This technology inspired Timex’s watch dial, which is easy to recognize if you know what a rotary phone dial looks like. However, there are some distinct differences. For starters, the Timex dial doesn’t rotate; like a standard watch, the hands move around as usual. Second, rotary dials had only 10 numbered holes, 0 through 9, whereas the Timex, as it is a watch, has 12.
Functionally, the Timex is a traditional timekeeper, complete with a day-date window at the 3 o’clock position, but it boasts styling that mimics a rotary phone, as shown by its white-backed Arabic numerals surrounded by polished gold-toned frames. As its name suggests, this is a reissue of a watch from 1976. While it still boasts the same styling, it has been updated for modern users.
Off the hook
Stylistically, this watch is extremely faithful to its 1976 Marlin counterpart. There are only minor alterations, such as merging the day and date windows. But the rest looks virtually unchanged, even down to the two-tone hands.
Internally, however, this watch has a much more modern quartz movement. In fact, using one of the brand’s contemporary movements is likely why the day and date windows had to be merged in the first place.
