Recommended Watch #36: Timex Traveller Series World Time ref. no. T2N943

It was about 5 years ago when a new watch brand raised a couple of eyebrows in the watch market.  That watch brand was TX which stood for Techno Luxury.  But with its entry of multi-hand quartz movements house in German inspired cases with a price tag of around $500-$600, it was in for huge competition with mainstay Swiss, Japanes watch brands.  So only time could tell how they would be able to survive. And as predicted, not long.  Lived 4 years to be exact.  Though I wouldn't say TX watches weren't good, they actually were.  The design was straight out breeded in-house, no easy way homage/rip-off.  And a reliable made movement at that.  But I guess, that because of the fact that TX was a mid-tier watch brand from Timex that people can always associate with an affordable watch that keeps on ticking and can be found at Wal-mart or Target had a hard time convincing them of the price twice its siblings.

But now, after a couple of years after TX was shut down, I believe Timex has done what it should have done in the beginning.  Make it a Timex.  An affordable Timex.

During its TX era, there was one specific model that caught my eye.  It was the TX 500 Series World Time that featured an independent world time indicator in retrograde fashion, a summer-winter indicator and the usual 3-hander with date-only window.   The dial had thes embossed wordl map in black-gunmetal gray colors with thick hands and striking markers.  The case shape was also wide at the bottom, shollowing at the top to make it a steady and elegant decoration on yout wrist.  And with an onion crown at 3'clock and a wicked classy bracelet, this watch was a winner.

        

 
       
So when Timex reintroduced the World Timer, now tiwh a Timex badge on it and a $300 price tag on it, this now surely belongs as the 36th Weekly Watch Recom here at Shots of Thoughts.

          

Now, its not exactly the same watch as before, since it has more simpler hands and indices on the dial, a more subtle round knurled crown and a leather or a standard oyster style bracelet on it.  But still, it has that same movement powering it which Timex now labels them "Intelligent Quartz".  Now I don't quite find the name great at all but to now see a Timex badge on it is a more revealing success for me.  It shows Timex has moved up to the ladder of ordinary easy readers to multi-hand quartz movements without fearing of upping the price and maintaining the American badge that is quite a household name in the watch department.  And before I forget, one great thing that sets it apart from the TX brother is of course, the indiglo as quietly stated at the bottom of the dial.  Some may find the indiglo thing too nerdy camper for this type of watch but hey, trust me you'll need it upon checking the time when you up a thousand miles in the air and too lazy to turn on the cabin light. 

The Timex Traveller Series is now available in Timex shops all around, right in time for the holiday season.