Timex Weekender 40mm (Oversize) review - 5 Reasons to buy, and 4 not to 

The trouble with the Weekender is . It has no day date. So how do you know it's the weekend.

I’m female viewer here. I do have the 31 mm version. Also I bought a timex 20 years ago. I don’t remember the model but still it’s working and in good condition. Thank you for your review

I'm super glad I discovered these super affordable watches. I just bought one for me, my mom and my dad as gifts.

I spent 3 weeks in Kanazawa back in 1990 and LOVED it! I was 16. I’ve always wanted to go back but it’s doubtful. I fondly remember the hot baths, pachinkos, beer in vending machines and how nice the people were. And how beautiful the it was.

I’ve had the 38mm version for 5+ years. Very simple versatile watch that can be a beater or casual business watch depending on the strap. For $30-35, no reason to not have one of these in your collection.

I have the 40mm Weekender Antique Brown, been wearing it for ages. Absolutely love this guy

Back in the 80's the Timex was what kids wanted. When the Indiglo came aout I wanted one bad, but being a student I could not afford it. So I bought an imitation offered by other cheap brands. I remember they had orange glow, yellow glow. I believe Timex had the blue glow copyrighted. I just ordered my first true Timex Indiglo this weekend. It's a used Timex Expedition. Can't wait!

The indiglo is simply hands down the best feature. I have an one year old and I wear this watch when I am on night duty. He sleeps in a pitch dark room and I can use the indiglo to find my way around.

The white Weekender 38mm was my first in my current watch obsession/journey. Your reasons in favor of this watch are SPOT ON! I love mine as it my ‘chameleon’’ watch, as you correctly state, it’s very versatile. 20mm lugs are a brilliant decision from Timex. I just change the band and it goes with everything I wear. Mine has a subtle blue second hand which is cool. Sadly, it is also my clunker and has kept me from picking up other in the line for fear of the loud ticking sound as you correctly pointed out. Another great, honest review, sir.

#6 The type of battery this watch uses. 2016 Lithium battery from my experience lasted me at least 5 years and that's playing with the indiglo quite often.

All very good thought out points. Also like the park roundabout camera work. It got the light from all angles.

Just got this exact 40mm version. I have numerous time pieces and I absolutely love this one a lot. It’s just fun. Plus I love stuff that glows !!!

The Timex weekender is what got me into watches, but not in a good way. After 4 years of wearing it I woke up one night, tired of the loudness of the tick, and I started googling ways to silence it. There wasn't much to do, but I found out about the chrono version that didn't have that loud tick so I immediately purchased it. That one got me really hooked on and the rest is history.

I just ordered two... Just here to watch videos of it before it arrives. 🙂

I love timex, i have one now in my possession and this is the second time i have them which i mean weekender, the both of them i really love them, quite affordable. Appreciate your review, keep it running 👍👍👍

Superb review! I'm getting a Weekender for sure.

Thank you for your honest and detailed review. It helped me alot in deciding whether to get this one or not but your #3 reason for not buying is one that's a deal breaker for me as I live in a humid climate plus the fact that I'm bound to abuse it.

These are great for the price. Loved those shots at the park. Nicely done!

Well after 7 months I still love it! No complaints here!

very nice video, i thoroughly enjoyed it because of the quality and the info shared. you kinda sorta help me pull the trigger on this exact model. i haven't had a leather strap watch for 16 years, plus a light coloured dial is preferred. i own way more expensive watches but i'm looking for something casual, fun, that which does not require a lot of care. i had swatch watches and i guess if their ticking was not annoying for me, then that of this timex won't either.

Very underappreciated video

I have the Expedition, Model TW4B08200, very similar to the weekender. The case back is held down with 4 screws verses the weekenders press on case back. It's really the only watch you'll ever need.The water resistance is rated at 50 meters. The Indiglo is the best thing since swiss cheese.

