Is there truly no love for Timex?

Because I have a young family and money is tight, I’ve had to sell off my more expensive watches and have decided that to satisfy my watch addiction for the next few years I’m going to rely on Timex watches. I’ve already got a few but I’m going to continue to build my collection.
I’ve really found some sharp looking pieces out there and wondered if no one on here has much love for Timex?
Surely in this forum folks could share some of their Timex watches? I know there used to be a dedicated…

Is there truly no love for Timex?

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SLA049 / SLA051

These looks awesome… nice beveled edge on the case and 8L35 movement. Anybody have them in the flesh yet? Looks like a few ADs have them available.

I’m wondering about an “upgrade” from my SPB151…. hmmmm.

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Seiko HAQ wristwatch with a cesium atomic oscillator (chip-scale atomic clock)

As I discussed in below quote, Seiko has patented a new HAQ method with dual oscillators (likely based on an older Citizen method for which the patent has expired).

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What is also jumping out at me this time, is that JPS57116287A recently got cited by none other than Seiko Epson.

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The Japanse characters don’t give anything away to us…

Seiko HAQ wristwatch with a cesium atomic oscillator (chip-scale atomic clock)

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