Around 2020, Timex rebranded The Waterbury Collection to represent the design language of mid-twentieth-century American watches. This encompasses everything from pre-WWII dress watches to 1970s auto racing chronographs.
The new Waterbury Metropolitan Chronograph perfectly sums up the collection’s ethos. Needlepoint hands and a railroad minute track from the 1920s sit comfortably beside chronograph register sub-dials from the 1970s.
A curved tiered bezel with a polished finish, evocative of century-old dress watches, flows seamlessly into a five-link “Jubilee” bracelet found on mid-century sports watches. This single watch blends disparate elements from Timex’s deep history in a well-balanced horological cocktail.
Available in three dial colors, the rich green steals the show. It has a radial brushed finish that plays with the light and acts a bridge between the sporty and dressy elements of the watch.
