Timex

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WE DON'T STOP™
Timex, a watch brand, was founded in 1854 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA, as the Waterbury Clock Company by brass manufacturer Benedict & Burnham. It continues to operate under Timex Group and offers a wide range of collections, centered on analog and digital watches, spanning casual, sports, and outdoor styles. Its official statement is, “As the Waterbury Clock Company, we set out to make fine watchmaking accessible to everyone.” Making watches at accessible price points is central to the brand.

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As the Waterbury Clock Company, we set out to make fine watchmaking accessible to everyone.

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Parent brands and sub-brands, ordered by founding year.

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24 brands
Founded
1854-2025
1854 Sub-brand
Weekender
Watches

A staple casual line for everyday use

Weekender is a casual line designed for everyday use, featuring practical elements such as

Weekender is a casual line designed for everyday use, featuring practical elements such as easy-to-fasten nylon or leather straps, dials designed for legibility, and INDIGLO backlights. Within the parent brand’s product range, it is broadly offered as a staple line suited to everyday use, serving users from first-time buyers to regular wearers.

1959 Sub-brand
Cavatina
Watches

A classic line of small watches for women

Cavatina is an official collection that reinterprets and develops Timex’s history of watch

Cavatina is an official collection that reinterprets and develops Timex’s history of watches for women. Against the backdrop of a lineage of women’s watches that began in 1959, it combines small cases measuring around 18–19 millimeters, oval silhouettes, Roman numerals, and leather straps. Unlike Transcend’s minimalist modernity and Hailey’s decorative small models, it serves the role of a classic dress watch for women.

1977 Sub-brand
Easy Reader
Watches

A classic everyday line focused on legibility

Easy Reader is a classic collection focused on legibility, introduced in 1977. It is chara

Easy Reader is a classic collection focused on legibility, introduced in 1977. It is characterized by clear Arabic numeral indices and INDIGLO night-light display. Its simple, easy-to-read dial design offers a range of models suited to everyday use, serving as a foundational daily-wear line in the parent brand’s lineup.

1979 Sub-brand
Q Timex Reissue
Watches

A reissue line focused on reviving archival designs

Q Timex is a reissue series that revives designs from the quartz era of the 1970s, reprodu

Q Timex is a reissue series that revives designs from the quartz era of the 1970s, reproducing archival details such as a rotating bezel, a domed acrylic crystal, and a functional battery hatch. It brings retro designs rooted in the archive into the present and is positioned as a collection group that draws on the parent brand’s historical assets.

1983 Sub-brand
Timex Automatic 1983 E Line
Watches

A revival line reworking 1980s design

Timex Automatic 1983 E Line is an official archive-reinterpretation line based on Timex de

Timex Automatic 1983 E Line is an official archive-reinterpretation line based on Timex designs from 1983. It combines a compact 34 mm case, a stainless steel expandable bracelet, a TV-screen-shaped design, and an automatic movement, reworking the features of past models as modern mechanical watches. It serves a different role from Marlin and Q Timex, focusing on revivals of 1980s designs.

1986 Sub-brand
TIMEX IRONMAN
Watches

A mass-market sports line geared toward competition

TIMEX IRONMAN is a sports watch series focused primarily on digital models that emerged in

TIMEX IRONMAN is a sports watch series focused primarily on digital models that emerged in the 1980s and has a history of development rooted in its association with triathlon competitions. It features competition-oriented functions such as a stopwatch, lap memory, and timer, as well as high water resistance, and offers a broad range of models for training and racing. Within the parent brand, it is established as a representative mass-market line for sports use.

1995 Sub-brand
Expedition
Watches

A function-focused line for outdoor use

Expedition is a collection specialized for outdoor use, comprising models with features su

Expedition is a collection specialized for outdoor use, comprising models with features such as robust case construction, water resistance, and functions useful in the field, including navigation, tide information, and temperature. It also offers variations featuring materials such as titanium and different power sources, including solar. Clearly differentiated in direction from the parent brand’s general-purpose casual range, it is positioned as a line focused on practical utility in the field.