Excellent !!! This will go on the top of my affordable watch to get list. I also really like the outfit you had on with the watch...it's something I would wear. And I realize this is too late for a shout out ...but 'the revenge of shinobi' is my favorite Sega Genesis game lol.

I usually wear heavy metal t-shirts to the office and we do everything in military time. Totally classy for me and absolutely necessary as a civilian. I got an indiglow easy-reader for my birthday as a young lad and totally loved it. Lost it in a mosh pit and always wanted to get another Timex. My new weekender should arrive in another week.

Love your channel.. i just orderd the weekender chrono... I heard it's a bit quieter than the one you just reviewed. Can't wait to hear the tics!

Love my weekender, use it as my work watch

I grew up with a timex on my wrist and when I was in the Navy. Emotional attraction, yes. Having said that. I have 26 watches in my collection (time fascinates me). My go to watch is always the timex weekender (40mm). It’s a excellent beater watch. Enough said.

Great review, well done👍

Great video! I couldn’t see myself rocking a Timex for whatever reason. However much respect to the brand and some of their designs.Love the playground shoots!!! “Revenge”

After owning my weekender for a cpl weeks now I can honestly say it almost never leaves my wrist! I have other watches that need wrist time but right now I’m just enjoying it! I thought my Casio g-shocks had good back lightning on them but this indiglow is serious lol

I have the same weekender but I removed the seconds hand because I couldn't stand watching it wobble around. Looks better in my opinion. I have mine on a light rustic brown leather nato with black sticking.

Great video. Nice job. I've heard the noise complaints but I have never had that problem with my weekender. I put it up to my ear and hear nothing and It's a chronograph. Thanks 😎👍

Excellent things to consider in both pros and cons. 👍 for a job well done. 👌

I think I'm one of the few people who don't mind the 'tick' of the Timex watches. I had a weekender a few years back and I sold it, but I miss the sound a night. It was rather soothing.

I prefer the expedition but I do like the look of this watch with perforated leather straps. & that blue face variant is gorgeous too.

I keep putting the Timex Weekender on my wish list. But then eventually take it off before I've bought one. It's back on the list now.

I love my weekender. Call me crazy but I love the ticking sound it makes. Believe it or not I have another watch that’s much louder. I keep all my watches in a watch box so I don’t really hear them at night. Good job on this video. The weekender is one of my favourites and is in my regular rotation.

Excellent review 👍 cheers!

The timid weekender my everyday watch. It’s my favourite watch

the up and down of the background in the start was making me queazy. Love the weekender!

Bought the Weekender chronograph 3 days ago. Have a Timex (Philippines) wind only it 50 yrs old. Keeps on ticking !

This is a great watch have to add it to the collection!

Good points that you made in this video. Revenge of the impulse purchases. I had the Fairfield since last month (thanks to your couple Timex Fairfield videos), I just ordered the Expedition Scout Chronograph (blue dial, black leather) and the 38mm Weekender (gray dial).

I have the Expedition Scout. This and the Weekender look too alike. I do crave Timex's Marlin with Arabic numerals and the Q Timex. The latter is selling out faster than Timex anticipated, and the Marlin just has class. Great review.

The style is what got me case & green face plate. This alone with Vostok are go to if I’m working. Both a tanks !! Mine not loud at all.

I have owned the 40mm weekender for 3 years , still ticking strong , but some of the steel coating has worn off the crown . No big deal , but this happened after about 18 months .

