Timex Expedition E-Compass: Titanium

e-Instruments. We have taken written about Timex's e-Instruments line of watched before, with our look at the Timex Expedition E-Tide Temp Compass. The advent of digital watches in the 80's spurred the creation of watches with non-traditional functions like integrated calculators, heart rate monitors and other non-time related matters. Timex e-Instruments are geared to the outdoors man.

Timex Expedition E-Compass: Titanium. The Timex Expedition E-Compass: Titanium is a quartz wristwatch with a date display at 5 o'clock and a fourth hand which can be used to tell you true North at the press of a button. The electronic compass is accurate to within 10 degrees. A adjustable declination adjustment scale so that you can improve the accuracy of the compass.

As it name indicates, the watch has a brushed titanium case which is water resistant to 100 meters. The watch also features Timex's proprietary INDIGLO lights the entire dial in an even blue light. Unlike the large Timex Expedition E-Tide Temp Compass, has a nice slim design. The case diameter is about 40 millimeters.

It comes with a black dial and a black silicone strap, or a cream dial and brown leather strap.

Build quality is decent, and priced at just US$180 it makes an interesting addition to a collection. Just the kind of thing you want to take with you when out hiking or camping.

About Timex. Timex began manufacturing clocks in 1850, than known as the Waterbury Clock Company in Connecticut, USA. In 1880, a sister company, Waterbury Watch Company was opened to manufacture wristwatches. Waterbury Clock was renamed to US Time in 1940 and the company began selling watches under the Timex brand in 1950. In 1970, US Time was renamed Timex Corporation. Timex specializes in mass producing low cost watches for the working class market. I continues this today, mainly selling watches at below US$200. Timex has sold over one billion watches to date.