Timex Military watch

[Mike B]

Hey everyone ! It's been FOREVER since I've been on here, but I'm still alive ! lol

Been into some Timex ( ghasp ! lol ) watches lately. First I picked up this off Amazon:

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Got it here : http://www.amazon.com/Timex-T41711-C...military+watch

For $25, I can't really complain. It was a nice watch but I returned it several weeks after wearing it. Why ? The ticking of that quartz movement was SO incredibly LOUD I couldn't sleep with the watch on at night ( whenever I wear a watch in rotation, I never take it off my wrist ). That tick was the most annoying EVER. Next, this size was very small, but manageable. I wanted a basic watch that had no date, was cheap and very reliable.

All was well and good even WITH the loud ticking when, after about two weeks goes by and I notice it lost almost two entire minutes ! For a quartz movement this to me in unacceptable, so I just sent it back, and ended up buying this:


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Basically, it's the same watch as the one I sent back to Amazon but this one is a manual wind mechanical watch. This is vintage ( probably in the mid to late 80's I'm guessing ? ). The owner of the watch didn't really tell me much as to it's origin, but it's in GREAT shape and keeping excellent time so far. I picked it up on ebay for a little over $100. The sweeping second hand is very quiet too, a very welcoming bonus over the last model. It says "water resistant" on the watch face, but I'm guessing it's only to like 30 meters if that. Does anyone have any info on this Timex military watch ? I done some research and there's really not much out there on these.