Timex MK1 Steel Chronograph 42mm Watch Review

This reference TW2R96500 is one of the newer versions of the existing Timex MK1 Steel Chronograph 42mm watch collection, and for the money it is an impressively styled and built timepiece Easy to pass over, I want to take a look at this watch collection and suggest why I feel Timex is offering something not just for mainstream audiences, but for enthusiasts who want something simple, satisfying, functional, and entirely unpretentious Myself and perhaps most watch collectors typically go through a phase in their collecting experience when they reject certain mainstream watch brands.

The MK1 collection from Timex includes a series of three-hand and chronograph watches inspired by military/field watches Timex once produced for professional or recreational use in the mid-20th century Specifically, these modern MK1 watches are inspired by the 1981 Timex MK1 watches made for the United States Marines that also went by the "Timex Mil-Spec W-46374B" watch name moniker Perhaps the biggest plus for a product like the Timex MK1 Chronograph at this time in its lifespan is that it continues to be priced as a pedestrian product, but is actually designed and curated by serious watch enthusiasts at Timex's Milan design studio.

Most of the parts in this watch are produced in-house, such as the chronograph quartz movement which is produced by Timex at their in-house manufacturing facility in Cebu, Philippines. . Source