Timex unveils five new full stainless-steel watches with textured dials

Timex has recently expanded its Q line with the Marbella. The series includes five references built around an integrated bracelet and a bolt-detailed bezel. Prices vary from $209 to $239.

Timex launched the Q collection in the 1970s as its response to the quartz crisis and the integrated-bracelet steel sports watch emerged from the same decade. The styling is period-appropriate for the line rather than borrowed from elsewhere.

The lineup is split across two case sizes. At 34 mm, the TW2Y81800 comes equipped with a textured silver-tone dial with an all-steel bracelet at $209, the TW2Y81900 adds a gold-tone bezel and two-tone bracelet at $229, and the TW2Y82000 goes fully gold-tone at $229. The 40.5 mm versions are the TW2Y81400, blue dial on steel at $219, and the TW2Y81500, black dial with a gold-tone bezel at $239.

Construction is pretty much the same across all. The circular-brushed bezel has four exposed bolts and polished edges, the case flows into a brushed H-link bracelet with a deployant clasp, and the dials are textured with applied indices. Luminous fill covers the hands and markers. Water resistance is 50 meters.

Powering the watch is a battery-powered quartz analog movement running on an SR626SW cell — quite standard for the Q line. The crystal is mineral instead of sapphire, the clearest compromise at this price and worth pointing out on a watch whose bracelet is built for daily wear.

The Marbella's bezel and integrated bracelet follow the template of 1970s steel sports watches, IWC's Ingenieur being one among them. Timex describes the watch as a "reinterpretation of vintage sport style" without naming any specific reference.