{"id":1233,"date":"2013-11-17T01:20:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T01:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2013-11-17T01:20:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T01:20:06","slug":"timex-blue-vintage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Timex Blue Vintage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Review Timex Blue Dial Vintage<\/h1>\n

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As part of my expanding vintage watch collection, I have added a Timex hand-wound watch watch.\u00a0 Not sure what year, but it looks like it is from the early to mid 1970’s.\u00a0 If I ever open up the watch, I will update this review.\u00a0\u00a0 It has a very clean look, with a simple case, identical to my Mickey Mouse watch, which is also from the early 70’s.\u00a0 . The dial is a deep blue with a hint on purple.\u00a0 There are block Arabic numerals at the hours, with no chapter ring or minute markers.\u00a0 The dial is simply marked TIMEX, nothing more.\u00a0 The hands are stark white sticks and are very easy to see against the dial. The case is 34mm diameter without and 36mm diameter with the crown, and wears quite small.\u00a0 It is chrome plated over base metal.\u00a0 This watch would be considered a ‘mid-size’ now. \u00a0 The lugs are 18mm. Movement wise, it is an ordinary 22 movement hand wound only, no date. The watch starts instantly when wound and has good power reserve and accuracy.<\/p>\n

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The crown is unsigned, which is to be expected.\u00a0 This watch was probably worn very little, there is no brassing on the chrome plate for the crown, showing it was rarely wound.\u00a0 The crystal is domed acrylic and was in perfect shape when I purchased the watch, another indicator that the watch was worn little.\u00a0 \"Blue_Dial_Back\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The case back is a simple, snap on type, stainless steel.\u00a0 Simply marked TIMEX, CRM PL BASE METAL BEZEL, STAINLESS STEEL BACK.\u00a0 The watch came on its original, plastic band, very clean.\u00a0 If this watch was worn more that 50 times before me, I would be shocked.\u00a0 I put is on a nylon Zulu band, which I think compliments the dial well and makes it wear a little bigger.\u00a0 The original plastic band was unwearable, at least to me.<\/p>\n

I am very happy with this watch, super simple and easy to read.\u00a0 My only complaints would be no date and no luminous material on the dial.<\/p>\n

Features:<\/p>\n

Features:<\/p>\n

Case: 34mm, base metal with chrome plating.<\/p>\n

Back: Stainless, marked TIMEX, CRM PL BASE METAL BEZEL, STAINLESS STEEL BACK.<\/p>\n

Crystal: Acrylic with a light dome.<\/p>\n

Movement: Hand winding only, Timex no-jewel pin lever escapement. Caliber 22, 18000 BPH.<\/p>\n

Complications: None.<\/p>\n

Other: Currently on Zulu nylon band.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review Timex Blue Dial Vintage As part of my expanding vintage watch collection, I have added a Timex hand-wound watch watch.\u00a0 Not sure what year, but it looks like it is from the early to mid 1970’s.\u00a0 If I ever open up the watch, I will update this review.\u00a0\u00a0 It \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}