New Watch Brand at Walmart: Marathon by Timex

I noticed another new watch brand at Walmart:  Marathon by Timex.  If you are a fan of digital watches, you'll find that this new brand offers traditional Timex digital features like a stopwatch, alarm, and indiglo lighting at a much lower price point:  $15.88

 It looks like a pretty tough bang around watch and a great watch for kids and adults who like to play outside.   For less than $16, the watch makes a great stocking stuffer this Christmas.

A Tale of Two Casio Lines - G Shock and Illuminator

I visited another Walmart to check out watches.  They have Casio G Shock models priced from $46.92 to $89.92.  They are generally basic black models that emphasize rugged functionality over more colorful style.  I almost think the G Shock watch might be tougher than my flesh and bone wrist.

If the G Shock is too expensive and you do want colorful flair, regular Casio Illuminator Digital Watches can be had at some Walmarts in a variety of colors.  Walmart has them for only $18.88.

This World Time Illuminator is often seen in stores for about $24, but Kohl's had it online for only $19.96.  As you progress through timezones, the areas affected are darkened on the world map at the 9 o'clock position.  I think this has to be one of the coolest inexpensive digital watches on the planet.  It's a lot of watch for less than $20.

For an even cheaper watch deal, check out this bargain basement Casio!

Watch Sighting: The Timex Atlantis 100 rediscovered!

Alas Poor Timex Atlantis 100, I remember this you.  I knew you and wore you well.  We had lots of adventures.  You were very useful for a cheap watch. 

I recently saw the venerable Timex Atlantis 100 digital watch in a store. O.K. my favorite big box store.  You know the one everyone hates.  The one all the trendy hipsters protest against.  Yep, Walmart.  That's the one.  It's about the only place I can afford to shop.  When I was into sailing back in the nineties, I wore a Timex Atlantis just like this one for racing. 

The Timex Atlantis 100 has a count down timer.  I would set it for three minutes, start it when I heard the horn and maneuver my boat--a Flying Scot--to cross the line when the start horn went off.  It was fun and I thought my Timex was highly cool at the time.  When I came across it years later in a cubby aboard my old boat, I found that the finish on plastic portions of watch had worn off and that black plastic/resin segments of the band were disintegrating.  I was going to replace the battery and keep it for a bang around watch anyway.  However, I totally sproinged it when I tried to change the battery.  I had watch pieces every where.  For awhile, I kept a small mound of the bones in my watch box.  But, ultimately, I ended up chucking the watch.  The boat had been donated to charity in the aftermath of a lay off and the watch was a bittersweet reminder of a bygone era.  But, every time I see that watch, I'm tempted to buy it again.

By Rept0n1x (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Kohl's even has an updated watch called the Timex Ironman Atlantis.  It looks similar and has a count down timer but it's not quite the same.  It looks like the band and case might be all rubber and it is just a little more rugged.  Now, if I could only find another yacht . . .

Timex Expedition Atlantis Digital Watch

[In 2024 - I found the Timex Atlantis on Amazon.  It has been rebadged as a Timex Expedition Atlantis, but the features and appearance are the generally the same.]

Geneva Watch Group Scrolling Marquis Digital Watch

If you are looking for an inexpensive watch and want something a little different, you might try the watch department at Kmart.  I found an unusual watch there with a scrolling digital marquis screen.  It's definitely a novel way to present the time. 

It's June already! Almost Father's Day . . .