TimexBoys T71912 Time Machines Digital Green Camouflage Elastic Fabric Strap Watch

Written by the user of this watch, Sean Ebels-Duggan's son.My mom bought me this watch because I frequently go down to my friend's house, a block away. This way I could know when it was time to go home without needing a stationary clock. It works great. I've had it more than six months and it's still going strong. All of the functions are great, although I hardly ever use the alarm. I've discovered many uses for the stopwatch, and the timer is great if you have a time limit on something you do (e.g. video games).The stretchy band works great, and I'm assuming that if I can find new batteries when the batteries burn out, I'll be wearing it for at least another ten years, probably more.I was in the UK recently, so I used the 24-hour and month.date function to adapt my watch to Britain (it can also be put on 12-hour and date-month).The stopwatch only uses even-numbered hundredths of seconds, but that's totally fine. Sometimes the buttons are a little hard to push. You have to hold them to set the watch, which is a bit painful to your fingers, but hardly. It also uses digital time, which awesome if you need to know the time quickly, or if you just can't tell time on analog watch/clock. It's a great item for the price, and I would recommend it to all.

My 10-yr old grandson was so delighted with this birthday gift, he lit right up and exclaimed 'I always wanted a watch!' (Grandmas know everything.) And we are both happy. I like that it's good quality, Timex, a trusted brand, and that he will learn responsibility as he keeps track of time at a friend's house or after school. I like that rain won't ruin it, and that the band is so user friendly. He likes the snazzy look (camo!), alarms and others buzzing sounds, and bells and whistles. He does NOT own a cell phone, so having an alarm and timer is exciting to him. He figured out how to program it within about 15 min. All this, AND it is indiglo. My grandson's remark was 'I want a watch too' so he will be getting the analog version for his Nov birthday. Everybody happy,

This watch was a gift for my 8 year old. He has smaller than average size wrists, and the watch fits him well. It adjusts down in size enough that it fits my 3 year old, and it goes up enough to fit me (also small wrists).The watch has lots of fun things to do. My boys set alarms for different things, timed everything they could, and toggled between 12 and 24 h times (6pm or 1800). They needed a little help figuring out how to do it, but got it going quickly after the help.The watch has been in the shower a few times with no problems, but we try to keep it out as a general rule. It has been dropped and even thrown, and it looks as good as new. My kids love the camo band, and they especially love the timer and indiglo button.Highly recommended.

This watch is great for active kids with smaller wrists. The stretchy band can be adjusted to fit comfortably, without excess bulk. The operations are simple for my son to understand. He likes the Indiglo function, the timer, and the option for military time. The alarm feature was super valuable this past year, because he had to remember to come in early from recess for an orchestra lesson. I would rate it 5 out of 5 if it were truly water resistant as claimed. My son takes it off for swimming, bathing, etc. On a recent trip to the ocean, he realized within seconds of entering the water that he was still wearing the watch, and took it off. Unfortunately, after only seconds of water exposure, it stopped working. We ordered another--can't do without it!

Being that it is marketed as a 'kids' watch...you'd think that it might be ever so slightly more durable. All the functions of the watch work fine, but after less than one week of wear, the 'glow' no longer comes on. This is pretty disappointing since it is being worn by a 4 1/2 year old, and despite the intended purpose by dad (the alarm to get him up in the night to use the potty) the fact that it lights up is clearly the coolest thing about it as far as my son was concerned. That no longer works...and he no longer has as much interest in the watch. Which admittedly I'm not sure I do either, since the alarm is NOT loud at all...certainly not loud enough to wake a heavy sleeper (why he needs something to roust him in the night in the first place) and it also only chimes for about 10-15 seconds. It is a nice watch...the band is elastic as well as adjustable, so it can slide on and off easily which is good for a young child. It's 'camo' so he digs the colors too. He has started to take a greater interest in telling time (even if digitally) so there are plenty of positives-thus the three stars. But the mere fact that the part that my son loved the most has gone away after just a week is more than enough to dock the 2 stars off and leave us with 3.