I ordered a Timex to be a counter to my G-Shock (penniless quartz gang) and I'm very glad to have done so. It turns out the watch has basically no visual deficiencies - simple watchface design does a great job and it's printed nicely. It also feels very robust and tight for a quartz watch. I'm pretty sure I will be wearing it more often than I initially expected to.
The ticking really is thunderous though. I didn't know about it and it is the first thing I noticed - after owning a G-Shock and an automatic watch it really is heard. I don't mind as I've grown up with those loud, cheap $10 quartz wall clocks around, but the sound is genuinely like one of those, just sized down. It's actually a bit amazing, almost like a feature 🤭
The strap is nice as long as it is fairly new, but I feel like this watch is perfect for a nato strap which I'm going to order soon. It should work with leather as well, feels pretty universal on that front.
A genuine 8.5/10 from me (in terms of quartz watches), and considering the price probably a 9.5 (the ticking being the -0.5). I can see myself paying double the price for this watch and not feeling ripped off to be honest.
It's so alike the 13–24 small hour numerals it's an almost deceitful design. For some reason I have no problem with it on the Junghans Max Bill but I just don't like it here. Might be me being prejudiced against Timex but I hope it's not that.