TimexMen's Ironman Triathlon Essential 10 40mm Watch

I looked for ages all over the place for a watch that met all of my specific criteria. 1) Tells the time, date, and day of week 2) Has a stopwatch 3) Has a countdown timer 3) Is waterproof 4) Is not ugly or bulky 5) Is not expensive and 6) Does not have any extra or annoying features. The first two criteria are fairly standard, and finding a watch with the other criteria is easy. The hard part is finding one that matches all of them. I found so many watches with all the features except for a countdown timer, a couple with all of them without water resistance. Many of the Casios I looked at were either G-Shock (bulky and expensive) or had annoying "world clock" features that are ugly and can be confusing if you accidentally change the time zone. All of this to say that this watch has an amazing feature set that is somewhat difficult to find in other watches. Now that I have talked about features there is still the question of build quality and what it looks like in person. Starting with what it looks like I would point out that the black one is by far the best-looking one. The blacks and dark greys don't clash at all like some other colors of watch do.The numbers on the face are nice and large, unlike many watches that cram the time into tiny displays or squished under some useless feature like analog LCDs or world clock. A vast majority of digital watches have branding and labeling and advertising on the bezel of the display. This watch is no exception, the IronMan logo clearly visible. What is different about this watch is that the labels kept with the aesthetic of the watch and the dark grey labeling does not stand out too much. It does say "10 lap timer" under the display, which is something that I could do without, but it isn't abhorrent or anything like some watches are (I'm looking at you Casio). As far as build quality goes, it's not quite as good as other watches I've had at this price range, but the features and looks easily make up for the slight lack in this area. To be specific. The plastic that is around the face of the watch feels a bit light, but it doesn't feel too cheap or weak, just a little less solid and heavy than the Casios I've had at this price range. The band is a standard rubber band that many digital watches have. The band has a strange texture to it that makes it feel more like plastic in some places, but not enough to be uncomfortable. The band is also a little bit less flexible than the band of my last watch, but perhaps that will change over time. The clip that holds the band on is painted to look like a matte metal but is actually plastic. It contributes to the nice look of the watch but is slightly dissapointing. The clip isn't too cheap feeling, but it'd be nice if it were metal.Overall this watch has great features, nice design, and an okay build quality. Great for the price.

Great watch. Very durable, easy to use, sleek, and can usually get 5-8 years of use out of these. However, amazon sucks. I use them almost every day, and they have progressively gotten worse and worse with time.

Works great so far. If it lasts anywhere close to what my last Ironman watch did, I’ll be happy.

I have an older version of this watch – a Timex 10-Lap Ironman Triathlon. I've had it for 5 or 6 years. It's beat to hell, but still works perfectly, and that's the TLDR version.For those with a better attention span:This watch is amazing and has endured serious abuse during the 5 or 6 years I've owned it. I've had to replace the battery twice now, which isn't nearly as hard as some people would have you believe (just unscrew the back, unscrew the small piece holding the battery in, put the new battery in, then close her back up). The batteries seem to last approximately two or three years, and at the point at which I replace them the watch still functions, except that the normal display mode gets a little dim, and when the indiglo button is pressed you can't see anything. Still keeps perfect time, though.If you can manage to change out the battery when you need to, it's a long-lasting, durable, rugged watch. I have worn this as an ocean lifeguard, surfer, bodysurfer, free diver/polespear fisherman, runner, cyclist, and everything else I've done in my life. I only take it off to sleep, because it's a little bulky. It's been 50 feet underwater without a problem (haven't gone deeper), and has survived the impact of waves with 12-foot faces, falls from a mountain bike, and falls from a road bike. The acrylic face will get scratched up and banged up if you treat it badly enough, like I have, but it can still be read.Because a lot of my training is interval training, I really appreciate the ability to time workouts with the "chrono" feature and split laps. I appreciate the "timer" feature when I want to cook an egg or time the pizza delivery guy to see if he takes too long and I get free pizza, which may or may not actually be a thing. I don't know because that son of a b***h is always early. I don't mess with the "alarm" feature but I have, and it works well.This watch has always kept perfect time.The value, for what you get, is incredible. For $25 or $30, you get a watch that does just about everything you need it to do as an athlete or fitness enthusiast, with the exception of GPS functionality, but then for that you'll have to add $100 to the price of this watch, just for a starter model.I took off a star because the strap on mine was velcro, and it wore out, so I had to replace it with a nylon buckle strap, and that was not easy. The newer resin straps look to be a little tough to change out, which I think may be an effort on Timex's part to turn a 10-year watch into a 2-year watch, but that's just speculation. I almost took off another star because these watches have gotten so big over the years, but that seems to be what people want. When I grew up, a man's watch was somewhere between the size of a half-dollar and a silver dollar, and looked nice on the wrist. Now, watches are so enormous that everyone wearing one, no matter how thick his wrist is, looks like a child wearing a grownup's watch. Still, people like what they like – no sense taking off a star over it. I included a photo below for reference. For the record, I'm 5'9" and 185 pounds, with a medium frame and normal sized hands.If you're not an athlete or don't need to time anything precisely, you'll be fine with a more sophisticated, simple, stylish-looking analog watch, but otherwise this watch is the one. Just go for it.