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Armitron Sport Men's 20/4942BLK Sport Watch



My name is Bill and I have a problem!  I have become hooked on watches.  While the younger generation is looking at their smart phones (I have one) for the time, I still glance at my wrist.  The plus side of this watch is that it has a traditional watch band, not weird clasps that mimic traditional bands, no expansion band just a "traditional" plastic band.   I chose this watch out of those offered due to that fact and that it has a light.  Rather than dig my phone out in a rock concert (classic rock like the WHO)  I like just pushing a button and having my dial light up.   That's the good news.  

Here is the bad, I have 20/20 vision with my bifocals.  The instructions for the watch may have well been printed on the head of a pin.  The font appears to be smaller than 4pts.   I am not at home and don't carry a magnifying glass with me while I travel.   It would have helped with the instructions.   It is possible due to the nearly impossible to read instructions that I am not able to set the date.  I did set the digital time but frankly am not sure how that happen.  The analog time is plain old, plain old, you pull the stem and turn the hands.  I will wear the watch  due to the analog time and the light.   All the other features including date, digital time, 2nd travel zone, stop watch etc may work just fine if I could read the blanketity blank instructions. Considering the fact that senior citizens appear to be the only age category that consistently wears a watch, I would suggest instructions in a legible font size would be a major selling factor.


·                        Round watch with two-zone dial featuring reverse LCD display and checkerboard pattern on center link of resin band
·                        Japanese quartz movement with analog and digital displays
·                        Protective acrylic crystal dial window
·                        Features buckle closure, day, date, time, and seconds functions, luminous-filled hands, sweeping second hand, backlight with 3-second fade, and military time function
·                        Water resistant to 330 feet (100 M): suitable for snorkeling, as well as swimming, but not divingIf reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.

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