The Timex T56381 blends its signature Ironman Triathlon multi-function, performance sport digital watch with an analog read-out. The dual-tech feature enables you to turn the digital screen off for just an analog watch display, with its luminous hands and orange seconds hand. The large, round stainless steel watch case has a metallic silver bezel with engraved 10-minute marks. It offers a 24-hour chronograph with lap or split option, 42-lap memory recall, 3 interval timers settable up to 100 minutes with countdown repeat function, 2 alarm settings, and 2 time zones. It's water resistant to 100 meters (330 feet). The Indiglo night-light uniformly lights the surface of the watch dial using patented blue electroluminescent lighting technology. It uses less battery power than most other watch illumination systems, enabling your watch battery to last longer.
Customer Review: Great dual watch ruined by unreliable analog
After a long hard search I found this watch, which seemed to be my perfect watch as it had all the features I wanted: a full face analog watch, digital watch with chrono and alarm, water proof enough to go scuba diving with, and looks that work for a professional engineer. This would be my 5 star watch for under $60 if it were not for one major downfall: the analog hands are UNRELIABLE (I originally gave this 4 stars, but because of the analog problem, I give it 1 star). This is a *watch*, so unreliability completely destroys the usefulness of it. Luckily the digital portion is reliable, but that means I have to ignore the analog hands; which means... I could have gotten a superior digital only watch! WHEN it works, this watch is awesome. The white analog hands are easy to read with a yellow/orange second hand contrasting nicely with the others. The tick marks are just clear enough to read, but not blaring as to detract from the looks of the watch. The silver body brings elegance and the black plastic band makes it scratchproof/rugged/sporty. And best of all, the black face gives it a clean modern look... and the digital readout can be turned off completely making it look like an analog only watch! (If only the analog was reliable...) The digital watch is your typical set of digital watch features: dual time, date, chrono/lap, count down, 2 alarms. Strangely, it lacks an hourly chime, which I wish it had as I use it as "computer break reminder" while working at a desk. The beeping of the alarm/countdown is too soft too hear in all but the quietest environments, so using it as a wake up call doesn't always work for heavy sleepers. But the deal breaker is the unreliable analog hands. After less than a year of use, the analog started to randomly act up. Strangely, the problem is very sporatic. 97% of the time, it's accurate, but woe is the day it decides to get stuck and makes me late for something important. I've also had a dual function Armitron where the analog went completely out in a year. So, Armitron and Timex down, time to try Casio next.
Customer Review: Not what it appears...
First, this is a very nice watch, however, when I was shopping for it, the watch was listed in the Women's watches category. When I received the watch I discovered it was this gigantic watch that was totally inappropriate for a woman. When I complained to Amazon about the mischaracterization, they gave me a bunch of excuses and said they could not find it listed in the Women's watch category. That is because they quickly moved it. However, a similar watch, Timex Ironman Tri T56371 is still found in the Women's watches category. The only difference in the two is a different band and face color. Bottom line. Very nice watch, but don't let the category it is listed in mislead you as to the size of the watch.
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