I have to tell you all a funny story. I spend time on other forums, hope nobody is offended. hehe It is common practice for folks to list the watches they have in their collections at the bottom of the post.

One guy had Timex in his list. That caused another poster to comment "Remove Timex from your list"! That made me comment "Keep Timex" and then noted that I help moderate a Timex forum, was offended (I said as a joke) and Timex made some great watches like the Dorado.. and then I posted a pic of my Dorado.

Well the joke was on me. The reason the guy said "Remove Timex" was because he now had the original posters Timex! He must have given or sold it to him. lol Okay I'm a big dope, but at least you guys know I got your back!

Ron

All kidding aside, there are some forums that "look down their noses" at Timex. It's just ignorance, on their part, of the rich horological history of Timex. I also frequent two other forums. One is the PMWF (Poor Man's Watch Forum). I'm known as "Mr. Timex", and I post all my latest purchases for all to see. Plus I will post my Timex daily watch under their "What'cha Wearing Today" threads

The other forum I frequent is the Asian Watch Forum, which focuses primarily on Japenese/Chinese and other Asian watch makers. Again, they know I'm one of the moderators of the Timex Forum and they have no problem with Timex. In fact, I sent one of my friends from Japan on that Forum a Timex Adventure Tech (the one with the Altimeter, Barometer, Temperature functions) as a gift. He loves it!


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because the company ate the Swiss' lunch during the 1960s when you could buy three handsome, dependable (and unjeweled!) Timex for the price of one ordinary Swiss watch. This was the market strategy of accessorizing which, IMO, Nicholas Hayek imitated when he set up Swatch to save the Swiss industry.

This antagonism may be part of an anti-American bias which goes all the way back to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition when Swiss watchmakers saw the American horological exhibit and realized that they could not compete.

- - if things are as cut and dried Jack! The BIGGEST factor in the demise of the Swiss industry was the extremely rapid development of an alternative and much cheaper method of timekeeping - viz - the quartz movement. Easily made and not requiring highly skilled heavily trained horological folks to put together, and readily adaptable to hi-volume production.

Add to that, remember the Swiss industry was virtually a cottage industry, many small companies and even individuals producing relatively small numbers of watches in one, two or three person workshops, using a myriad of names, making for "own-brands" in small quantities, and not a really large conglomerate body. Sure, the big boys were there, Rolex et al, but they were (as now) minnows compared with the Seiko/Citizen Japanese who were able to take on the electronics of the quartz movement and refine it to the point where it can be made for less than the cost of the cell you need to run it!

Apart from Switzerland, we in Britain had a large indigenous watchmaking industry - Smiths, Westclox, Timex, Newmark, Services, and other smaller companies. Smiths had 24 plants and over 40K employees at it's peak in Clocks, Watches and other timepieces -- and were the ONLY watchmakers worldwide who produced ALL the parts, cases, dials, movement parts and assembly "in-house" with the exception only of balance and hair spring assemblies. They even produced their own packaging, boxes and cases and printed their own paperwork. When the Q revolution came along - - whoosh! down the Swanee in a very short time, unable to keep up with the changes.

I reckon going for the perception of quality already owned by the Swiss was the only way for them to survive, and a smaller number of larger companies pushing this perception has now done this, although you and I know that many fine timepieces are produced outwith the Cantons of Switzerland, whether powered mechanically or electronically!

A big 2c worth - - call it 6c worth!

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Mel

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but I don't think it is germane to my point, which is why the Swiss, and many watch collectors, sniff at Timex.

...the bottom line is that TIMEX IS STILL HERE AND GOING STRONG after all these years. Not a lot of other watch brands that were in operation in the 1950-1952 era when the Timex brand first appeared can say that.

Dorsey H.

Good to know your ready to battle for us!

MDC

You got my back. So when you yell DUCK I can assume you mean the bullets are flying and not that a DUCK is overhead opening his wastegate. In any case Thanks. LOL