I know that anecdotal evidence is not that meaningful, but I see Timex being always so praised and I don't have a similar experience. I bought a Timex for myself some years ago, it was around this same price point (around 50 euros). It wasn't very accurate; I sent it to customer service and when it came back it still wasn't accurate (though I did send it back through the shop where I purchased it, so maybe they didn't even bother..? I don't know). Then the date complication stopped working, then the Indiglo function in the crown got stuck and not working, then it just stopped working altogether. I brought it to a (different) watch repairer who told me that it wasn't even worth repairing for how much the repairs would cost compared to the value of the watch. Oh, also by the end the leather strap was COMPLETELY destroyed. And I didn't treat it poorly, I just, well, wore it while I was studying at the university, and in fact the (acrylic) crystal only had a very, very faint scratch. Even considering all the time before it finally died, it lasted less than two years. Maybe the small women's watches come with different mechanisms? In any case, I'm definitely not buying Timex again. I've had a Festina for something like ten years and treated it MUCH worse (keeping it in water though it is meant as a fashion watch, sometimes forgetting to take it off before sleep, using it rather than my newer Timex one on hikes...) and it took something like ten years before needing any repair, for a damage which by the way was probably caused by water leakage (not the watch's fault: the rubber ring inside - I'm not American and I don't know the name - got ruined when a watch repairer changed the battery), so it's completely understandable.

I own a weekender and call me weird but laying in the dark at bedtime I like listening to the ticking it is relaxing to me! But I really do like this watch and I find the stock strap adaquit

I have a skagen for formal wear .. i got it for about 30 bucks which was a steal .. a digital casio for outdoors .. and a timex expenditure for everyday use ... It didn't even cross 120 dollars for all these amazing watches ...

I love my 2 Snoopy Weekenders!

I'm Italian. I love it.. I will take one soon.. Thanks

Can't argue with the price. I kinda want one now.

Keep finding only cream colored dials. Hopefully Amazon will re-stock on white dials at 40mm, and I´ll snatch one for sure!, nice vid!

Just bought my weekender today and it’s nicer than I was expecting

Just bought this exact same watch for $15 with the leather strap and 5 NATO straps on Ebay. Sweet deal!

Just swapped the battery on my 5 year old weekender. It's the best analogue beater watch.

Timex weekender and more frequent ly the timex expedition chrono are my watches i wear for military duty . Definately get noticed in a sea of cheap digitals and smart watches .

I got the 38mm black version because I wanted the red and black strap that went with it. I kinda wish I'd gotten the white one now. It would be more versatile with strap colors, and the Indiglo probably works better. Revenge

Timex has so many models you can always find something, but the backside of that is you can also easily make a mistake, they throw in models that look nice but aren't practical / legible. What absolutely bugs me is the date adjustment, ( I do own many Timex ) and the crown positions are very sensitive it happens a lot that instead of adjusting the date you stop the watch, and spend 5 minutes to find the correct position to adjust the date. btw. my favorite Timex is a 36mm 90% plastic "Expedition" with 50 meter WR even the lume on the hands is lasting for hours.. ( model nr. T40011 ) I think it is some chip of the block of a Timex Military prototype.. 4 screws metal caseback , easy to polish plastic window, indiglo, only runs a few seconds fast in a month, the battery is still running after 4 years. ( funny thing they totally forgot to put a model nr. on the watch )

Revenge of the affordable watches. I love my weekender chrono. I've got a leather NATO strap on it and I thought I'd swap out the band frequently but it's just so stinkin' comfortable.

You can also fit about five dynamite sticks in the strap. This may replace the casio F91 if you're going for that classic aesthetic. But has no alarm feature, so you will have to improvise. But the look can be worth it for some. I recommend the foo leather strap to complete that dynamite style.

Love your review. I have the 40mm indiglo. Loving it. Where do you buy your straps for yours?

You can get The Waterbury series watch (e.g., TW2P58700) for a couple of bucks more. Pretty similar style but with 50m water resistant and full stainless steel case. Unfortunately loud movement is still the case here.

40mm Weekender chronograph ... eliminates two issues people have with Timex quartz movements (because it is a chronograph) 1) the loud ticking noise and 2) the bouncy seconds hand that misses the markers.

I'm going to buy this watch as my first watch. I will buy the white one as it looks more versatile than others and looks good in many straps. What kind of strap should I use if I'm going to wear it in a school uniform? Here is what I think I will choose: Black leather strap for school uniform and black canvas strap for casual outfit.

