I just love this watch! It was a trip on February 29, 2008 to actually see it get leap year right. The off white dial is nice, the leather band is strong and good looking, and the Indiglo is awesome.
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br /It has everything you need, and nothing you don't need. A seven year battery? Works for me!!

Best looking of the Perpetual Calendar Watches. Easy to read Day Date. Indiglo Night-Light is great stay's lit for about 3 sec. after you push in the crown. Great buy. Very happy with watch.

Set it and forget it! Replace the battery in seven years. Calendar works for all months and leap years without resetting the calendar. Plus easy to read with cream colored dial and large black numbers.

Executive Summary: This watch is almost perfect. VERY easy to read in sunlight or in concert hall. But a BIT too big at 41cm and a bit thick. Overall a little too big to be even slightly "subtle". 85-90% scale of this model in all directions would be perfect for me. As it is, back it goes.
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br /The inside skinny: I'm not a watch collector. I have a primary watch for years and I work underneath cars and on the lawn, but also wear a tux and sing with the Symphony a lot, so any watch for me must be durable as well as nice looking. Bling bling seems to be the thing for many watch wearers younger than me, and more power to them. But I need something a little more elegant, but also robust, but without alarms that might go off during performances.
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br / My choice is either this watch, or the Citizen solar powered Eco-drive watches. I bought this watch and an ultra thin "Stilleto" Eco-drive, figuring on returning one. See Citizen Model # BM8242-08E .
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br / The Citizen is very difficult to read in the dark as I walk down the dock where we live, but is nearly perfecty elegant. The Timex is nearly perfect in that the readability is unbeatable as well as the Day and Date being also readable. But it's just too darn big.
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br / I think they're both going back.
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br / I went to Target to look at the "real" sizes of Timexes as it is a little difficult to get a true idea of the final size from the info on Amazon. Some listings have full size specs, others do not. Makes it hard to completely compare.
br / If I get time, I will try to upload a picture to go with this review to illustrate my point about size of the Timex.
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br / I love the size of the Easy Reader series, but since I don't use velcroe strap Easy-shoes, [yet], most are a bit too far in the direction away from subtlety for my current taste. But they are closer to the right size.
br /See Timex Mdl # T20011 . I find the two-tone visually a little geeky.
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br /Ill come back and report as I figure things out.
br /Bye!
br /Bob
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This is a wonderful product. I bought it as a birthday gift. It is greatly loved and works well!

One of the main reasons I bought this watch is its perpetual calendar. It bothers me that many of my other watches need manual adjusting every other month. I also like the watch's timeless design. For this price, an amazing deal.