I love these watches, have been buying them for years. I've even been scuba diving in one to nearly 100 feet - they're pretty indestructible EXCEPT for one thing. The band, usually after only a few months to a year of continuous use, snaps in half down at the part where you put the buckle tongue through the hole. This makes it impossible to fasten the watch around your arm. You can buy a replacement but be aware that they ONLY come in black; that Timex makes a lot of different kinds of watches and it may take you a few orders to get the right size; and that they're somewhat hard to find.

I just lost the band on this same watch, and much as I'm going to miss it, I've finally decided to just start buying the cheapest Timex made and toss it after the band comes apart.  (There's a good one here on Amazon for only $15 that comes with a purple strap, the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Timex-Women-s-T5K459-1440-Sports-Digital-Silver-Translucent-Purple-Resin-Strap-Watch/dp/B003QFXP3U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Timex Women's T5K459 1440 Sports Digital Silver/Translucent Purple Resin Strap Watch</a>.)  Finding replacement wrist straps for the Ironman is just too worrisome and it's disappointing to buy a watch for the cute color and then have to put a kludgy black band on it. Timex should either make these bands to match the watches or strengthen them so they're not so easily broken. The little 'holder' part that holds the wrist band down past the buckle usually breaks/falls off too, by the way.