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Timex Marlin Automatic 40mm (TW2V44600)
A 40 mm, 56.65 g automatic under a domed acrylic crystal, rated 50 m, with a one-year warranty and 144 verified reviews averaging 4.9
Scored on the published rubric, from documentation, pricing and verified user reports.
Best for: Office and weekend wear by someone who wants a light, mid-century automatic on leather, will keep it out of the pool, and would rather have a published accuracy figure than a bezel.
Verdict
The Timex Marlin Automatic 40mm, reference TW2V44600, is the lightest and dressiest mechanical in our everyday cluster. Timex's product page, checked October 16, 2026, lists a Miyota caliber 8215 made in Japan with 21 jewels, approximately 42 hours of power reserve, an accuracy figure of minus 20 to plus 40 seconds a day and hacking seconds, in a 40 mm polished stainless steel case 13 mm high, weighing 56.65 g, with a 20 mm lug width, a domed acrylic crystal and 50 meter water resistance, on a black leather strap from the S.B. Foot Tanning Company, at $299.00. This is a documentation review built from that page, Miyota's own caliber page and Timex's water-resistance and warranty pages; we did not wear or test the watch. The sheet is honest about its limits: Timex says 50 m is suitable for light swimming and not for snorkelling or poolside diving, and describes acrylic as softer and more prone to scratches but shatter resistant and polishable. The warranty is one year. The 4.9 average from 144 verified buyers on timex.com is the second-highest owner score in the cluster, and the complaints we read are few.
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Where it is strong
- 56.65 g on a 40 mm case, the lightest mechanical in our cluster by Timex's figure
- Miyota 8215 with a published accuracy band of minus 20 to plus 40 seconds a day, tighter than Seiko's 4R36
- Hacking seconds and hand winding listed on the sheet; approximately 42 hours of reserve
- Standard 20 mm lug width and a leather strap from a named US tannery
- 4.9 out of 5 from 144 verified reviews on timex.com, with reviews dated as recently as October 14, 2026
- Timex states plainly what 50 m allows and what acrylic does, without overselling either
Where it falls short
- 50 meter rating: light swimming only, per Timex, and no snorkelling
- Acrylic crystal that Timex itself describes as more prone to scratches
- One-year limited warranty, tied with Casio for shortest in the cluster
- 13 mm case height, 1.2 mm thicker than the Casio GA2100 despite the dress styling
- Timex's own page gives two reserve figures, 42 hours in the specs and 40 hours in the description
At a glance
| Movement | Miyota caliber 8215, Japan, automatic with hand winding, 21 jewels, 21,600 vph |
|---|---|
| Case size | 40 mm diameter, 13 mm height (Timex figures); lug-to-lug not published |
| Weight | 56.65 g |
| Lug width | 20 mm |
| Water resistance | 50 m |
| Crystal | Domed acrylic |
| Case and strap | Polished stainless steel case, black leather strap, buckle |
| Power reserve | Approx. 42 hours (spec table); 40 hours in the description |
| Accuracy | Minus 20 to plus 40 seconds per day (Timex page and Miyota caliber page) |
| Warranty | 1 year limited (Timex) |
| List price | $299.00 (timex.com, October 16, 2026) |
| Pricing note | $299.00 regular price on timex.com for reference TW2V44600, in stock when checked October 16, 2026; a 30 percent promo code was advertised but not applied to the listed price |
What the Marlin Automatic 40mm actually is
The Marlin Automatic 40mm is Timex's larger revival of its 1960s Marlin dress watch, built around a Japanese Miyota 8215 automatic instead of the original hand-wound Timex movement. Reference TW2V44600 is the version with a green dial and a black leather strap, per the product page checked October 16, 2026.
Timex's collection page lists 21 Marlin Automatic references on the same date, from a 36 mm Chatham at $289.00 to a 40 mm titanium GMT at $549.00. The plain 40 mm on leather is the $299.00 entry point for the 40 mm size.
This is a documentation review. Wrist & Sole reads the maker's spec sheet, the movement maker's page, the warranty and verified owner reviews hosted on the maker's store. We do not wear or test watches. The rubric is on our method page.
