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<\div> From the mountains to the sea, the Timex Expedition Rugged Field Watch has no boundaries. Worn by extreme adventurists such as Conrad Anker, the Timex men's Expedition watch belongs to the great outdoors. The case is metal and the classic white dial face is conspicuously embellished with contrasting Arabic numerals. The watch comes equipped with a dependable buckle clasp and an accompanying water-resistant leather band. For further and added convenience, a date calendar rests at the 3 o'clock position. Powered by analog-quartz movement, this sophisticated timepiece is a must-have for all fashion-savvy wilderness enthusiasts. This watch is likewise water immune up to 330 feet.

The TIMEX Story

The Timex Watch Company

Timex Group B.V. is one of the best-known American watch companies. Timex's U.S. headquarters are located in Middlebury Connecticut and it has significant operations in China, the Philippines and India and full scale sales companies in Canada, the UK, France and Mexico.

The company started out in 1854 as Waterbury Clock in Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley, known for the duration of the nineteenth century as the "Switzerland of America." Sister company Waterbury Watch fabricated the basi inexpensive mechanical pocket watch in 1880. During World War I, Waterbury started out making wristwatches, which had only just become popular, and in 1933 it made history by creating the firstborn Mickey Mouse clock beneath license from Walt Disney, with Mickey's hands pointing the time.

During World War II, Waterbury renamed itself U.S. Time Company. In 1950 the company introduced a wristwatch called the Timex. Over the next three decades, Timex was sold through a series of advertisements which emphasized it is durability by putting the watch through "torture tests," such as falling over the Grand Coulee Dam or being strapped to the propeller of an outboard motor, with the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." With the support of former Olympic broadcaster, spokesman John Cameron Swayze, sales took off. The company later became Timex Corporation, then Timex Group and, to date, has sold over one billion watches.

The company has remained very competitory and the Timex brand proceeds it is dominance through present day. Its primary market remains the United States and Canada, even though the Timex brand is sold global due to it is capacity to capitalize on it is strong brand effigy and reputation for quality.

One of the most successful and primary features available on a good deal of Timex watches is the Indiglo backlight system. Indiglo is a brand name of Indiglo Corporation, solely owned by Timex for licensing purposes. Timex electroluminescent lamps, branded Indiglo, were introduced in 1992 in the Ironman watch line. They were an prompt success. The Indiglo® lamp uniformly lights the surface of the Timex’s watch dials in a manner that makes the dial read very without apparent effort in galore dissimilar light settings. In a heap of newer watches the Indiglo backlight only lights up the numbers, rather than the entire LCD display, which is achieved by means of a specialized film that inverts the LCD transmissivity.

Today, Timex Group productions are fictitious in the Far East and in Switzerland oftentimes based on engineering that proceeds to be developed in the United States and in Germany. With a big and varied line of watches, Timex has the style for everyone. From the locker room to the board room, there is a outstanding Timex style time-piece for you.

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Timex Warranty Information

The Basic Coverage:
This TIMEX Watch (but not any battery, crystal, band, or strap) is warranted to the owner for a amount of time of ONE YEAR from the date of buy versus defects in fabricate by Timex Corporation - not by the merchandiser from whom the watch was purchased.

What Timex Will Do:
If this watch gives rise to such a defect within the one year period, it will be repaired (i.e. a new or exhaustively reconditioned and inspected module will be installed or substituted and a watch of equivalent value and similar aspect will be supplied) at our option, provided it is returned with a $7.00 check or cash order to cover costs of postage, handling, and service, and you provide proof of buy and date of purchase.

This Limited Warranty Does Not Cover:

• Timex will not repair defects relating to servicing not performed by Timex Corporation.
• Timex will not provide any warranty service if your watch shows proof that it has been tampered with, misused, abused, or altered; for example: moisture harm sufficient to affect the proper function of the watch; harm to the case; or visible cracking of the crystal.
• Timex reserves the right to charge you for a alternate battery, if the battery in your watch is depleted. No further and added charge will be made unless the one year warranty has expired or servicing is necessary for reasons beyond our control, in which case a moderate charge will be made.
• TIMEX IS NOT LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not grant the exclusion or limitation of incidental, special, or consequential, damages, so the above exclusion or limitation may not employ to you.

Your Rights Under Implied Warranties and State Law:
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESSED WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES. TIMEX LIMITS THE DURATION OF ANY WARRANTY IMPLIED BY STATE LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. Some states do not grant limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not implement to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may likewise have other rights which vary from state to state.

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Care of Your Watch:

• Avoid exposing your watch to water, steam, or other forms of moisture, if it is non-water-resistant.
• If the lens becomes damaged, have it substituted at once to keep away from harm to the module.
• When your battery is depleted, have it substituted promptly. The queer type of battery is conveyed on your caseback.

Service of Your Watch:
If your TIMEX watch ought to ever need servicing, either send it to Timex addressed as follows:

HOTLINE WATCH SERVICE
P.O. Box 2740
Little Rock, AR 72203

Because of possible loss, we commend insuring your watch, return receipt requested, when using the mails. If you do not obtain the proper receipt within a reasonable time, get started a tracer through the originating post office.

NEVER INCLUDE A SPECIAL WATCHBAND OR ANY OTHER ARTICLE OF PERSONAL VALUE IN YOUR SHIPMENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE MAY SUBSTITUTE A WATCH OF EQUAL VALUE AND SIMILAR APPEARANCE FOR YOURS ON BOTH IN-WARRANTY AND OUT-OF-WARRANTY REPAIRS.

For your comfortableness in obtaining factory service, taking part Timex merchants who sells goods at retail will be pleased to provide you with a postage-paid, pre-addressed Watch Repair Mailer.

TIMEX is a trademark and a service mark of Timex Corporation. REG. U.S. PAT. & TM. OFF.