2014-11-02 Update
I bought an identical replacement three months ago (in August 2014), and the display is now fogged up, apparently permanently. I run 3-4 days a week with the watch, and it has rained recently. I would expect the watch to tolerate that, but the display has been heavily fogged for several days.

There seems to be a pattern of quality issues with this watch. I like the watch enough that I'm going to order another, but if it lasts less than a year I will have to give up on Timex altogether.

2011-09-30 original review
This is my second Timex Ironman watch. Nice, basic watch that holds up to a fair amount of abuse. However, I did have some issues with the previous Ironman:

  - The indiglo light stopped working in the first year
  - The plastic button covers started falling off after about two years.

When the button covers fell off, the watch had little metal "nubs" that still worked but were difficult to press. It did stay waterproof for about 5 years, then started fogging up when I would run. 5 years of full-time use seems a reasonable lifespan, so I'm not upset about that.

For $30, it is a reasonable value: fairly rugged, and has the features I want (alarm, timer, stopwatch).