Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

Once upon a time, Timex was a respected watchmaker.  Every kid wanted a Timex Mickey Mouse watch.  And tech geeks from bygone days can remember sporting the Timex Motorola beeper watch.  Modern Timex watches offer everything from GPS to heart rate monitors for athletes.  Timex also has a luxury brands line which produces the watches for companies like Guess, Versace, Ferragamo, and Ecko.  I can remember when owning a Timex was like having a status symbol on your wrist.  Perhaps, it still is.  Just a different level of status.

This watch is an "Indiglo".  Indiglo was first introduced to the market in 1992.  In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed.  An office worker used his Indiglo watch as a flashlight to guide fellow workers down 40 flights of stairs.  This cemented the Timex Indiglo as a reputable quality, low cost watch.

Along with the Indiglo face, you also get luminous hour and minute hands, so telling time in the dark will not be a problem.  The face is also marked with 12 and 24 hour markers for military time, and there is a date dial window.  The "Tachymeter" marked bezel is fixed and does not rotate.  The casing is stainless steel and water resistant up to 30 meters.  The included band is stamped "Timex" & "genuine leather".  This watch uses a common CR2016 size battery which is easily available and fairly inexpensive ---->&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/SE-CR2016-Battery-25-batteries-total/dp/B000RAWGEG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">SE CR2016 Battery, 25 batteries total</a>.  The rear case cover can be easily pried open with a small screwdriver and does not require any special tools.

This is the perfect "beater" watch that you can wear when you don't want to take the chance of damaging or losing your more expensive watch.  You may want this for sports, outdoors, or even tactical situations.  Wear this watch with the face on the inside of your wrist so that you won't smash it when you're rolling around on the ground wrestling with a suspect.  You'll soon discover that you can leave this watch on your wrist for going out in casual wear situations, and may even dare to wear this with your suit & tie in a business environment.