Product Description
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Unique, compact, clear sphere-shaped alarm clock with soothing
sounds and illuminated, color changing cabinet. The back-lit
Indigo LCD display shows time, month, date, day of the week, and
indoor temperature. You can fall a to your choice of four
soothing sounds with an auto shutoff timer, and wake to one of
the four sounds or a buzzer alarm. There's a separate 24 hour
timer that can be set to remind you of important appointments or
even to wake you from a short nap without having to change your
regular alarm setting. And an auto snooze function that will
automatically activate the snooze function up to 3 times for
those mornings when you really need a little extra .
The Timex Story
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Timex Group B.V. is one of the best-known American watch
companies. Timex's U.S. headquarters are located in Middlebury
Connecticut and it has substantial operations in China, the
Philippines and India and full scale sales companies in Canada,
the UK, France and Mexico.
The company began in 1854 as Waterbury Clock in Connecticut's
Naugatuck Valley, known during the nineteenth century as the
"Switzerland of America." Sister company Waterbury Watch
manufactured the first inexpensive mechanical pocket watch in
1880. During World War I, Waterbury began making wristwatches,
which had only just become popular, and in 1933 it made history
by creating the first Mickey Mouse clock under license from Walt
Disney, with Mickey's hands pointing the time.
During World War II, Waterbury renamed itself U.S. Time Company.
In 1950 the company introduced a wristwatch called the Timex.
Over the next three decades, Timex was sold through a series of
advertisements which emphasized its durability by putting the
watch through "torture tests," such as falling over the Grand
Coulee Dam or being strapped to the propeller of an outboard
motor, with the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
With the help of former Olympic broadcaster, spokesman John
Cameron Swayze, sales took off. The company later became Timex
Corporation, then Timex Group and, to date, has sold over one
billion watches.
The company has remained very competitive and the Timex brand
continues its dominance through present day. Its primary market
remains the United States and Canada, although the Timex brand is
sold worldwide due to its ability to capitalize on its strong
brand image and reputation for quality.
One of the most successful and important features available on
many Timex watches is the Indiglo backlight system. Indiglo is a
brand name of Indiglo Corporation, solely owned by Timex for
licensing purposes. Timex electroluminescent lamps, branded
Indiglo, were introduced in 1992 in the Ironman watch line. They
were an immediate success. The Indiglo lamp uniformly lights the
surface of the Timexâs watch dials in a manner that makes the
dial read very easily in many different light settings. In some
newer watches the Indiglo backlight only lights up the numbers,
rather than the entire LCD display, which is achieved by means of
a specialized film that inverts the LCD transmissivity.
Today, Timex Group products are manufactured in the Far East and
in Switzerland often based on technology that continues to be
developed in the United States and in Germany. With a large and
varied line of watches, Timex has the style for everyone. From
the locker room to the board room, there is a great Timex style
time-piece for you.
- 7 changing colors on cabinet and display, with simple and convenient controls for easy operation.
- Wake to 4 soothing nature sounds or buzzer alarm; 24 Hour Set-And-Forget Alarm that has auto repeat and auto shutoff.
- Large, easy-to-read LCD shows hour, minute, month, date and day of week; as well as 12 or 24 hour time display.
- 24 hour countdown timer for appointments, meetings, naps, etc.; as well as an adjustable snooze from 1 to 60 minutes.
- Indoor thermometer (Fahrenheit or Celsius).