Wristwatch design progressed leaps and bounds over the course of the 20th century. We owe some of that development to the roots of this watch dial.

This Q Timex is our reissue of an icon we first launched in 1975, at a time when quartz watches were sweeping the industry and putting mechanical watches back on their heels.

The original Q Timex range was born of a great pivot, when the quartz crisis of the 1970s threatened to overwhelm traditional mechanical watchmakers with more accuracy

From paper to platinum, we’re celebrating 70 years of our favorite Peanuts characters with these iconic new dial designs and a coin-stamped case back.

In June of 2019, our customer Greg accidentally dropped his Timex Expedition watch into an underground water tank where it remained for a full year.

"My friend and I were trout fishing the Caney Fork River in Tennessee. I looked down, and in about 2 feet of water laid this watch … Continue reading "In The Field: A River Runs Over It"

Each spring and fall at Timex we introduce new watches, unveiling entirely new collections as well as creating expansions and continuations of past releases. For the spring of 2020 we’re adding a new element to the season: recognizing and honoring the women of Timex, and women everywhere, during International Women’s History Month. Timex has always … Continue reading "WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, NEW SEASONAL WATCHES & MORE"

Military servicemen and women have long worn Timex watches for their reliability and simple, straightforward designs, and you can buy a whole range of military-influenced watches today that measure up to the task. Erich Gryszczuk bought himself a Timex field watch more than a decade ago, wearing it through the blazing deserts of Afghanistan and … Continue reading "In The Field: This Globetrotting Soldier Wore His Timex All Over the World"

This nostalgic editorial looks back at an event that many of us probably remember as well — a kid’s first watch. In the case of James Stacey, a senior writer for Hodinkee, it was our Timex Ironman (a model from the beginning of the INDIGLO® era) that first sparked his love for the world of … Continue reading "In The Press: A Hodinkee Writer Revisits His First Watch"

We can thank the US Military for helping to develop a lot of things we use today — the GPS system, aviator sunglasses, duct tape, cargo pants, even microwaves. And… the wristwatch? US troops did, in fact, help popularize the wristwatch in the early part of the 20th century. It really got rolling during WWI, … Continue reading "The Timex Guide to Military Watches"

American watchmaking isn’t a new concept. In 1854, as the Waterbury Clock Company, we took clocks from the mantels of the 1% and brought them to the world. Our roots in Waterbury, Connecticut—the Brass City—allowed us to evolve clockmaking, switching from wooden gears to gears made of brass. This, along with our modernized factories, allowed … Continue reading "AMERICAN DOCUMENTS: TIMEX & AMERICAN WATCHMAKING"

American-Made Watch | Timex American Documents | Timex Blog Celebrating America with our first American-made watch in decades. Our Timex® American Documents® watch is made in the US with American parts & a Swiss movement.