Timex Apes the Look of One of the Decade’s Hottest Luxury Sports Watches

Back in May of this year, Timex launched a sophisticated new addition to its beloved Q lineup. Called the Q Timex Continental GMT, my colleague who wrote about it surmised that this travel watch could supplant the Q Timex Reissue as the brand’s best new watch.

Well, the latest drop in that series inches it closer to fulfilling that prophecy. A measure sleeker and more refined than its predecessor, the Q Timex Continental Day and Date was designed to hearken to the glory days of ‘70s West Hollywood.

That said, discerning watch fanatics might notice that it perhaps borrows more from a different source: the beloved IWC Ingenieur (not that this is a bad thing.)

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Positively cosmopolitan

The base watch is the same overall design as the GMT take that came before it, which is a very good thing. Most notably, that means it retains its highly wearable 39-millimeter case size.

It also means the watch retains one of its best overall features: a sporty, tapered integrated bracelet, which goes a long way toward capturing the timepiece’s intended retro flair.

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Even the styling of the dial, with its grooved concentric circles and rectangular lumed indices, comes directly from its predecessor. Furthermore, the hands also feature the same design, down to the quirky rectangular lume on the seconds hand.

So, where does it stray? Well, this watch isn’t a GMT at all, so the GMT display toward the bottom of the dial is completely eschewed. Furthermore, the simple date window of the predecessor has been swapped for a more comprehensive day-date display, albeit at the same 3 o’clock position.

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Glitz and glamour

While much of this watch borrows from its GMT predecessor, the seemingly small array of changes makes a pretty significant impact. Overall, the watch is much more cosmopolitan — the lack of a GMT display helps sleeken it and make it a bit classier.

It also diverges in its available colorways. While there’s a black-dialed, silver-cased option — similar to the original — the other two options are quite different.

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There’s another silver-cased version, but it’s equipped with a brighter, more playful light blue dial. But the third option is the most distinct, combining a gold case with a green dial. Whatever the case, the watches all get the same classic quartz analog movement Timex is known for.

Overall, it’s not a half-bad alternative to the aforementioned IWC Ingenieur, especially since it comes at a tiny fraction of the cost. If you’re in need of a sporty dress watch at beater pricing, you could do much worse.

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Pricing and availability

The Q Timex Continental Day and Date is on sale now in all three colorways on the brand’s site for $169, although stock is already running low. The good news is, you can always sign up for restock notifications if the one you want becomes unavailable.

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Q Timex Continental Day and Date

Specs

Case Size	39mm
Movement	Quartz analog
Water Resistance	50m

• $169 at Timex

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