Timex Waterbury Ocean Spotted Blue Plastic TW2V37400

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Timex produce watches for men, women and children. The watches are available in a wide range of styles and designs to ensure that there is a perfect model for every collector. So you get the benefit of not only enjoying a cheaper, more sustainable watch, but one that boasts over a century and a half of production. That’s not only older that Rolex, it’s older than Breitling, Audemars Piguet, TAG Heuer—the list goes on and on. It’s More Accurate Basically, ocean-bound plastic is gathered, sorted, shredded, and turned into a new manufacturing medium. What do you think? Can the Timex Waterbury be your better-than-Rolex watch? I think in certain circumstances—which occur every single day—it really can. It’s nice to have the Rolex, like it’s nice to have a fancy car or a posh pair of shoes, but part of enjoying nice things is actually getting to enjoy them. Keep them as a treat, use them as an occasion, and let the Timex take care of everything else. On World Ocean Day, we're introducing the Waterbury Ocean collection, created using upcycled, ocean-bound plastic, in partnership with award-winning organization, #tide. This exciting release comes at a crucial time for our planet; the ocean is suffocating due to plastic pollution, with an estimated 8 million tons of waste finding its way into the sea every year. While the statistics surrounding this global crisis are certainly staggering, they're unsurprising given the rate at which societies around the world both produce and dispose of nonbiodegradable materials.

Here’s my most significant complaint: With a water rating of just 30 m, it feels weird that a watch dubbed the “Waterbury Ocean” isn’t rated high enough for a swim at the beach. It’s a proven, functional mechanism, and (other than some instances we’ll discuss later) it maintained more or less perfect timekeeping over its stay. We are also able to offer an exchange to a different product if required, please specify this when returning your product. For now, let’s dig into the Waterbury. Timex Waterbury Ocean: Review (Photo/Josh Wussow) The Product You’ll also notice how narrow it is. Combined with the slightly underslung 20mm lugs, it creates a bit of a slim, narrow feel.

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Roughly 40% of the world's ocean surface already consists of plastic, and without action, it's predicted that there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. This endemic is affecting marine life and harming ecosystems every day, which is why Timex® is taking an important step in the direction of sustainability. With Waterbury Ocean, we're redesigning our past to take care of our future by repurposing ocean-bound plastic pollution for a cleaner tomorrow.

Speaking of Timex mainstays, there’s one that you won’t find here — Indiglo. Instead, Timex applied luminous paint to the minute and hour hands, along with a small dot above each hour marker. (Photo/Josh Wussow) By contrast, an old, banged-up Peugeot that cost you ten bob and an old slipper delivers the most luxurious experience imaginable: stress-free freedom. You can go anywhere with it, do anything with it, and no matter what, it’ll never be worth less than ten bob and an old slipper. The clasp, the crown, and especially the indices and hands are wonderfully reflective, catching the light with a beautiful sheen. It helps that these latter two aren’t just flat bits of steel. Each has multiple bevels, which further scatter the sunshine. I learnt the expression, “buy cheap, buy twice” the hard way with, of all things, shoes. Despite my best efforts to ignore the peeling soles and fraying laces, it was abundantly clear to me that spending less on something does not always equate to a saving. And so you might think that spending a single percent of the Rolex’s value on a watch is a fool’s errand. In the current materials arms race sweeping across the watch industry, one of the most unique and eco-friendly concepts to emerge is the implementation of reclaimed ocean plastics. Over the past several years, usage of ocean-sourced recycled plastic for cases and dials has spread across the industry, spearheaded in many cases by Swiss plastic reclamation specialist #tide. Timex is the latest brand to jump aboard the reclaimed ocean plastic trend, with a new series of affordable, classic styles in bright and appealing colors. With summery colorways, handsome details, and an environmentally conscious core message, the new Timex Waterbury Ocean series brings the ocean-sourced plastic trend to a new, democratic segment of the watch market.Like the cases, the dials of the Timex Waterbury Ocean collection keep the overall look simple and classical, with clean, bright highlights. The dial surfaces themselves match the colorways and textures of their respective cases for an attractively cohesive monochrome look in images. Timex tops these surfaces with elemental polished baton hands and matching faceted applied indices. With only two lines of dial text and a symmetrical no-date layout, the brand dedicates as much visual real estate as possible to preserving the visual texture of the plastic material, while keeping the design light and airy in images. The first time, I chalked it up to a possible battery issue. But after the second (and third) instance, I’m sure the blame rests with me.