2011 Sub-brand
Intelligent Quartz
Watches

A function-focused multi-hand analog line

Intelligent Quartz is a series featuring Timex’s analog multifunction modules, comprising

Intelligent Quartz is a series featuring Timex’s analog multifunction modules, comprising models that provide multiple measurement functions, such as tides, temperature, and direction, through analog displays. It is characterized by dedicated modules and function displays using multiple hands, and is positioned as a function-focused line differentiated from general quartz products in terms of use.

2015 Sub-brand
Waterbury Collection
Watches

A heritage line that highlights history and mechanisms

Waterbury Collection (Waterbury) is a heritage collection that carries on the legacy of Wa

Waterbury Collection (Waterbury) is a heritage collection that carries on the legacy of Waterbury Clock Company, the founding place of Timex. Based on classic dial and case designs, it features in-house-designed movements and a range of mechanisms, including automatic, chronograph, and GMT models. It is positioned to emphasize history and mechanisms, differentiating it from the parent brand’s casual and sports lines.

2016 Sub-brand
Fairfield
Watches

Mid-century-style minimalist line

Fairfield is an official collection developed by Timex with a mid-century modern orientati

Fairfield is an official collection developed by Timex with a mid-century modern orientation. It features linear indices with restrained use of numerals, an uncluttered dial, and interchangeable straps, and served as a line for contemporary minimalist design. While Standard is a more versatile everyday watch and Easy Reader is a staple line focused on legibility, Fairfield is positioned as a line that foregrounds design and simplicity.

2016 Sub-brand
MK1
Watches

Archive-derived military field

MK1 is a military-inspired reissue collection developed as part of the Timex Archive Proje

MK1 is a military-inspired reissue collection developed as part of the Timex Archive Project, modernizing models that carry on the lineage of 1980s Camper-style watches and field watches made for the U.S. military. Its specifications prioritize legibility and durability, positioning it as a collection that represents the brand’s archival reissues and military aesthetic.

2017 Sub-brand
Navi
Watches

Everyday diver-style line

Navi is an official diver-style watch collection offered by Timex. It combines designs ins

Navi is an official diver-style watch collection offered by Timex. It combines designs inspired by early Timex models with highly legible indices, luminous features, a rotating bezel, and practical water resistance. In contrast to Expedition, which covers outdoor activities broadly, and Deepwater, centered on 200-meter water resistance, it is positioned as a sports-casual line offering diver designs for everyday wear.

2019 Sub-brand
Giorgio Galli S Series
Watches

A design-led premium line

Giorgio Galli S Series is a design-led line named after Giorgio Galli, Timex’s global crea

Giorgio Galli S Series is a design-led line named after Giorgio Galli, Timex’s global creative director. Through models such as the S1 and S2, it offers higher-end models featuring high-precision automatic movements and, in some cases, Swiss-made movements. Unlike the parent brand’s mass-market models, the line occupies a higher-value segment in terms of design, finishing, and specifications.

2019 Sub-brand
Navi XL
Watches

A large-diameter sports line that expands on Navi

Navi XL is a derivative line based on Timex’s Navi, with an expanded case size and greater

Navi XL is a derivative line based on Timex’s Navi, with an expanded case size and greater everyday usability. It carries over elements of Navi’s diver style, rotating bezel, and fabric strap, while increasing the case diameter from 37 mm to 41 mm and offering specifications such as 10-atmosphere water resistance. In contrast to the compact, classic Navi, it is positioned as a more substantial casual sports model.

2019 Sub-brand
Transcend
Watches

A minimalist design line for women

Transcend is a minimalist dress-casual collection for women offered by Timex. Centered on

Transcend is a minimalist dress-casual collection for women offered by Timex. Centered on slim cases, textured dials, and mesh bracelets or leather straps, it presents a contemporary, understated design. While Cavatina and Hailey are smaller, more decorative lines for women, Transcend is positioned for simpler, more contemporary everyday wear.

2020 Sub-brand
Harborside Coast
Watches

A nautical-inspired everyday sports line

Harborside Coast is a nautical and diver-style line developed from Timex’s Harborside coll

Harborside Coast is a nautical and diver-style line developed from Timex’s Harborside collection. It features 100-meter water resistance, a rotating bezel, ocean-inspired dials, and straps made from rubber or recycled materials, with a sporty design suited to use by the seaside and in everyday life. It occupies a middle position: more casual than Navi and less specialized in underwater performance than Deepwater.

