TimexWomen's Expedition Metal Field Mini 26mm Watch

I didn't take a star off like I almost did, because the watch itself is really good. Unfortunately, they sold me a used or returned watch and called it new. The main issue with that is when it's actually new, you need to remove a plastic tab to make battery start up. They do that because it extends battery life. This watch was next to the plastic holder in the box, not on it, rattling around the box with watch already running. So I'll need a battery much sooner, and I hope it's not damaged from the watch being loose in its box. I might keep it, or I might get my money back and buy it directly from timex website instead of Amazon. Amazon's price is way better, but then, it's not really new, so 🤮. I hope whoever had it first wasn't dirty or otherwise gross.The watch itself is nice. I was afraid it would look huge and manly, but it's not at all that way. Mine has dark brown leather and the black fabric strip in middle of strap part. The face is just big enough to read really easily. It definitely doesn't look manly at all. I love how it looks. The strap is nice, but in warm weather, my wrists and hands have a tendency to swell in heat, so I have to adjust the fit more often. Not a deal breaker, of course. But it's very comfy. I can wear it all the time (will take off to shower or swim), including wearing it to bed. I take meds, sometimes over night. I need to know the time, so I stay on schedule, and I don't want to turn on a bright light. The indiglo (I think that's the name) is great. Just enough light to see what I need to, clearly, but not blindingly bright. I also like how durable it's supposed to be. From now on, I'm sticking with timex for the durability, quality, and features.I'm replacing a very basic, cheapo casio. It was fine. Probably would have kept, but it didn't light up at all, and I discovered that was a very important feature for me.So, I wish they would give buyers the choice to buy used if wanted, and save brand new, not-worn or used, items for those who want and pay for new.TL/DR: was used or returned and had battery already running. A really nice watch with good features. Easy to read, and the light up feature is awesome. Great watch overall. If ordering it, you might want to let them know, if it's important to you, you don't want it to be used. Other than that one issue I love the watch and recommend it

This is a great watch. The leather band is very comfortable, it's easy to read with a second hand, it keeps reliable time, it's not huge, it lights up well, and I like the outdoorsy style. It's really hard to find a not expensive watch with such a high quality band, so this watch's very soft and comfy band is a real find. The dial face doesn't look cheap, either. It's held up well even when I've been banging it around in vigorous outside activity. Better than some other Timex watches I've owned over the years, definitely. They were less sturdy or the bands fell apart quickly.

I bought the watch as a gift for my daughter. She wanted a watch that was small and water-resistant to use at college and when she goes camping, and this one meets those conditions. It also has an illuminated watch face (Indiglo function), which looks really nice. For the price, it’s a great watch with quality details. We live in South America, and the Amazon shipping service was awesome — I received it quickly, in perfect condition, and at a reasonable rate.

