Veredicto rápido
The Marlin Automatic is bought for how it looks rather than what it specifies. The mid-century case, the boxed numerals and the domed acrylic crystal produce something that reads as a genuine vintage watch, at a price where most automatics read as generic.
De un vistazo
- Precio de calle
- 229 US$
- Tipo de movimiento
- Automático
- Reserva de marcha
- Approximately 40 hours
- Diámetro de caja
- 40 mm
- Asa a asa
- —
- Cristal
- Domed acrylic
- Resistencia al agua
- 50 m (164 ft)
Diseño
A faithful mid-century American dress design: a slim polished bezel, a domed acrylic crystal and a symmetrical dial with no date. Timex has reproduced the proportions carefully, and the result does not look like a modern watch pretending to be old.
Movimiento
A 21-jewel automatic with roughly 40 hours of reserve, visible through the exhibition caseback. Timex does not publish a rate specification, which is the main gap in the data for this watch.
Calidad de construcción
The case is well finished for the price, though the material feels lighter than the steel used by the Japanese and Swiss brands here. The acrylic crystal is period-correct and will scratch — it also polishes out with a cloth and a mild abrasive.
Esfera
A green sunray base under a domed acrylic crystal, with boxed numerals at twelve, three, six and nine, applied batons between them and no date. The sunburst finish is what the domed crystal is there to distort, and the symmetry of a dateless layout is what makes the design read as period-correct rather than retro-styled.
Brazalete y correa
A black leather strap on 20 mm lugs, closed with a pin buckle. The standard lug width means replacements are easy to find.
Comodidad y ergonomía
13 mm of height on a 40 mm case is tall for a dress watch, and most of that is the domed crystal rather than the case band. The thin bezel gives it more dial presence than 40 mm suggests. Timex does not publish a lug-to-lug figure or a weight.
Precisión
Timex does not publish a rate specification for this movement, which is a meaningful omission when every other brand in this database does.
Lo que nos gusta
Lo que nos gusta
- A genuinely period-correct mid-century case shape
- Acrylic crystal gives the warm, slightly distorted look of a vintage watch
- Automatic movement at a price where quartz is the norm
- Exhibition caseback over the rotor
Lo que no nos gusta
- Acrylic scratches easily, though it also polishes out
- 13 mm of height on a 40 mm dress case
- 50 m water resistance
- Timex does not publish an accuracy specification for the movement
¿Quién debería comprarlo?
Anyone who wants a vintage-looking dress watch for under $250, and anyone who prefers the warmth of acrylic to the clinical clarity of sapphire.
¿Quién debería descartarlo?
Skip it if you want a published accuracy figure or a scratch-resistant crystal. The Orient Bambino is the more rational purchase; the Marlin is the more charming one.
Mejores alternativas
Tres relojes que conviene sopesar antes de decidirte.
Cómo se compara
Timex Marlin Automatic
1 categorías ganadas
Orient Bambino Version 2
4 categorías ganadas
- Precio de calle
- 229 US$
- 145 US$Ganador
- Tipo de movimiento
- Automático
- Automático
- Calibre
- 21-jewel automatic
- F6724
- Reserva de marcha
- Approximately 40 hoursEmpate
- 40 hoursEmpate
- Precisión declarada
- No publicado
- -25 to +35 seconds per day (Orient specification)
- Diámetro de caja
- 40 mm
- 40.5 mm
- Grosor de caja
- 13 mm
- 12.2 mmGanador
- Asa a asa
- —
- 47 mm
- Cristal
- Domed acrylic
- Domed mineralGanador
- Resistencia al agua
- 50 m (164 ft)Ganador
- 30 m (98 ft)
- Brazalete / correa
- Black leather strap
- Brown leather strap
- Peso
- No publicado
- 68 g
- Estilo
- Vestir · Diario
- Vestir · Diario
- Muñeca recomendada
- Pequeña · Media
- Pequeña · Media
- Selection Score
- 76 / 100
- 82 / 100Ganador
Veredicto final
The best-looking watch under $250 in this database and the one with the least specification behind it. Buy it knowing that is the trade.
Especificaciones
- Marca
- Timex
- Modelo
- Marlin Automatic
- Referencia
- TW2V44600
- Colección
- Marlin
- Precio de calle
- 229 US$
- PVP recomendado
- 249 US$
- Tipo de movimiento
- Automático
- Movimiento
- Automatic, 21 jewels
- Calibre
- 21-jewel automatic
- Reserva de marcha
- Approximately 40 hours
- Precisión declarada
- No publicado
- Espiral
- No publicado
- Diámetro de caja
- 40 mm
- Grosor de caja
- 13 mm
- Asa a asa
- —
- Ancho de asa
- 20 mm
- Peso
- No publicado
- Material de caja
- Stainless steel
- Cristal
- Domed acrylic
- Resistencia al agua
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Colores de esfera
- Green sunray
- Brazalete / correa
- Black leather strap
- Material del brazalete
- Leather
- Cierre
- Pin buckle
- Fecha
- No
- GMT
- No
- Cronógrafo
- No
- Estilo
- Vestir · Diario
- Muñeca recomendada
- Pequeña · Media
- País de origen
- United States
- Lanzamiento
- 2019
- Selection Score
- 76 / 100
Desglose de la puntuación
- 25%21.0
Relación calidad-precio
- 20%13.6
Movimiento
- 15%10.5
Construcción
- 15%12.9
Diseño
- 10%8.6
Ergonomía
- 10%6.0
Prestaciones
- 5%3.7
Marca y propiedad
Siete pilares, cada uno puntuado de 0 a 10 y ponderado como se muestra. El total es la suma de las notas ponderadas: el número principal nunca puede contradecir su propio desglose.
Las notas son datos demo pendientes de revisión editorial.
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Preguntas frecuentes
Does the acrylic crystal scratch badly?
Acrylic scratches far more easily than sapphire, but unlike sapphire the scratches can be polished out at home with a mild abrasive. It is a maintenance trade rather than permanent damage.
Is there a hand-wound Marlin?
Timex produces a hand-wound Marlin in a smaller 34 mm case alongside the automatic references.