2020 Sub-brand
M79
Watches

An automatic-winding line derived from Q Timex

M79 is an automatic-winding watch line derived from Timex’s Q Timex 1979 Reissue. It inher

M79 is an automatic-winding watch line derived from Timex’s Q Timex 1979 Reissue. It inherits a design close to the Q Timex’s case shape and rotating bezel, while adopting a mechanical movement and a see-through case back. In contrast to Q Timex Reissue, which serves as the quartz reissue, M79 is a derivative line that develops the same vintage context in the form of automatic watches, complementing Timex’s range of mechanical models.

2021 Sub-brand
Timex Legacy
Watches

A core line that modernizes the brand’s heritage

Timex Legacy is an official collection that reinterprets the brand’s past designs through

Timex Legacy is an official collection that reinterprets the brand’s past designs through contemporary sizes and materials. It shares a historical focus with Waterbury, which directly references the brand’s heritage, and Marlin, which dates to the 1960s, while combining features such as date displays and stainless steel cases. The collection is offered as modern daily watches. It also includes smaller models for women and serves to extend Timex’s traditions to a broad range of wearers.

2024 Sub-brand
Deepwater
Watches

A specialist line focused on underwater use

Deepwater is a watch collection geared toward serious underwater use, introduced by Timex

Deepwater is a watch collection geared toward serious underwater use, introduced by Timex in 2024. It features 200-meter water resistance, a unidirectional rotating bezel, a screw-down crown, sapphire crystal, and Super-LumiNova, and it emphasizes suitability for underwater activities more clearly than Navi and Harborside Coast. While Expedition serves land-based outdoor activities, Deepwater is the line specializing in Timex’s diving segment.

2025 Sub-brand
Expedition Capstone
Watches

A derivative line connecting outdoor and everyday life

Expedition Capstone is a derivative line developed within Timex’s Expedition collection. I

Expedition Capstone is a derivative line developed within Timex’s Expedition collection. It inherits Expedition’s outdoor focus while combining a tonneau-shaped case, durable materials, quartz and automatic movements, and chronograph functions, with a design suited to both outdoor activities and everyday wear. Compared with specialized field lines such as Expedition North, it occupies an intermediate position that also extends into urban life.

- Sub-brand
Hailey
Watches

A women’s line with added ornamentation

Hailey is a line of small dress watches for women offered by Timex. It is characterized by

Hailey is a line of small dress watches for women offered by Timex. It is characterized by rectangular cases measuring around 24 mm, a small number of crystal indexes, and leather or stainless steel straps, with a design suited to both everyday wear and dress styles. In contrast to Cavatina’s oval, classic direction and Transcend’s slim, minimalist approach, it is positioned as a contemporary women’s line with added ornamentation.

- Sub-brand
Marlin
Watches

Mechanical heritage rooted in vintage reissues

Marlin is a reissue-oriented heritage line revived from archives dating to the 1950s and 1

Marlin is a reissue-oriented heritage line revived from archives dating to the 1950s and 1960s. Its models center on features such as domed crystals, vintage designs, and mechanical movements, including manual-winding and automatic movements. Differentiated from the parent brand’s casual and sports lines, it is positioned to carry on the brand’s heritage through classic, dress-oriented offerings and archive reissues.

- Sub-brand
Timex Standard
Watches

A basic line for everyday wear

Timex Standard is an official watch collection developed by Timex for everyday wear. Based

Timex Standard is an official watch collection developed by Timex for everyday wear. Based on classic case shapes and simple dials, it combines materials such as leather, fabric, and stainless steel with interchangeable straps, providing versatility for a wide range of occasions. While Expedition specializes in outdoor use, Waterbury has a strong heritage character, and Marlin and Q Timex focus on vintage reissues, Timex Standard is positioned as an entry point closer to contemporary basics.

- Sub-brand
Timex T80
Watches

A core line focused on retro digital watches

Timex T80 is a retro digital collection that brings the legacy of Timex digital watches da

Timex T80 is a retro digital collection that brings the legacy of Timex digital watches dating back to the 1970s into the present. It features practical functions such as a date display, stopwatch, alarm, and INDIGLO backlight, alongside vintage-inspired cases and digital displays. Unlike Standard and Easy Reader, which focus on analog watches, it is a line that foregrounds the history of digital watches and their appeal as casual accessories.

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