TIMEX Waterbury HODINKEE Limited Edition

Why We Love It

It all starts with the 40mm × 13mm brand-new Waterbury dive case profile, with simple, downward-facing lugs; a three o'clock push-pull crown stamped with the stylized vintage Waterbury Clock Company logo; and a closed screw-down caseback we left blank in the hopes that you’ll engrave it with a special message for a special someone. The fully graduated aluminum bezel insert features easy-to-grip knurling on its side and a luminous pip at the zero marker. One of our favorite details is the clean bevel on the bezel insert that inclines downward and out.

Inside the mineral glass crystal, the black dial offers a hint of rakish, devil-may-care charm with its textured finish; it features a printed Timex logo underneath 12 o'clock and printed hour markers filled with Super-LumiNova™, and there's no date window. Another office-favorite attribute are the rounded Arabic numerals at three, six, and nine o'clock, recalling some of our favorite vintage tool watch designs. The entire look is symmetrical and easy on the eyes.

The newly designed hour and minute hands are executed in the shape of lume-filled batons, while the central seconds hand is drenched in a bold red hue – a callback to the seconds hand on last year's Q Timex HODINKEE Limited Edition. Another carryover from last year is the HODINKEE signature above six o'clock. This time around, it's colored a matching shade of black to match the rest of the dial. Think of it as our own secret signature.

For all the purists out there, we’ll make this clear upfront: despite what the unidirectional elapsed timekeeping bezel might want to tell you, the Timex Waterbury HODINKEE Limited Edition is not an ISO-certified dive watch. It’s only tested to 100 meters of water resistance and the crown opens up with a push and a pull rather than screwing down for security. But for everything else? It’s a proud desk diver that is more than up for the challenge. Jump off a diving board with it on your wrist. Sit back and relax with a cold one in your hand.