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Many of Timex’s Coolest Watches Are Ridiculously Affordable Right Now

Its Black Friday in October, apparently.

Silver Timex Weekender watch with white dial and red, white, and blue striped fabric strap on red textured surface.Timex
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By Brad Lanphear

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It may still be October, but Timex is getting an extremely early jump on Black Friday with a sweeping 30-percent-off sale on most of its inventory.

The iconic American watchmaker is dropping the prices of many classics and even including some new releases from earlier this year.

Timex automatic watch with gold dial, black rotating bezel, and black textured rubber strap.
Timex’s early Black Friday sale includes some obscure watches at a steep discount.
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Some of the highlights include the new Weekender chronograph, the best-looking Q Timex revival and a deep-cut gilt-dial M79 Automatic.

The sale can even be applied to already discounted watches. All you have to do is put “Preview30” in the promo field at checkout.

To help sort through the nearly 200 watches included in the early Black Friday promotion, we narrowed the field to ten of the best options below.

One of Timex’s all-time greats

a timex watchTimex

Timex Q Timex 1978 Day/Date

Specs

Case Size 38mm
Movement Quartz
Water Resistance 50m

A reissue from the Golden Age of quartz watches, this throwback dress watch is a certified head-turner.

A crazy-affordable daily automatic

Silver Timex Marlin automatic wristwatch with black dial and date window on blue background.Timex

Timex Marlin Automatic 39

Specs

Case Size 39mm
Movement Autoamtic
Water Resistance 50m

This monochromatic version of the Marlin Automatic 39, with its synched 24-hour sub-dial, comes on a steel five-link bracelet with a folding clasp.

The ultimate affordable all-purpose chrono

Silver Timex Weekender wristwatch with a white dial, black hour markers, and three subdials. The watch has a fabric strap featuring red, white, and blue stripes. The watch is worn on a wrist with a red sleeve visible, and a hand is adjusting the watch.Timex

Timex Weekender New England Chronograph

Specs

Case Size 40mm
Movement Quartz analog
Water Resistance 50m

This iteration of Timex’s iconic weekender features a quartz chronograph complication with a 30-minute totalizer and a 24-hour totalizer.

A revised classic

Timex watch with gold dial, black bezel, and black textured rubber strap on a gray surface.Timex

Timex M79 Automatic

Specs

Case Size 40mm
Movement Automatic
Water Resistance 50m

The M79 automatic has been one of Timex’s most popular watches for nearly a decade, and this is one of the most interesting and unusual-looking iterations. It pairs a radially brushed gilt dial with a black bezel and rubber strap.

An affordable Snoopy watch

a steel gmt watch with Snoopy driving a car on the dialTimex

Timex x Peanuts Q GMT

Specs

Cae Size 38mm
Movement Swiss quartz
Water Resistance 50m

The 38m Q Timex GMT is one of the best-looking affordable GMT watches on the market, so its dial makes an ideal canvas for a drawing of Snoopy and Woodstock cruising in a little red sports car.

An auto racing classic

Silver Timex Waterbury chronograph watch with blue dial and tachymeter bezel on a metal link bracelet.Timex

Timex Waterbury Traditional Chronograph

Specs

Case Size 41mm
Movement Quartz
Water Resistance 100m

Inspired by classic 1960s auto racing chronographs, the Waterbury Traditional has a steel bezel with an engraved tachymeter track.

A discrete chronograph

a Timex chronograph watch with a green dial on a man's wristTimex

Timex Waterbury Metropolitan Chronograph

Specs

Case Size 41m
Movement Quartz
Water Resistance 50m

The Metropolitan Chronograph features needlepoint hands and a railroad minute track blended with more modern applied beveled indices and racing-style sub-dials.

Timex’s best sub-$100 watch

Timex Weekender watch with white dial, black numerals, silver case, and green fabric strap with gray stripes.Timex

Timex Weekender

Specs

Case Size 40mm/37mm
Movement Quartz
Water Resistance 50m

The Weekender is a masterclass in minimalist functionality, providing everything needed from a watch in the most straightforward and visually pleasing package possible.

The thing from outer space

a green dial Timex watchTimex

Q Timex 1975 Enigma Fabric Strap

Specs

Case Size 37mm
Movement Quartz
Water Resistance 50m

One of Timex’s most unusual creations is the retro-futuristic Enigma, introduced in 1975. A painted dot on the underside of the acrylic crystal and painted hands give the impression of free-floating rectangles and a circle indicating the time.

An affordable world time watch

Timex quartz wristwatch with a black and white dial, featuring a date window at the 3 o'clock position. The watch has a brushed stainless steel case and a black bezel marked with various city names for world time zones. It is paired with a black leather strap. The hour and minute hands are luminescent, and the second hand is red.Timex

Q Timex 1972 World Time

Specs

Case Size 39mm
Movement Quartz
Water Resistance 50m

The Q Timex 1972 World Time is equipped with a brilliantly simple tool for tracking multiple time zones with some easy math.

About the Author: Brad Lanphear is an associate editor at Gear Patrol covering watches and style. Before joining the publication, he previously wrote for Heddels and Men’s Health. Now, he’s on a never-ending quest to find the perfect pair of Japanese denim.

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