Kelly Jenkins
The watch display is more subtle than I'm used to, so initially I thought it was not readable enough in daytime (due to the black background), and that the pushbutton night display was too brief. I've had it several days now, and I like the simplicity, as well as the solid feel of both watch and crystal, and the comfort and style of the silicon strap. It reads well, and I do like the way the night display fades. I've got a sturdy, more well-featured digital watch that I use for sailing: it has the bells and whistles (e.g., a countdown timer with an alarm) I need for that task. This is my land watch.

Dylan Crosby
Favorite watch -- easy to read, has an alarm, unobtrusive backlight and stopwatch. Perfect for people who want function but not distraction. Great for running, waking up, telling time in the dark and generally arriving on time to things if you are easily distractable hehe. The light blue with light pink case is really lovely. Easy to use if you read the manual. This is my second version of the same watch after my last one was stolen along with my backpack, so hopefully someone else is also enjoying one now! Among other things I too, once enjoyed haha. *Sigh* Lovely! Thank you.

Candice Franco
The band is comfortable, the display is large and easy to read, but unlike just about every other digital watch I have ever owned, this one requires you to press a button to see the date.Some reviewers have complained that the numbers are difficult to see, but I think those users must have gotten a watch with a display with the black background. The watch with the display with the gray background is very easy to see in all situations.The other negative about this watch is the process for changing the settings seems unnecessarily cumbersome. I usually stumble onto how to make a change, but it’s never without a struggle. I really hate to think that I have to carry the instructions with me all the time in case I find myself in need of changing the settings of the watch when I don’t have access to the internet.One thing I do like about the settings on this watch is that it requires two simultaneous button pushes to turn on the alarm or the hourly chime. I’ve had other watches thatwere far to easy to accidentally turn on the chime or alarm and that is very annoying.Overall, this is a good watch and a good value. Just don’t expect it to show you the time and date simultaneously.

Michael Martin
Update: 5 months later and it is still my favorite watch. The band is flexible, hasn't cracked, and the watch looks great. I don't know if it is waterproof but it did survive the cool wash cycle on my washing machine. I misplaced my watch only to find it in a completed wash load. It was still on the timer I used the evening before and had the correct time when switched. Yeah! If it hadn't survived the wash I would have purchased an new one of the same model.Original Post in July 2023I've used some model of the Timex Ironman watch for 40 years of running/walking. I found that the strap usually broke long before the battery gave out. When my band broke recently I decided to purchase a watch with a rubber band instead of resin to avoid this ongoing issue. I no longer need all the timer options that I got with the Ironman, just a simple stopwatch to time my activities.After researching many watches with the timer feature I decided on this one. Positives for me are: rubber band less likely to break, large numbers, simple timer, backlight, looks so cool! Negatives: so far none. I thought I would not like the larger face but I do, it was just different that what I was used to. I would definitely buy this again and would recommend to a friend who wanted a simple good looking watch with a timer. I do not use it in water so cannot comment on water resistence.

Ashley Hogan
What a disappointment. Could any watch really be this bad? Perhaps I got a defective watch. But if the watch I purchased is not defective then it is a totally useless and nonfunctional. I found, as many reviewers have noted before me, that the face of this watch is just to dark, the numbers too dim. It is nearly impossible to read in the dark and normal room light. Button for "light" did little to improve the view. In addition to straining the eye, I simply could not set the watch, even with the help from family members. Was I setting the time or the alarm? I don't know. The instructions were NO help. The buttons did not do what they were supposed to. Trial and error to figure this thing out, if that is possible, is just to hard and too time consuming to be worth the effort. Even if I was able to set this thing, I could barely read it anyway, even if I had the time set it right. So So Bad. The instructions are frustrating and not at all helpful and are more likely to induce headaches and a learning disability. I cannot wait to get this horrible thing out of my life. A cheap watch that is a TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. I think the band might be OK but I HATE THIS WATCH. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it.

Maria Sanford
I have the 40/8423 (with the ADJ button on the top left side), the black and gold. It looks nice and is a small profile, nice to wear with sleeves. All the button holes are great because I have tiny wrists. The silicone is nice and smooth. I haven't tested its water resistance.Unfortunately, however, I have some gripes. I *cannot* turn off the alarm. The instructions in the Amazon listing are cut off -- the complete instructions (searched for this product, got onto Armitron's manual search and found it) say to press & hold the ADJ button, and then sequentially press the Start/Stop button to turn the alarm and chime on and off. While it sometimes beeps while I do that, the alarm and chime icons remain on the screen. Maybe I'm turning it off and the icons remain? I can't know. Very frustrating.Also, I dislike that the buttons are in a 'non-standard' configuration -- like every other sports watch, Mode should be bottom left (it is), light should be top left, start/stop should be top right (it is), and bottom right should be reset. It's so unlike any other watch I've ever used in how you get to the various functions that I'll probably never get it right.