ArmitronSport Retro Men's Digital Bracelet Watch, 40/8475

I have a nice watch collection (about 30+ wrist watches) and I'm always with one eye open for something new and unique. I came across this interesting watch in a YouTube clip and what caught my eye was he red led numbers. Unlike modern digital watches, this one has a led screen, a technology that was common in the first era of digital watches.This one is a new one, of course and the maker is making them with led screens in various colors - red, green, blue, etc. Red is the classic one and this is the one I got.Another unique thing about the screen - most of the time it's dark and you need to press one of the buttons to see the time. Pretty cool!

The Armitron Sport Retro Men's Digital Bracelet Watch (40/8475) in silver with blue display combines vintage charm with modern functionality. Its clear LED display, durable stainless steel bracelet, and 50M water resistance make it a stylish and reliable choice. A great watch for everyday wear!

Armitron shipped the clearly used watch in packaging that was for an entirely different watch. They shipped an Armitron Griffey in a box for an Armitron Pro Sport. The watch has clear wear and tear scratches on the back and the correct time and date were already set. I reached out to Armitron through their customer service and they're getting me a new one. Good on them! Great customer service and a super cool retro watch.

Great remake of a classic

What is there to say? I love this watch. It’s comfortable to wear and people ask about it. Get it when on sale.

Love this watch!! It cool retro! Numbers are large and bright! Nice looking! Perfect size with a little weight! Stainless steel! Very comforfortable and each to adjust bracelet! Very nice watch! Great buy!!

Shortly after receiving this watch, the clasp broke on my third time wearing it. After contacting customer support they promised to repair it at no charge. I shipped it back, incurring the shipping costs myself and it took over three weeks to get back. The clasp broke again after a few wears, this time just falling off when I picked up the watch. I contacted customer support again and they said they would send me a mailer to return this time; that was over two weeks ago and no mailer yet. Not sure why they just wouldn’t send me a functional new watch for a return. Very disappointing all around.

In 1976, my birthday fell on a Sunday and I had to wait 18 interminable hours for Monday morning to arrive so my uncle could drive me to G. Fox and Co. in Hartford where I could spend my birthday money on the greatest thing ever. A Texas instrument’s Model 500 LED digital watch! Sure, it only showed the time for three seconds after one pushed the button on the right side, and sure it took two batteries that only lasted a few months (8 if you were lucky), and, sure, it had no advanced features like a stop watch, a countdown timer, or the ability to tell you the time on Guam, but it was a modern Marvell! The batteries in my watch didn’t last three months because I wore them out staring at the red glow of the light emitting diodes over and over. The Armitron Griffy is supposed to help you recapture that wide-eyed magic. It does that…sort of.Don’t misunderstand me, this is a fine watch especially considering the cost. It is comfortable, durable, has a better-than-average water resistance rating for a watch of it’s kind, and it is attractive. But it misses the retro mark it is aiming for by being much better than the watch it is celebrating. I enclosed two photos of the Armitron LED digital watch, one from 2022 and one from the late seventies. The modern watch (the Griffy) has a display so bright I failed to snap a picture of it that didn’t show a halo around the numbers. Whereas, the original had the glowing, wire-frame, look that cast a glow on the circuitry in the background masked by the dark red acrylic of the crystal. As far as I can tell, both of these watches accomplish the same thing, accurate time keeping and the ability to showcase the seconds and the date after pressing the one button in a specific sequence but the new watch does this with far too much spit and polish.I have two other retro watches, a Timex LCA and a Casio Databank, and they do exactly what their progenitors did. In fact, the light on these watches is, in both cases, a rather weak-kneed LED bulb that is barely capable of lighting up half the screen after the sun goes down. The Casio features the ability to enter up to 25 phone numbers or appointments in a way , that in the face of what my smartphone can do, is quaint. And the Timex has a digital/analog display that was cutting edge and fashionable when Roger Moore wore it (his was actually a Seiko) in the movie “Octopussy” in 1983.When compared to the science-fiction like wonders of the 21st century, these watches are trinkets not unlike those one finds in a gum ball machine. But that is the essence of nostalgia. At least for me. So, in conclusion, this watch will look good on your wrist and it will give you time accurate to the second in blazing LED glory, and do it all for less than $40. There is retro magic here, it’s just not that strong.