Watch This BEFORE You Buy A Timex! 

Wow...for me this is one of your best videos telling us the history of the Timex watches...I truly appreciate it...thank you

My mom had a small Timex. She lost it in the parking lot on our last day of the season. The next ski season, after we had skied all day and were packed up and ready to leave, my mom suggested we go look around where we were parked when she lost the watch. This was a gravel lot, at Vernon Valley Great Gorge Ski Resort in the winter and the infamous Action Park in the summer. (Just look up Action Park) We found the watch. Half buried in gravel, ice and water. And it was still working. My mom wrote the company with the story but never heard back.

I have been collecting watches since the 70s, during the early 80s I started taking my watches to a local shop run by a Swiss guy named Lucas. He was trained and built watches for a couple of the big Swiss brands Rolex being the one he started at as a young man and worked for them for like 20 years. He eventually immigrated to the US worked for a local clock maker and then opened his own repair shop. As time went by we became very good friends and he started teaching me how to do the basics and later some of the more complicated stuff. Every time I would bring in one of my new higher end watches for him to look at, he would make a face at me and point to his vintage Timex on his wrist and say to me "why do you waste so much money when all you need is this to tell time!" To this day every time I buy any watch over 100 bucks never mind a real expensive one, All I can see in my mind is his face and hear him in that accent telling me buy a dam Timex! LOL When he retired he went back to the old country but before he closed up for good he gave me a bunch of tools and an old Timex that I still have today and cherish. It still tells time like it was new. I wish I could say that for a lot of my high end watches that I spent 1000s on in servicing fees.

funfact: the dutch holding group, that owns timex is still controlled and owned by the olson family (Fred. Olsen & Co) and today, the Daugther of Thomas Frederik Olson is the Head of the Corporation

I'm doing work at a hospital in Waterbury, CT and pass by the Timex museum every day. They have a clock tower and all 4 faces are indiglo!

I have my late Dad’s Timex. He wore it to work everyday (outdoors beating it good). It’s 45 years old and still runs fine!

My Timex expedition for £48 has been flawless

Absolutely love my Timex Midget. First watch I ever bought myself, and it's gorgeous.

I have a timex watch of my grandfather from 1968 doesn't run anymore but I will keep it forever.

My first watch was given to me in 1961 when I started secondary school. It was a Timex. Still had it when I started work. Unfortunately cannot remember when it went to the great watchbox in the sky.

Timex was using the “Takes a licking and keeps on ticking” since 1950s using John Cameron Swayze as a spokesman on live TV commercials.

First watch I've ever bought was a timex expedition scout, I was 15 or 16 back then. I really enjoy it even today and indiglo is awesome.

Not going to lie. If you do anything in the darkness, you'd be a fool to pass up a Timex just because it's a Timex. As a nighttime hunter, I only go out with my Timex Expedition on my wrist.

Disagree!! Their watches are JUNK and Timex won't stand behind their product when it fails Even under their short one year warranty you still HAVE TO PAY A FEE to get it repaired by them. And...If your watch was a gift...and breaks you are in big trouble! No receipt....No warranty!! AND....after the one year you must pay $30 plus tax...plus shipping both ways to get even a $40 watch repaired.....even though there is manufacturing error that caused the problem. There are plenty of other watch companies out there who make a much better product and have much better customer service!

JORY clean up that shave! :P

I’m from india and my first instance with a watch was a timex Anadigi. It stayed on my wrist for a good 3 years before the strap broke. I still have it btw. Found it in my drawer during the pandemic. I was so sure it’s not going to work but I put in a new battery and voila it started ticking. That’s a testament to timex and their quality, atleast back in the day. Love timex it’s a great brand with some strong heritage :)

I do like your video's, but you just barely skimmed the surface on their history. Soooo much that you left out. Easily digestible tribble without any real meat. Not gonna like or dislike this.

My 48 year old Mercury runs like a dream, put on a bund strap the smaller size is taken care of... UK Timex manufactured the Sinclair home computer in the 80’s

My vintage Timex runs 10 minutes fast, a day. Love it tho lol

I'm still expecting T3 to scream "IndiGLOOOOOOOO" everytime he saids it

That original Ironman sure brings back memories. One of my favorites throughout middle and high schools. Pretty sure wearing it added at least 10ft to my discus tosses and 5mph to my bicycle downhill speed.

First?

“War fighters”... you mean soldiers? ☺️

I inherited my Grandfather's Marlin from the 60's and it runs great. I bought a $200 reissue a couple of years ago and it fell apart while winding.

Great coverage of a wonderful watch company with rich American roots. I learned a lot. I admit I'm a fan. I own the Marlin and the new Georgio Galli and I love them both. Be well.

