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Timex Easy Reader Watch

By Jesse Kornbluth
Published: Feb 29, 2012
Category: Gifts and Gadgets

James Fallows — if you don’t know him, he’s in the pantheon of journalism — gives his new Timex every possible star.

Listen to Fallows praise his Timex:

It’s known by its big black numbers, its faux silvery case, its red second-hand, and its elegant brown pleather strap. I love this watch because it’s easy to read in the day; because it lights up (gently) at night if you push the stem button; and because I can buy backups in bulk, so that I never have to worry if I lose a watch or leave it in the car or in the pocket of my other coat or on my desk. I have an inventory of three or four in various places and reorder when the stock runs low.If you are Old, you know the greatness of the watch “that takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”

If you are Old, you remember Timex was alway’s “the people’s Rolex.”

In a list of “Best watches for Spring,”  Esquire rates the Timex #1: “It works just as well from the workday to the weekend. Not to mention the simple retro face looks cooler than some watches that cost six times as much.”

The Easy Reader Timex for men, with a 10-year battery, costs about $30 at Amazon. [To buy it, click here.] 

The women’s model has a bit more style. But not too much. [To buy it from Amazon, click here.]

Not good enough for you? J. Press would like to sell you an Elgin Type A-II World War Two aviator’s watch that looks almost exactly like the Timex… for $735.