The crystal looks so clear!

Nice one!

Re: For the price, that's a great one!

That's it In A Nutshell!

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I'm not a fan of digital watches..

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..but they do have their place.

 Got to love Timex. (n/t)

some comments and a question

Re: Such a pity that the thing is so small. Perhaps Timex could make one in the 44mm range?

I'm sure they could. But if they did, and increased the thickness commensurably, you'd end up with.. a !



Seriously.. wristwatch size is a matter of taste, of course. And no pleasin' everyone! But, again, for my personal tastes Timex got the size juuuuust right on this one.

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Is the bracelet as bad as the comments on Amazon indicate?

Ahhhh.. dunno. I confess I haven't read the Reviews. How bad do they say it is?

Hang on... {wanders off to amazon.com}



{returns a half-hour later}

Yikes! Pretty bad indeed.

But...

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There are lots of people complaining about the pins coming loose from the resin case.

..the complaints seem to center around the bracelet link-pins coming adrift, not a failure of the case or the springbars which attach bracelet to case. Indeed, if I'm reading it right, there's not a single instance of case or springbar failure.

However, the reviews are quite an eye-opener and it would seem that a full 10% of the customers have specifically experienced bracelet link-pins going astray. If you count more general complaints about the bracelet, including those that simply replaced the bracelet and didn't ding the watch for it, it'd be much higher. 25, maybe even 30%!

Still, a 4.1 Stars overall rating is pretty darned good, and many of the comments could be considered "raves".

"My last one lasted 7 years .. I ordered two of these."

"..ITS A GOOD AND CHEEP WATCH I WOULD BUY ANOTHER ONE ."

"I like the watch so much that I came here looking to see if I could get another one, I would put it in storage and have it just in case this one ever stops working."

"Over the past years I've owned two and if anything happens to them I'll buy another. They are that good!"

"..the fact that it can take so much abuse and still function properly as it did for 14 years is a testament to its durability. This is a watch that you will wear for a long time."

"..I think this watch is getting to be about 9 years old. ..I thought a watch of such extreme age could no longer be water resistant, but it survived a trip thought the washing machine."

And a number of reviewers specifically praise the bracelet! Among them..

"the band is great, it does not pull the hairs on your arm."

"I really like this watch a lot. I like it so much that this is the 4th one I have bought. .. My favorite part of the watch is the watch band."

Personally, I think 4.1 stars is pretty much on the mark. It's not The Perfect Watch, but then that's a Mythical Beast IMHO. A Great Watch? No.. that would be going too far, I think. But it's a very good watch! And at the roughly 47% discount I got, I think it may border on greatness, looked at in the viewpoint of Bang-For-The-Buck.

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This is a common problem with Casio resin cases..

I've got a pair of resin-cased Casios in the junk box meticulously cataloged spare parts stash. They run just fine and dandy, but the case is broken at the lugs' springbar hole. So yeah, pretty common I guess. However, I have never seen a Timex case fail in that fashion!

I dunno. Despite the negative reviews, I'm with that last amazon reviewer quoted. The bracelet's one of my favorite features of the Atlantis 100, too. My old Ironman 731-A's bracelet, which is functionally identical, has certainly withstood the test of time. And I got to say.. the pins in my bracelet fit pretty darned tight! Remember, I had to install 4 additional links, so I know of what I speak.

But, you know, I'm gonna keep a close watch on the link-pins all the same. for the heads-up.

Great review as always bro Ricky....and you did good with the price....

Re: We sell the same model for 39.99.!!!!

Highway Robbery!

Well.. to be fair, that's like 16% off the current MSRP.

Interestingly enough, the watch I received has an MSRP of $44.95 clearly marked on the packaging, though the Official Web Site lists it as $48. I can only conclude that there's been a recent price hike, and my watch has been "in the pipeline" for a while...

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Also, as a boy I had a model similiar to your old war horse there......the only difference being mine was black and had a black timex rubber strap.

Something like this?

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I wish I knew what I did with that one!!!!

Well, being Timex, I'll betcha they still offer a very similar model.

Yep...thats the one Ricky...the only minute difference being I seem to remember the front buttons being orange

I'd love to have the model with blue trim & buttons. Sure, precisely because..

Click HERE for larger photo or HERE for original article

..it's the Bill Clinton Presidential Model.

One of the best presidents we've had in recent memory......

Well. I definitely do NOT want to get into politics. However..

..I will say that, yeah, I reckon if Willy could have just kept his Wonka in his trousers, he'd have gone down as a Great President.

I used to have one of those very bracelets sitting around.

Re: I think it came from my brother-in-law, as he puts Twist-O-Flex bands on any watch he buys.

Reviled as they generally are by us hard-core WIS, it's east to forget that the Twist-O-Flex™ is still very, very, very popular amongst the General Populace.

I have a bunch of co-workers who do the same as your brother-in-law. Wouldn't wear anything but a Twistie.

I used to do the same thing until the mid-1990's.  (n/t)

No foolin'?! I'd have never pegged ye as a Twist-O-Flex™ Man, even in your pre-WIS days.

But for the confession, I'm sure it did your soul good.

Congrats Ricky! It's a cool watch and very similar to...

..my old Casio Illuminator. The Auto Light can be switched on or off!

Re: ..my old Casio Illuminator.

Congrats for that Timex  (n/t)

I owned an earlier version of the Atlantis in my pre-WIS days. I think mine was stainless and>>>

was on a rubber strap IIRC.

Re: ..was on a rubber strap IIRC.

If 'twas anyone else, Bro. Dan, I'd whup out..


..the Dread Icon!

But bein' as it's you and it was in your pre-WIS days, I won't resort to such drastic measures.

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mate.

No no, you're absolutely right to call TTIWWP. Here's one scrounged from the net.

Now that I see this, it may have been the bracelet version.

You're a Good Sport.

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Here's one scrounged from the net.

Ah! Sure, I've seen those. Same exact module as the current model, I think, just housed in a SS case. Cool watch!

But, you know, I think Bro. BREAKWATER over on WUS (the bloke you stole the photo from ) is wrong when he says that is "the original" Atlantis 100.

There was an even earlier model which was rated at 50M WR..






I know. "Atlantis 50" would have seemed the logical name to me, too. Guess it just doesn't have quite the ring of "Atlantis 100".

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Now that I see this, it may have been the bracelet version.

Well.. there definitely was a resin-strap model...


And it would appear that the current model is available on resin, too..


..though I don't recall seeing it in the catalog. I'd think it a replacement strap, if not for the fact that it's clearly branded "Atlantis".

Re: There was an even earlier model which was rated at 50M WR.

Never seen that one before. I do remember that the one I owned did have a resin strap option, but for the life of me I can't remember which I had, the bracelet or strap. 

Re: ..for the life of me I can't remember which I had, the bracelet or strap.

 (n/t)

Ricky, now this is a great idea of a very good watch!

Thank you for showing to us! It is an O.K. watch for me too and I had no idea it existed! So, enjoy your new one ( and the older) and thank you for this topic!

Re: It is an O.K. watch for me too..

I think it could even handle spear-fishing in the waters around Crete.

And if by unlucky happenstance it did fail you'd only be out the price of half a tank of gas.

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So, enjoy your new one ( and the older)..

Bro. Yannis, I definitely will.

Exactly, this is it!

( Except that , with that money I can get about one fifth of gas tank! ).....................