Timex Men's T5F251 Ironman 30-Lap Velcro Fast Wrap Strap Watch

 (17 customer reviews)

This watch has worked out to be what I was looking for. I like a digital watch which is easy to read and includes the ability to see at night. This watch has a lot of flexability and allows you to organize how many different time zones you want to display. If you dont need three,then you can turn one or two off. Same with the other options, if you dont need them right now, you can turn them off so you dont have to scroll through all the alternatives. The Indiglo function is great for night vision. The size of the numbers is good for me to see easily and the buttons are organized and labeled well to see which function to use. And the velcro watch band is great. That is almost my favorite part of this watch.

I was looking for a sports watch to do exercises and one where the strap fix and this was a good solution. It's my first Timex sport watch and I'm happy with the features.

There is no FLIX feature as shown in the photo and as written in the description: "This watch incorporates the Timex Flix system, which activates the Indiglo night-light with a simple flick of your wrist. To activate FLIX, put the watch into Night-Mode by pressing and holding the Indiglo night-light button 3 seconds until it beeps. With the watch in Night-Mode, a forward "flick" of the wrist with a sharp "stop" will activate the Indiglo night-light for three seconds." Instead, what you get is the Indiglo with a "Night Mode" feature that allows ANY button push to turn on the Indiglo. Of course, you can turn this feature off if you wish such that only the Indiglo button activates the light.

I'm buying this watch because I lost my last one while surfing. Yes, I shouldn't have worn it but I wasn't planning on surfing when I walked into the Gulf of Mexico. That's the downside of the velcro band...sand or dirt can get in the strap and weaken it. The right kind of bump or...Read more