Who the Marlin Automatic is best for
The sheet suits a buyer whose watch lives at a desk and at dinner, not in a pool.
- Office wearers who want a mechanical under a cuff and do not want 170 g on the wrist
- First-automatic buyers who value a published accuracy band and hacking seconds
- People who like the look of a domed acrylic crystal and accept that it marks
- Buyers who want a 20 mm strap they can swap at any counter
- Anyone who reads reviews on the maker's page: 144 verified buyers at 4.9
- Who should skip it: swimmers, scratch-averse buyers, and anyone who wants more than one year of warranty
Diameter 40 mm, height 13 mm, weight 56.65 g: the fit figures Timex publishes
Timex's spec table lists Case Diameter 40 mm, Case Height 13 mm, Band / Lug Width 20 mm and Watch Weight 56.65 g, checked October 16, 2026. It does not list lug-to-lug.
The 13 mm height surprises on a dress watch. It is thicker than the 11.8 mm Casio GA2100 and only 0.4 mm thinner than the 13.4 mm Seiko 5 Sports SRPD55. Part of it is the domed acrylic, which Timex calls out as the signature of the design.
The weight tells a different story. At 56.65 g on leather the Marlin is a third of the Seiko's 170.0 g on bracelet and close to the Casio's 51 g, by our editors' comparison of the three makers' figures. Leather versus bracelet accounts for much of the gap.
The missing lug-to-lug is the same gap Citizen leaves on the BN0150. Seiko is the only maker in this cluster that publishes it. The 20 mm lug width is standard and matches the Citizen's.
Water resistance: 50 m, and Timex's own limits
Timex lists Water Resistant to 50 Meters and adds a plain sentence on the product page: this watch is suitable for light swimming, not for snorkelling or poolside diving, and buttons should not be pressed under water.
Timex's ratings page, read October 16, 2026, puts 50 m at washing hands and light swimming, 100 m at snorkelling, poolside diving and surfing, and 200 m at recreational scuba. It also notes Timex sells only water-resistant watches, never waterproof ones.
That makes the Marlin the least water-capable watch in our cluster: 50 m against the Seiko's 100 m and the 200 m of both the Citizen Promaster BN0150 and the Casio GA2100. For a dress automatic that is a normal rating; for an only watch it is the row to weigh.
Timex does not cite ISO 22810 on the ratings page; Casio does on its European technology page. The activity list Timex gives is consistent with the way Seiko and Citizen describe 5 bar watches in their manuals.
Miyota 8215: accuracy, reserve and hacking, from two sources
Timex's spec table and Miyota's own caliber page agree on the movement, both read October 16, 2026:
- Accuracy: minus 20 to plus 40 seconds a day, Timex page and Miyota page; Miyota adds a posture difference under 50 seconds
- Power reserve: approximately 42 hours in Timex's spec table and on Miyota's page; Timex's description paragraph says approximately 40 hours
- Frequency: 21,600 vibrations per hour, Miyota page
- Jewels: 21, both pages
- Winding: automatic and hand winding, both pages
- Hacking: Timex lists Hacking Seconds Yes; Miyota lists a stop second device
- Movement height: 5.67 mm, Miyota page
- Date: quick date setting, three hands and date, Miyota page
What the accuracy band means against the cluster
Minus 20 to plus 40 seconds a day is a 60-second band, narrower than the 80-second band Seiko allows the 4R36 in the SRPD55. Both are mechanical tolerances, not typical results, and we measured neither.
Casio's GA2100 and Citizen's BN0150 publish plus or minus 15 seconds a month. A buyer who wants set-and-forget timekeeping should read those two sheets; a buyer who wants a mechanical should read the Marlin's band as the better of the two automatics here.
Timex lists hacking seconds, which the base 8215 is often described as lacking. We report Timex's spec row and Miyota's stop second device line as written and did not verify the behaviour on a unit.
Crystal: domed acrylic, with Timex's own caveat
The Marlin uses a domed acrylic crystal. Timex's materials note, on the product page, calls acrylic a lightweight plastic polymer with excellent impact resistance and a warm vintage appearance, and says it is a softer material that can be more prone to scratches but very shatter resistant, with scratches that can be buffed out.