The best add for Timex was on Get Smart, when Siegfried magnetized a watch on a ship and pulled it to Schwartz's Island, which was followed by Starker holding it up and uttering the immortal words: "The watch took a licking, but it kept on ticking". I got my first watch, a Timex, the next year, 1969.

This video is easily my favorite that you've made. Thank you! Very informative. I have a new found respect for timex.

I got my first watch for my 10th birthday. It was a Timex. From then on, I never bought anything but Timex. When Casio came out with their super nerdy calculator watches, I thought they looked ridiculous. When the G-Shock line started coming out, I thought they looked like kid’s watches. Eventually, my dad gave me his Omega Speedmaster Professional that he bought new in 1967 before I was even a thought. That was my first taste of watches other than Timex, and my first taste of boutique watches. Still, I’ve had good experiences with Timex and have never been disappointed by any of their products that I’ve bought…well, the watches, I mean. Their watch bracelets can be pretty cheap, but the watches themselves have served me well.

I’ve owned a number of Timex watches. Both quartz and mechanical. They have all been loud tickers. They are the loudest watches I’ve owned.

There has been a lot of hype on the youtubes lately about vintage timex watches. I own a 1965 self wind timex and can attest to it being very pretty and totally awful at keeping time. The movement is junk. It might be durable but so is a cinder block. What do you call a nice looking watch with junk movement? A fashion watch. This is the 60s version of an MVMT. Timex also spent a great deal of money advertising its watches on TV and sponsoring events like the Ironman. Sound familiar?

Timex doesn't make the Mickey Mouse watches anymore. Now Timex makes Peanut Watches, Snoopy and gang. Timex once made a $1 pocket watch between 1890-1900

The watch that got me into this rabbit hole of a hobby was my dad’s old 70’s Timex with expandy bracelet that had been sitting in a jewelry box my whole life. Asked him if he wanted it, started watching videos, ended up on the T3 channel and ended up with a Seiko SNK the next month. That was 2 years ago, I’m about ten watches deep, and I partially blame Jory for it.

My 30 year old Timex digital has gone everywhere with me. I have taken it swimming many times and it has never leaked. The only service has been the strap and the battery. The battery lasts 4 to 5 years. It is accurate to a few seconds per month. What more can you ask from a watch that cost $42?

checked at your store... 405usd for a timex with chromed case, stainless steel back and a slightly damaged dial? Interesting piece at an interesting price

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Hi Jorry how about doing a Casio and Gshock history video? Thank you ☺️

Great job as always Jory. I've owned some version of a Timex watch most of life. That tag line is one of the best ever. The old TV commercial where they strap a Timex to the front of a speedboat and then run the boat through an obstacle course. After the boat finished the course they would zoom in close to confirm the watch is still running and state, "Timex, It take a licking and keep on ticking" Advertising gold. Keep up the great work man. Cheers!

A timex Waterbury was my first watch as a watch collector ... looking back I way overpaid buying at msrp but it’s still in my collection and I still love it...

At least Timex is getting some love

I'm still confused, what year did Timex first put the Timex name on a watch: I had a Timex wristwatch in 1956 or 1957.

Timex is also a great way to dip your toe into birth-year watch collecting, given the fact that they have an easy to read date coding system and can be picked up for next to nothing. Just don't expect to get more than you're paying for and they can be fun.

Watching this while wearing my grey 36mm Expedition on a grey Barton strap. One of my least expensive watches and a favorite. Love Indiglo.

First watch I owned was a Timex back in the sixties, I think I was about 5 years old, great historical video 👍

Thanks Jory. I’m been in quarantine because I’ve been exposed to COVID, and your videos are helping me through this tough situation. Thanks to you, I’m having fun looking at watches on Amazon all day haha. Have a good one.

I love Timex watches ! I own several new and vintage , I'm in my sixties and Timex was The watch of my youth and the famous Takes a licking and keeps on ticking commercials with John Cameron Swazey were great ! That ad campaing goes back much earleir than 1969 .

Bro i literally put on my first timex (arrived today), went to youtube, and this was at the top. Nice timing

lol I'm wearing one now.

from 1950-1969 Timex was the top selling watch around the world. The Quartz crises stopped that.

Great Video! I love my Timex Indiglos. Rolex may be the watch that can get you home if you’re stranded abroad, but who would take a Rolex to a place where they fear being stranded? I’ve been all over Africa, Middle East, and less developed parts of Asia packing only my Timex. I enjoy my Swiss watches at home; but on the road, I want a tough reliable timepiece that doesn’t make me a target. And, at about $35 on Amazon; I don’t worry about scratches either.