This watch -- Timex T411819 -- has many pluses -- but sadly, a minus or two as well.....This is a very nicely-sized watch. It can be worn by anyone, of course -- but is of the size which (used to be? is?) called a "boy's watch". The diameter is approximately an inch across, and the numers are nicely-sized and readable, without over-powering theface of the watch. Around the outer-most part of the face, are tinier numbers. These numbers, "13 - 24", make it a watch to tell 24-hour, or military, time, as well, should the need ever arise. (And it sort of puts the old joke to rest. To wit: "What time is it when the clock says 13:00?" "It's time to get the clock fixed!" : ) Of course, this joke is about clocks, not watches....but it's still quite funny, so I include it here!)Many "sports" watches, (including Timex Expediton watches, of which this is one), have, (or used to have), these HUGE bezels around the face of the watch, usually with numbers "5 - 60" printed, or engraved, just above the usual "1-12" intervals on the watch-face. Sometimes this "extra ring around the watch-face" even swiveled! There seemed no reason for this... No stop-watch function was usually included with such analogue watches, and, anyway, most people are familiar with the "4" number indicating 20 seconds, and the "9" number indicating 45 seconds, etc. All these extra rings did was to make these "sport" watches even chunkier and more inelegant than ever. Even today, most quartz analogue watches stil have remnants of this practice, even if it only amounts to an extra bit of bezel, raising up and high-lighting the winding knob.NOT SO ON THE TIMEX T411819! No extra, inelegant "trimming" around the bezel on this watch! Stylish and as slender as any sports watch can be,it looks just about exactly like the old, wonderful-wind-up analogue watches used to look! (Sigh..........!) As pretty and elegant a quartz sports-watch as anyone could ask for!This watch comes equipped with BOTH glow-in-the-dark hands, AND Timex's trademark "indiglow" feature. With "indiglo", one just presses the winding knob, (or, I guess, it's more proper to now call it a "setting knob"), inwards -- and the entire face of the watch lights up! I owned another Timex Indiglo watch previous to this, (one without glow-in-the-dark hands), and can attest to the fact that, though producing a pleasant, glowing watch-face, too much use of this feature definitely shortens battery life! Also, Indiglo -- used mainly in the darkest of rooms -- if used too frequently -- can really hurt the eyes of someone on the verge of, or someone who actually has, cataracts. With my other Timex Indiglo watch, I would close my eyes as I pressed the setting-knob, to produce the glow, then opened them directly afterwards, so that I would only get the slighter "after-glow", and not the full-lit "indiglo".This present watch, however, seems to have a far less strong, and less lasting "after-glow" than my previous Timex watch with indiglo.Why, one would wonder, would Timex now put BOTH glow-in-the-dark hands, AND an "indiglo" lit up watch face, in the same watch? The answer, sadly, (in this case anyway), is because, if there is any light in the room at all, the "glow-in-the-dark" hands on this model are kind of hard to see! This is because the hands themselves do NOT have ENOUGH "black outlining" around the glowing part of the hand, to help distinguish the hand from the rest of the watch! For the watch-face here is NOT white: it is the palest, palest, PALEST "powder green" colour. The glow-in-the-dark watch hands are a somewhat brighter, "glow green" colour....but there just isn't enough contrast between the two greens -- especially as there is far too thin a black outline around each hand -- to easily see what time it is at first glance. If only the outline around each hand had been just the tiniest bit thicker! Now, this watch-face is VERY easy to read, at SECOND glance, even in the brightest room....but being able to instantly see, at very FIRST glance, what time it is, would have been deeply appreciated!Wind-up watches -- even the cheapest ones -- used to have a RAISED crystal, set ON TOP of the bezel. In this watch, it is the bezel that is raised, and the crystal, (made happily of glass!), fitted and set into it. This makes for a neater looking watch, and most probably a more water-proof one....but I do miss the look and feel of a RAISED crystal.Many people use the reflected image in a watch face, or the numberical window of a calculator, to look at a TV, whilst lying in bed. I know I do. Using most of these watch-faces or calculator windows, I've found that taking my glasses off makes them work best. But when using this Timex Expedition T41181 watch, I find it's better to wear my glasses. Perhaps it's the glass crystal of this watch that makes the difference....Many people do not know that to prolong the life of ANY battery-powered watch, all one must do is pull out the stem. This stops the watch from working....but you do save on the battery. Keep in mind, too, that, as this watch contains a (tiny) date-window, one must realize the advancing of the date will also be effected. But one can always glance at one's calendar, (or computer!), to realize, if in doubt, what day it is!On the back of this watch, the letters "PR" can be found. As I no longer have the accompnaying literature, I THINK this means the watch was made in Puerto Rico. If so, GOOD! Puerto Rico is a U.S. Protectorate, (and I THINK this means they can apply for state-hood any time they want!) To me, buying ANYTHING made ANYWHERE but in (Communist) China, (and/or totalitarian North Korea), is a good thing. To buy anything made in the U.S.A., its protectorates, or our allies, (Mexico, Canada, Japan, the UK, France, etc., etc.,), is a good thing...a VERY good thing,....and is sadly beginning to become too rare an experience! So, if this watch is made in Puerto Rico....this sure is another plus for it!Do I miss wind-up watches? More than almost anything!!!!! (:_( However, this little Timex Expedition watch sure LOOKS more like a wind-up watch than any quartz watch I have ever seen. Automatic, self-winding watchee have now, almost totally, taken over the "non-quartz" market...but they are often heavy, and usually, very VERY expensive. For my money, this is a Timex Expedition T411819 watch gives just about anything one could ask for, in a non-winding, non-automatic watch. With good care, and battery replacement when necessary, it can last and last.P.S.: It ticks! Not 5 or more times a second, like a mechanical watch -- but just once every second. A good, loud tick, too! Good ol' Timex watches....as John Cameron Swayze used to say, "they take a licking, and keep on ticking!" Happily, this watch not only looks like a mechanical watch -- in many ways, it acts like one too! (Double sigh.........)