That is the most candid crystal description in our cluster. Seiko's Hardlex, Casio's mineral glass and Citizen's anti-reflective mineral crystal are all harder than acrylic by material type, and none of those makers publish a hardness number either.
For the buyer it is a trade: a period-correct dome that can be polished at home, against a surface that will show marks sooner than glass.
Pricing and availability as of October 2026
Timex's US store listed TW2V44600 at a regular price of $299.00 on October 16, 2026, in stock. The page carried a banner for 30 percent off with a promo code; the listed price did not reflect it, so $299.00 is the figure we report.
Timex's collection page priced the other 40 mm Marlin Automatics, mostly Peanuts collaborations, at $339.00 to $359.00 and the titanium GMT at $549.00. The 36 mm Chatham started at $289.00 and the 37 mm Draper on leather at $279.00.
Inside our cluster, $299.00 is the lowest list price among the three steel watches and 2.7 times the Casio GA2100's $110.00, by our editors' arithmetic. Timex lists free standard shipping on most orders and 30-day returns on timex.com purchases. No link here carries a commission; see our disclosure.
Ease of use: what the 4.1 is built from
The Marlin is an automatic with hand winding and hacking, so setting it is quick and restarting it after a weekend needs a few turns of the crown. There is a date but no day, which is one fewer thing to correct after a stop.
The 56.65 g weight and the leather strap with a plain buckle are the comfort rows Timex publishes; we do not add impressions. The 13 mm height is the deduction, along with the 50 m rating that keeps the watch out of the pool.
Timex's product page is the clearest of the four we read about what each spec means, with short explanations attached to the crystal, the rating and the movement. That counts for ease at the buying stage.
Features: what the 3.4 is built from
The Marlin's feature list is short by design: time, date, hacking, hand winding, a domed acrylic crystal and a leather strap. There is no bezel, no day display, no display back listed, no lume figure and no magnetic resistance row.
The Seiko SRPD55 lists all of those except lume duration. The Casio GA2100 lists a dozen quartz functions. The Citizen lists a 200 m scuba label and a solar cell. The Marlin's one advantage on the feature sheet is the tighter accuracy band among the two mechanicals.
The score is low because the sheet is thin, not because anything on it is wrong. A dress automatic is supposed to be thin on features; the rubric scores what is published.
Value: what the 3.9 is built from
$299.00 buys a Japanese automatic with a published accuracy band, hacking and hand winding, a steel case and a tannery-named leather strap, with the lowest list price of the three steel watches in our cluster.
The deductions are the 50 m rating, the acrylic crystal and the one-year warranty, all at a price $51 under the Seiko SRPD55, which offers 100 m, Hardlex, a bezel, a bracelet and three years. The buyer is paying for the design and the weight, not for capability.
The 4.9 owner average from 144 verified buyers supports the sheet. The 30 percent promo banner on the page suggests the list price is not always the paid price, but we report only what the maker lists.
Support: what the 3.2 is built from
Timex's product page, read October 16, 2026, states a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship from the original purchase date. The general warranty text on timex.com was not readable at the address checked on that date, so the product page is our source.
One year ties Casio for the shortest in the cluster, against Seiko USA's three and Citizen's five. Timex offers paid extended protection through a third party at checkout, which this review does not grade.
Timex's store terms list free standard shipping on most orders and 30-day returns with a prepaid label for timex.com purchases. Those are store policies rather than warranty, and they apply only to direct purchases.
What verified buyers report on timex.com
The product page showed 4.9 out of 5 from 144 reviews on October 16, 2026, under a heading Timex calls only honest reviews from real customers. Each review carries a Verified Buyer tag, a country flag and a date; the most recent we saw was dated October 14, 2026.
Recurring praise: value for the price, the dial, the crystal and the strap finish, and the look for everyday wear. One reviewer compares the Japanese movement favourably to Swiss movements they have owned; another simply calls it a nice watch for everyday wear.
We did not find repeated complaints about accuracy, water ingress or strap failure in the reviews displayed on the first page. That is a limited reading of a 144-review set, and the page's rating filter was not something we exercised.
