Timex is flush with affordable chronographs, covering a range of genres and mimicking classic watches from TAG Heuer, Zenith and Porsche Design.
One of the American watch brand’s most popular chronographs, unsurprisingly, resembles the stopwatch complication’s ultimate grail: the Rolex Daytona.
The Waterbury Heritage Chronograph has garnered comparisons to Paul Newman’s favorite watch since the day it was released in March 2025. But the true appeal of the watch, to me at least, is that it separates itself just enough to avoid being a complete dupe.
Timex’s chronograph has two subdials to the Daytona’s three, uses chamfered indices rather than pointed and the seconds hand has a much more prominent, lume-filled spear tip. At the same time, faux screw-down pushers, a fixed tachymeter bezel and baton hour and minute hands achieve the desired effect.
The Waterbury Heritage Chronograph matches the vibe of a Daytona as closely as a $349 watch can without trying too hard. But a new iteration borrows a key feature directly from one of the Crown’s most expensive and coveted Daytona references.
Timex added this vintage-inspired racing chronograph to its new Ice Blue dial collection, creating a not-so-subtle resemblance to the platinum Cosmograph Daytona reference 126506.