Thanks for mentioning the lack of models for women. I like watches and I always wanted to have a "good" one. In general, the offer for women are the "girly" ones with Swarovski crystals, rose gold or silver and gold. I like elegant watches, but I'm on the "simple" side. I've been searching a lot for my "ideal" watch and I'm sure I want an automatic, but it needs to have a see-through backcase. Most of the automatic watches for women I've seen don't have that and if they have, they're way above my budget. I think I will buy an Orient. First, because I know of Orient since my childhood. Second, tradition. Third, I think they took over what Seiko left behind. Fourth, I want a classic look, but not "girly" look. You're quite the entertainer. I just discovered your videos.

First watch .. a TIMEX !! Totally agree they run the affourdable game :)

Fantastic video, Jory. Thank you for this. Timex has been a part of all our lives at one time or another.

My sister bought me the Timex Ironman. Wearing it now love it

#flatmoon

I have a couple of Timex Dynabeats. For a couple of years just before the quartz revolution these electrics sold ran at 28,800 beats. They hammer away so loud I could hear them on the dresser from bed. Both mid 70's.

Timex was my first watch. I was so proud of that watch. I'd bet I was 12. And their new designs look awesome honestly.

I had one of the original model Ironman watches when I was a kid. I don't think I got it that first year, but it was within a year or two of that, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. My mechanical watch (also a Timex, I think) got set aside pretty quickly. And now things have come full circle and I'm back to mostly mechanical, although I do still have a newer Ironman watch that's perfect for times when there's a high chance of damage.

❤Timex.

I put my Marlin Reissue through the ringer. It goes everywhere and does everything with me. It runs about 15 seconds fast each day, but I don't expect perfect accuracy. I have small wrists, wanted a stainless case with a vintage look, something that I could beat up and easily have repaired. A seagull movement in a 34mm stainless case? Sold.

Belter of a video. I’ve been down some similar rabbit holes with Timex recently. Wrist watch history just such a fun way to spend some time!

As a baby I wore a tiny blue timex given to me by my grand Mother. I've seen fotos of myself at 2 years with that watch. Strange, I know, a 2 year old wearing a Timex. Both my families were kind of watch crazy. One of my grand fathers usted 4 at the same time. He was almost blind but used to sincronize the four with a magnifying glass everyday with a radio station in México that only had comercials and the exact time with a beep every minute.

This is the type of video i like the most Jory, very well.

WHAT a HISTORY lesson 👏👏👏 thank you really did not know this about TIMEX ... love this channel BOOOOOOM!!!!🤙🤙🤙🤙⌚⌚⌚

I am a Swatch Collector but have a 75 Timex Linen that Fred Bitzer in Florida refurbished for me. I love it. It was great-grandfather's watch. Looking for my second timex now, I love the pan-am Waterbury

I love Timex! Wish I had mine from when I was a kid.

I think of John Cameron Swayze with a watch attached to an outboard motor. I have my first watch, a timex bought in 1972. It still runs.

Literally just purchased a timex online last week. Oh well I'll watch this anyway.

Timex has introduced an inexpensive quartz series called The Waterbury collection. I've had a few Timexs over the years. I currently own a Metropolitan analog activity tracker and a Waterbury world timer.

What about the other watch brands in the Corp portfolio like Natica and Guess. I remember reading about them owning an Italian Luxury Brand

hi, enjoyed the video, thank you

My fav watchtuber ❤️❤️❤️

Expedition Scout is one of the most popular field watches around. Great affordable watch with everything you'd want or need.

I love my simple Timex field watch! Lightweight, easy to read, classic design- they’re a great company.

Love Timex!

You should check you’re Timex history. Timex has NOT been around for 167 years. The name Timex didn’t exist until the 1940’s. Timex’s parent company, Waterbury, has been around since 1854 but that’s not the same as Timex.

I love men’s watches. 40mm face! I love the big look on my wrist it makes my arm look smaller and more dainty and yet it’s cool! Like a girl driving a truck or a jeep. I just ordered my first Timex Waterbury Roman numeral leather strap quarts watch and an extra stainless steel chain link strap to switch out for different occasions! I can’t wait to receive it! I’ve loved my Casio baby g digital watch that I use for work (health care, need to read the minutes quickly). My Timex is for my nice outfits outside of work

I think you have it wrong on my arm sits a 1962 marlin 21 jewel timex , Rocky Marciano made a commercial about the watch he was long gone before 1969 I believe they were making commercials in the 50s early 60s

Timex pieces aren't for me. Too cheesy and chintzy for my liking. I do have respect for the Waterbury Clock Co. however, as there is actually some substance there.

I have an Invicta Watch with Mickey Mouse about 2 years ago and I now have a Mickey Mouse display on my Apple Watch.