Limits stated by Timex
50 m is for light swimming only, and buttons should not be pressed under water. Acrylic scratches more easily than glass. The warranty is one year. The description and the spec table disagree by two hours on power reserve; we report both.
Timex does not publish lug-to-lug, lume type or duration, case back type or a Miyota-independent accuracy measurement for this reference. We did not find those figures on timex.com on October 16, 2026, and we do not fill them in.
Alternatives
Choose the Seiko 5 Sports SRPD55 if you want 100 m, a bezel, a day display, a bracelet and a three-year warranty, and can accept 170.0 g, 13.4 mm and a wider accuracy band. Otherwise choose the Marlin for weight, dress styling and the tighter band.
Choose the Casio G-Shock GA2100-1A1 if you want 200 m, 51 g and $110.00 and a mechanical is not the point. Otherwise the Marlin is the automatic.
Choose the Citizen Promaster Diver BN0150-28E if you need a watch that swims and dives with a five-year warranty and never needs a battery. Otherwise the Marlin is the lighter, cheaper office piece. Every pairing we publish is on the comparison index.
Bottom line
The Marlin Automatic 40mm is the mechanical in our everyday cluster for people who will not take it swimming: 40 mm, 13 mm, 56.65 g, a Miyota 8215 with a published minus 20 to plus 40 seconds a day, hacking and hand winding, acrylic by choice, $299.00 list and 144 verified buyers at 4.9.
The sheet's limits are stated by Timex itself: 50 m, a soft crystal and one year of warranty. Read them, and the watch is exactly what it says. Other watches we have read are on the watches topic page.
Buy it if
- You want a mechanical for the office that weighs about a third of a Seiko 5 Sports on bracelet
- You prefer a published accuracy band and hacking seconds to a bezel and a day window
- You accept hand-washing and light swimming as the water limit
- You want a 20 mm leather strap you can replace anywhere
Skip it if
- You swim laps or snorkel; Timex says 50 m is not suitable for snorkelling
- Scratches bother you; acrylic marks more easily than mineral glass, by Timex's own description
- You want more than one year of maker warranty
Frequently asked
What movement is in the Timex Marlin Automatic?
Timex lists Miyota caliber 8215 from Japan, 21 jewels, hacking seconds and approximately 42 hours of power reserve, as of October 2026. Miyota's own caliber page gives minus 20 to plus 40 seconds a day, 21,600 vibrations per hour and a height of 5.67 mm.
Is the Timex Marlin Automatic water resistant?
Timex rates it 50 meters and says on the product page that it is suitable for light swimming, not for snorkelling or poolside diving, and that buttons should not be pressed under water. Timex's ratings page lists 50 m as washing hands and light swimming.
How big is the Timex Marlin Automatic 40mm?
Timex lists a 40 mm case diameter, 13 mm case height, 20 mm band and lug width and a weight of 56.65 g, as of October 2026. Timex does not publish a lug-to-lug figure for this reference.
Does the Marlin Automatic have a scratch-resistant crystal?
No. Timex lists a domed acrylic crystal and describes acrylic as highly impact resistant but softer and more prone to scratches than mineral or sapphire, with the note that scuffs can be polished out.
How much is the Timex Marlin Automatic in 2026?
Timex's US store listed $299.00 regular price for TW2V44600 on October 16, 2026, in stock. The page advertised a 30 percent promo code that was not reflected in the listed price, so we report the list figure.
What is the Timex warranty on the Marlin?
A one-year limited manufacturer's warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship from the original purchase date, per the product page checked October 16, 2026. Timex offers paid extended protection at checkout, which we did not grade.
Sources
- Timex product page, Marlin Automatic 40mm Leather Strap Watch TW2V44600 - checked October 16, 2026
- Miyota caliber 8215 specifications - checked October 16, 2026
- Timex water resistance ratings - checked October 16, 2026
- Timex Marlin Automatic collection page (prices for all references) - checked October 16, 2026
Update history
- October 16, 2026 - First documentation review; figures from timex.com product and collection pages, Timex water resistance ratings page and Miyota caliber 8215 page, checked October 16, 2026.
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