The latest Timex x Todd Snyder collaboration is a faithful reissue of the 1976 Lexington, a rectangular dress watch originally released by Timex in the 1970s. It will be available through Timex.com, Todd Snyder online, and in Todd Snyder stores, priced at $169.
For anyone who hasn’t followed the partnership closely, Todd Snyder and Timex have been working together for a few years now, and the output has leaned on revisiting older Timex archive pieces with cleaner finishing and updated detailing. The original 1976 Lexington featured a printed Roman numeral hour track around a railroad minute track, with a gilt coating on the case. This new version keeps the same 21mm-wide rectangular case and fluted polished crown, but swaps the gilt for polished stainless steel. That single change shifts the overall presence from costume-vintage to something closer to a proper dress watch.
The dial work is where the collaboration does the most. Snyder’s reimagining drops the printed Roman numerals in favor of applied indices that alternate between even Arabic numerals and angled dashes. The layout is symmetrical, with horizontal markers at 3:00 and 9:00 and slanted dashes in each corner, dividing the dial into clean sectors. Three colorways are launching at release. The first is black with metallic hands and indices and a white railroad track.
The second is off-white with black hands, indices, and railroad track. The third is a butter yellow dial with metallic hands and indices and a black railroad track. The black and butter yellow references come on black leather straps with branded steel pin buckles, and the off-white version comes on a khaki leather strap with the same buckle style.
The movement is a generic quartz, which is how Timex lands at $169. The dial is time-only with no seconds hand, so the lurching tick that turns some buyers off electronic movements isn’t part of the experience here. The alpha hour and minute hands carry over from the standard 1976 Lexington. Branding is handled with restraint. Snyder’s “TS” logo is printed small above the 6:00 marker, and the steel caseback carries a larger “Timex x Todd Snyder” etching.
At first glance, this looks like one of the more considered entries in the Snyder x Timex partnership, and the price keeps the buy-in low for anyone curious about a smaller rectangular dress format. Past Todd Snyder collaborations have moved quickly, and there’s no obvious reason this one would behave differently. Whether Timex and Snyder follow up with the kind of pastel colorways the format tends to invite, like a baby blue or pink dial, is the more interesting question. For now, three solid options at $169 is a reasonable place to start.
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Michael Peñate is an American writer, photographer, and podcaster based in Seattle, Washington. His work typically focuses on the passage of time and the tools we use to connect with that very journey. From aviation to music and travel, his interests span a multitude of disciplines that often intersect with the world of watches – and the obsessive culture behind collecting them.