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Timex · Marlin
Timex Marlin Automatic
TW2V44600
A mid-century American dress design with an automatic movement and an acrylic crystal, at a price where most automatics look nothing like this.
Street price
$229
MSRP $249
76
Selection Score
76 out of 100
Provisional
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At a Glance
- Self-winding mechanical movement with approximately 40 hours of power reserve
- 50 m water resistance
- Domed acrylic crystal
Specifications
- Brand
- Timex
- Collection
- Marlin
- Movement
- Automatic, 21 jewels, caliber 21-jewel automatic, approximately 40 hours of power reserve
- Case
- Stainless steel, 40 mm diameter, 13 mm thick
- Crystal
- Domed acrylic
- Bracelet / strap
- Black leather strap, Pin buckle, 20 mm lug width
- Water resistance
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Dial colours
- Green sunray
- Style
- Dress, Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Small, Medium
- Country of origin
- United States
What we like
- 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
Full specifications
- Brand
- Timex
- Model
- Marlin Automatic
- Reference
- TW2V44600
- Collection
- Marlin
- Street price
- $229
- MSRP
- $249
- Movement type
- Automatic
- Movement
- Automatic, 21 jewels
- Caliber
- 21-jewel automatic
- Power reserve
- Approximately 40 hours
- Stated accuracy
- Not published
- Balance spring
- Not published
- Case diameter
- 40 mm
- Case thickness
- 13 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- —
- Lug width
- 20 mm
- Weight
- Not published
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Domed acrylic
- Water resistance
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Dial colours
- Green sunray
- Bracelet / strap
- Black leather strap
- Bracelet material
- Leather
- Clasp
- Pin buckle
- Date
- No
- GMT
- No
- Chronograph
- No
- Style
- Dress · Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Small · Medium
- Country of origin
- United States
- Released
- 2019
- Selection Score
- 76 / 100
Score Breakdown
RatingWeightPoints
- 25%21.0
Value
- 20%13.6
Movement
- 15%10.5
Build Quality
- 15%12.9
Design
- 10%8.6
Wearability
- 10%6.0
Features
- 5%3.7
Brand & Ownership
Selection Score76
Seven pillars, each rated 0–10 and weighted as shown. The total is the sum of the weighted ratings — the headline number can never disagree with its own breakdown.
Ratings are demo data pending editorial review.
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$249 · Price checked August 1, 2026
Watch Brands: Timex
Timex's advantage is its own archive. The Marlin and Q Timex reissues reproduce mid-century designs closely enough that they read as vintage watches rather than as watches styled to look old.
