I received the Timex Tide, Temperature, and Compass watch for Christmas. It is a heavy chunk of metal on a rubber wrist strap. While this watch sounds cool for the outdoor enthusiast, it should be noted it has a couple of design flaws.
Cons:
1) The temperature gauge is influenced by body temperature and stays around 80 degrees. You have to take off the watch for 5 mins to get a good temperature reading. Timex does not mention this in their marketing.
2) The compass feature needs to be level and still to get a good reading.
3) The tide feature – not so accurate, so if you really want to know High and Low tide consult the internet. Once set it will get you within a few minutes but will require adjusting every few days.
4) calendar feature – like most manual calendar watches you have to reset the date for months that have fewer than 31 days when you cross over to the first.
5) the writing on the inner dials is too small to read. I had to use a magnifying glass.
Pros:
1) Good back lighting when needed
2) is supposedly waterproof but I didn’t want to really test it.
3) It does seem to keep accurate time.
To me it is not worth the money spent. I will likely sell mine for a loss to someone who just likes the look of the watch.
