I suspect but haven't had the watch long enough to confirm that I may adjust to, but at this point in the testing cycle I can't verify.
Durabiltiy : This is where the watch has let me down in my view. I have had two problems with the watch. The first being the loosing of a pin out of the strap and the second being the bending of the compass button. First the pin in the strap. In late May the watch fell off my arm on to the ground. Thankfully no damage occurred. The cause of the fall was falling out of a pin from the strap.
I contacted Timex Customer Support in the USA expecting that they would send out a replacement pin, given they provide instructions on how to remove pins to shorten the strap. Alas no pin was to be forthcoming, rather I was instructed to contact the local distributor. Subsequently they advised that I send in the watch for repair and the watch has been with them since June 16, This really seems silly given all I need was a replacement pin and it is something I feel Timex needs to look at improving.
That is both the way the pins are secured and provision of replacements to speed up repairs. My second problem with the watch is the bending of the compass button. This has not impacted on the function itself nor the water resistance of the watch to my knowledge but does reflect one of the disadvantages of the size of the watch in my view.
I find that I tend to bend my wrist back, particular when riding my flatbar bicycle. This bending combined with my tendency to wear the watch a touch loose on my wrist which often has it sliding down to the point where my wrist bends. This combination of watch wearing and my wrist bending has resulted in the bending of the compass button. Interesting this has not happened to the other watches I wear which all have a smaller watch face and don't weigh as much and hence tend not to slide down my arm.
In summary, I really find this watch does not have significant extra features to warrant its use, the face is hard to read despite its size and I am disappointed in the durability of the watch. The bad: Hard to read the Celsius readings; To many arms making reading the time at times confusing; Too big.
The ugly: Durability. Disappointing having the pin fall out and the bending of the compass button; Long delay getting the watch serviced. This concludes my Field Report. The Long-term Report will be appended to this report in approximately two months from the date of this report.
Guest - Not logged in. Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Source: Timex Corporation. Product tested and reviewed in each Formal Test Report has been provided free of charge by the manufacturer to BackpackGearTest. Help very much appreciated!
I love its looks. It is unusual which gives it great appeal. The compass is a superb functional addition. Rated 3 out of 5 by Pedder from Looks great but doesn't work well I've had this for a few years now. It's my favourite watch but, while it keeps great time and the compass works, neither the tide or temperature buttons work and the backlight doesn't either.
The latest strap broke so I have done a botch job with glue and cotton. If all the functions worked it would be the best watch in the world. I do wish this watch had an altimeter feature. I got the watch wet once in a river and it survived just fine. There are also no signs of wear or scrapes on the watch band or watch. The Expedition is too big and bulky for me to wear on my wrist comfortably, but it is working well strapped to my pack or carried in my pocket.
Guest - Not logged in. My pack weighs around 25 lb 11 kg , including consumables, for a weekend trip. I always carry a tent. Watch Band The Expedition's black rubber watch band measures approximately 9. Nearest the watch, the strap is nearly 1 in 2. The strap does not taper further at its ends. Three parallel grooves in the rubber run the length of the strap at its center and sides.
A short red line of rubber of about 0. The red line extends from the 12 o'clock position on the watch face and is there to aid in lining up the compass. The metal buckle can be attached through one of 11 holes in the strap, making the watch band adjustable for wrist diameters from about 6 in 15 cm to about 8.
My wrist diameter is about 6 in 15 cm. Watch The watch itself is 0. The watch components are housed in a stainless steel case, which is indicated on the back of the watch along with inscriptions of the battery type CR , water resistance m [ ft] , the manufacturer's website and Timex's Expedition "E" symbol. The face of the watch is black with an INDIGLO night light, a glowing ring of green light that shines for about 3 seconds when the crown is pressed.
The watch has glow-in-the-dark hour and minute hands, and a red second hand. A fourth hand, the indicator hand, acts as the compass needle or indicates the temperature or tide, depending on which feature is activated. The watch has four buttons protruding from its sides: the compass button on the lower left side, the temperature button on the upper right side, the tide button on the lower right side, and the crown on the middle of the right side. The compass, temperature and tide buttons can each be pressed separately.
The crown button can be pushed in to activate the INDIGLO night light, pulled out to a middle position to set the date and calibrate the compass, or pulled out to a further position to set the time.
The watch face has several concentric rings of numbers and symbols corresponding with all of the Expedition's features. Compass The outermost ring of symbols and numbers is the turning compass ring. In addition, it marks 30, 60, , , , , and degrees. There are dots at every 10 degrees for which there is no named direction or azimuthal degree listed so at 70, 80, , degrees, etc.
Between and 30 degrees, tick marks indicate every degree so that the compass can be set for the local declination angle. The declination angle can be set by adjusting the north direction to compensate for local declination angle magnetic declinations by city are given on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] website after calibrating the compass.
Alternatively, the declination angle can be accounted for by manually adjusting the compass ring to the local declination angle instead of north on the compass. The compass is calibrated by pulling the crown to its middle position and then pressing the compass button. Keeping the Expedition level, the watch is slowly rotated twice. I have had the watch for 4 days. I bought it for the tide predictions. I have adjusted pretty close to high and low tide. Gary Hinson. Love this watch.
I do a lot of boating on the coast and it is a big help with knowing the tides. Chris V. Mais taille acceptable, sauf tout petit poignet. Le verre parait costaud. Great watch but did not come with instructions or information on where to get instructions.
Aubert Didier. The watch arrived very quickly for Father's Day. Very nice watch. Works perfectly. Give the temperature of the water, what my husband wanted. Timex is a good brand, the watch is very good.
If I need a new watch, I will go through this site again.
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