I have owned the 40 mm version for 3 years , same battery , but the plating on the crown is nearly worn off . No big deal , maybe even adds to the beater watch idea .

They need to come out with a homage to the iconic John Cameron Swayze who for years in the early day of Television promoted the watch and the catch phrase Takes a Licking and keeps on ticking.

Great entry watch. Simple Elegance. You can even Mix it up with the Snoopy Peanuts Editions.

Wish they had a 200m water resistance version.

Just bought mine, really like mine in a blue dial/brown band, and no date window too, I don't like date windows on my watches.

Timex Expeditions, I favor.😃

im getting one this week a crono weekender with leather strap

I was able nab one on timex site for 33 bucks. I love the watch, my first watch I purchased in a very long time. Unfortunately, you are right, it's very loud. I have put it in my living room because I'm not use to hearing the ticking when I'm trying to sleep. I will definitely check out different straps! Just got into watches :)

I like the classic TIMEX vision and not like the PRESSDOWN CASE BACK, but I want to know more about ...accuracy.

I agree with all the positives and none of the highlighted negatives bother me. Overall it’s a great watch. I have 3 weekenders, the 40”, the 40” chronograph and the smaller version, is it 35mm? What bothers me most is the mineral glass. I am wondering how long it will be before I get it scratched?

I got a weekender by timex 38mm 35 bucks because why not? I wanted a Hamilton but it's outside of my price range I think I'm doing good 1 timex q reissue 1 casio tiffany blue, a weekender I only want 1 seiko for Christmas 😊 I would just stop the watch when not in use to kill the loud tick tock.

thanks

I liked the analog look of Swatch watches but I realized they don't last long and not repairable (I'm not knowledgeable about watches at all) so I wanted a cheap analog Casio but those don't have lumen so this could actually be the one

If I got the slip-through version, could I remove the spring bar and put quick release straps on it?

The truths out there👽

My only prob is will they last? I need a wrist watch that wont crap out easily

I got mine with the 4th of July Snoopy lolx

What jacket are you wearing at 4:10? I really dig it. Anyways, great video

I have being using this watch for a year and the annoying thing is that it’s very loud and the strap isn’t comfortable

Big Timex fan. Speaking of "the brand" will you be reviewing the new American Made model called "American Documents"?

I bought one the other day on clearance for $4.33

Great review! I love timex. I wouldn't call them a great value though. It still feels like a cheap watch. It pains me to say this, but a great value is something along the lines of an Invicta pro diver. Sure, it has no classic aura, and has many haters, but for $50 more, its twice the watch. I love timex, but I would never call it a great value...to me, it feels like a $50 watch.

hey may i know the product number of this watch? when I see your page at amazon, it says it is a TW2R42400 but when I googled it, it's a cream dial one. what is the one with the white dial exactly like in this video?

i dont think this watch should be passed, I own the Casio MTD-110 illuminator. Killer price $45, bought in 2017 and they dont even make it anymore. So I think this is good watch to own. True dont get it wet and hopefully if you get 5 yrs use, you are winning all day long!

I wonder if this can be oil filled to mute it?

I prefer the Expedition Scout. Can't hear the tick over my tinnitus. Need day/date so prefer Lorus. To me, the Scout would have been almost perfect if it had day/date. Also needs 100m.

I like your content helps with people just starting watch collecting... revenge

Nice jacket.

Please can you identify your jacket at 04:47? It’s cool, is it waxed cotton?

my timex weekender mineral crystal has scratches and I want to replace it. Does anyone know the diameter and thickness of the OEM crytal so I can order a replacment?

Where can I get Weekender Chrono for cheapest (India)

Just ordered one with brown leather nato. Monday can´t come fast enough..

Have you heard about the American Documents? They're handmade and tested in the USA.

What leather strap do you have on the watch?

where did you get the brown strap from?