I was born in 67 and when I was 5 yrs old my Grandad taught me to tell the time and he bought me my first ever watch. It was a Timex Sprite. It probably cost under £5 in 1972. Today, those watches are marketed as a vintage military watch and nice ones regularly fetch £100. As a boy I was fascinated with that watch and still had it laying around in a draw until my early 20s. I really don't know what happened to that watch but I so wish I'd looked after it and kept my first ever watch. Im 56 now and could easily buy another one and have considered it many times but it just wouldn't be mine. I cherish the memories of that little Timex which started my fascination with watches which endures today. As a teen I lived through the digital age and owned watches with alarms, dual time, chronographs etc then later in life moved onto the solar watches from Citizen and the Kinetics from Seiko and today im now back into mechanical movements, back where I started in 1972. Great video, it really triggered a lot of memories for me. Thank you.

I wish you wouldn't try and be a stand up comedian and not shout so loud. Please just tell the facts and get to the point faster. I like timex but you are too loud and very annoying.

I remember watching Timex spokesman, John Cameron Swayze saying "Timex, takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' " in the early '60s. They had a series of TV commercials where they would put a timex through different tests like shooting an arrow through a window with a Timex attaached.

My first watch was a Timex windup. I gift watches to high school and college grads. I have one remaining Ironman - new - beater watch and one remaining Skagen - new- dress watch. I have bought used Timex quartz and used Ironman units. When shtf, I have watches for a group setting to be used in conjunction with low end communication devices.

Just to make it clear. Norwegian haven’t got any «french/spanish» pronounciations normally. Joakim is like Jory. More like Yo a Kim. Just read it like «american». Same with Olsen. No Olsah, just Ol senn. I know this was poorly described, but no Spanish/french sounds 😊😊 Great vid 👍👍

Joakim Lehmkuhl -- Although you gave it a nice hispanic flair with "Wa-Keem", I suspect this Norwegian would have preferred something like "Yo-Kem" :-)

the classic design is very great though, sometimes i wonder why they dont make watches with better movements. some people will buy it if they keep the classic designs and good quality

I’m wearing a woman’s model wristwatch because I’m over 100 years out of date…

Picture available of Olsen... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fredrik_Olsen_(born_1857)

My brother had a Timex redwing Waterbury Chronograph 45mm, about 5 years ago. It was a nice watch, but he sold it after 3-4 months, because he didn’t feel it it. My friend still has a expedition field watch, but the crown broke a few years ago. I still have a plan to buy a timex q, but I can’t find the gold plated black bezel model anywhere.

Mechanical time fuses are good for bombs.

With title like "Watch This BEFORE You Buy A Timex!", I thought this is about things one needs to be aware of before one BUYS a Timex. Build quality, maintenance issues, any caveats much more important for watch ownership than company and product history. I hope more people stop using misleading titles like this, or at least notify others of it in the comment section.

My parents were watchmakers when Timex mechanical watches appeared in great numbers in the 70s it was absolutely junk. No jewelled movements stamped movements . Poorly manufactured

On the box of the Mickey Mouse watch there is "Ingersoll", not "Waterbury": Had Ingersoll been absorbed by Waterbury?

My first watch was a Timex when I started at the 'big school' in the 60s. Still remember my pride as I looked at it, and also the Ad campaign of the time with the famous Jingle ~ ' Ring the bells with Xmas Tidings, Ticker ticker Timex, Tra La La "

Always love TIMEX since Primary / Secondary Schools in the 1970s >>>

As an owner of multiple Times watches, they are NOT durable. Common failures are the Indiglo, day/date wheels and band pins. Their leather straps are amazingly good tho' !

It is easier to get Casios (very good watches) in my country, but I always have a thing for Timex. Timex is different and innovative, brings out the experimenter in me. Used to own an Intelligent quartz world time, big a*s command shock, and a snoopy marlin. 😍

I like how he jumped from 1970 to 1986 trying to show that Timex had some master plan to deal with the Quartz crisis. Thats where this post lost all credibility.

For me the best feature on a Timex watch is the Indiglo dial but the old slogan “Takes a licked and keeps on ticking” is just another advertising lie. I’ve purchased 4 Timex watches over the last decade but the only one still ticking is the one I purchased last year. I used to call Timex watches inexpensive but now I’ll admit that they are cheap. I love my Timex Expiration watch but once it inevitably dies another Timex death, I will not be repurchasing another Timex.

I agree with most of the comments lve read so far about this video in australia timex is a household word back in the 20th century l rember men wearing timex watches on old striped nato straps be it analogue or digital a timex will never fail you when l became a collector l bought was the exposition chrono l love it it’s still going strong on the same battery l also love their digitalis l have an Atlantis digital l bought in the 1990’s l adore it it’s still going to thankyou Joey lm so glad you made this video lve been watching and enjoying you for years lm with you on G shocks as well and love my F-91W collection l also collect field /tool watches you’ve got the best channel love you!!!!! Robyn Griffin Sydney Australia