three passed this test.Watch no. 1 was unpacked and strapped to my wrist. Three hours later and it was running 20 minutes slow. The watch was duly repacked and returned and a replacement ordered.Watch no. 2 lost about 5 seconds per hour when on my wrist - way outside manufacturer specifications - so it was duly repacked and returned.Watch no. 3 randomly lost 5 seconds while still packed in its box. By now I’ve lost confidence in this particular Timex model so, since I got it on try before you buy, I just returned it without even unboxing it.So my experience suggests that Timex have really gone downhill with their quality and reliability. It’ll be a long time before I again consider buying a Timex watch.In fact the quality is so poor that the question “are these REALLY genuine Timex watches?” springs to mind.It’s a shame because I think it’s a nice looking watch.

Bought at a great price in a lightning deal. A really nice looking watch - fits well as is a good size and had a lovely comfy strap. I have small wrists, so its nice to find one with suitable holes for people like me - many watch standard straps are often just one too short and fit loosely - not the case here.It's an eye catching deisgn. The dial is nice and easy to read with the vintage brown numerals on black dial. There's a good sense of depth given with the chapter ring and inset hour markers. Indiglo is a huge bonus at night - I love this feature.Couple all that with a robust case, and 100m water resistant and you have a bargain of a watch - at this price point there's little to match Timex - its easy to spend a lot more and get a lot less - I'd recommend this.

This watch feels very hefty, especially if you’re used to cheap resin cased casios. Everything is made of stainless steel treated to look black, and you can really tell. I expected the bezel and crystal to get pretty scratched up as I’m not the most carful with my watches, but they have actually survived well. In fact I haven’t gotten a single scratch on the crystal and not for lack of trying, the bezel deflects anything coming towards it pretty well. The dial looks great but the luminous material is really bad, this is not a problem though because you can push in the crown and the whole dial lights up, it looks class. The chronograph runs well, it’s not the best thing in the world but it does the job, but sadly the big second hand was not aligned to a marker on my watch. This is not abnormal for these watches when they arrive, you can move the hands when the chronograph crown is out using the pushers but my chronograph second hand was in fixable using this method. I did have one other issue with the watch, I dropped it a very short distance onto carpet and the seconds hand fell off, this was my fault and I sent it into a watch maker and he fixed it for £10 in about an hour. I also got him to realign the chronograph second hand. Now my watch looks great and I love wearing it. For the price this watch is as expected, in a world of cheap consumer electronics being made from plastics and not being made to last I feel this watch tries to not be disposable in that way. If you like the look of it then it’s worth buying.

This is a long way from being my most expensive watch but it is right up there with being one of the good looking watches and it is a serious chronograph the second hand that runs all the time is at the 6:00 position and the large sweep hand only runs when you are timing something, many have the recorded seconds on one of the sub dials which makes them difficult to read reliably. The watch will time up to 30 minutes to an accuracy of 0.05 seconds. It is a lovely looking watch that is reasonably waterproof and comfortable to wear. The nice leather strap is a bit of luxury and on top of all this, it has a night light for telling the time in the dark. It's a great watch and excellent value for money.

Nice looking chronograph, feels solid and at this price not a bad everyday watch. I found that the finish on the case looks a little cheap, and the contrast between the face and markings isn't great, also the chrono only goes up to 30 minutes without providing any measurement smaller than seconds. The indiglo function is new to me, and while I can appreciate its utility I still prefer luminous markings. Not bad, not great, set your expectations accordingly.

Superb watch for the price, quality feel and looks great on - only minor issue would be the indiglo backlight can be a bit difficult to read the hands at night - apart from that, well pleased.