2023 Timex Expedition North Sierra Solar 40mm Eco-Friendly
Ref: TW2V64500
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Swing Tag
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Timex box and swing tag. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm black fabric strap made from 100% recycled plastic and a signed pin buckle. The watch is from Circa. 2023 and is in worn condition, but overall very good as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2023 Timex Expedition North Sierra Solar Eco-Friendly with a 40mm brushed stainless steel case that curves over your wrist towards the flat-ended tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 10mm ensures a comfortable fit. On the right side is a signed screw-down crown. A smooth bevel-edged bezel holds a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal above a matte black translucent dial. An outer minute track has red accents surrounding Arabic numerals and lume pips coated in Superluminova mark the hours, micro solar cells across the dial absorb any light source and once fully charged will last for 4 months, without the need to replace a battery. Elegant syringe-style hands filled with Superluminova are complemented by a tapered second hand. At 12 o’clock we have the Timex motif and at 6 o’clock “Solar Powered” completes this rugged adventure timepiece. On the reverse a screw-down case back with the details of the watch around its edge and Expedition North engraved in the centre, inside a Solar Quartz. The watch comes paired with a 20mm black fabric strap made from 100% recycled plastic and a signed pin buckle, and the watch comes with a Timex presentation box and swing tag.
Personal Note
This Timex Expedition North Sierra Solar is the perfect choice for someone interested in being conscious about their choices for the environment as Timex went above and beyond to make this as "Eco-Friendly" as possible, but I have always said buying pre-owned is the best way to be truly Eco-Friendly, so this almost feels like a double whammy buying a pre-owned eco-friendly watch!
The Brand
In 1905, German-born Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis set up a company in London that imported Swiss movements which were installed in British cases and sold to jewellers who put their names on the dials. Recognising the potential for their brand, Wilsdorf created the brand name Rolex in 1908. In 1910, a Rolex became the first wristwatch to carry the Swiss Certificate of Chronometric Precision, awarded by the Official Watch Rating Centre in Bienne, Switzerland. Demand for Rolex watches rose swiftly, and British taxes on the Swiss movements Rolex used prompted Wilsdorf to move the business to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1919. With production costs lowered, Wilsdorf quickly set out to solve the age-old problem of moisture and dust entering a watch case and damaging the movement. The Rolex watchmakers came up with a fully sealed watch case, which Wilsdorf named the Oyster, and released to an appreciative audience in 1926. In 1931, Rolex introduced the first automatic winding wristwatch, giving it the legendary name Oyster Perpetual. In 1945, they released Datejust. The Datejust was the first watch to have the date jump instantaneously at midnight. The 1950s saw a whole lot of releases such as the Air-King (1958), the Explorer (1953), the Submariner (1953), the GMT Master (1955), the Day-Date (1956), the electromagnetic field resistant Milgauss (1956), the Lady-Datejust (1957) and the first Deep Sea model (1960). Wilsdorf’s death in 1960, saw ownership of Rolex S.A. (a collection of sub-companies) passed to the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation which was founded by Wilsdorf in 1945, the mission of which is simply to sustain Rolex S.A. indefinitely.