1990's era Timex Triathlon T62951 8 Lap Digital Watch


This is my first Timex post here. I have had this Timex Triathlon T62951 8 Lap Digital Watch for around 30 years. It has been sitting idly by with a dead battery in my watch box for those decades with a brittle broken strap.

I replaced the battery last week and was happy to see everything working as I remembered. So I ordered up a 16mm replacement band that sorta fits. And for the first time since probably 1997 I'm wearing it again.

I'm much more familiar with Casio digital watches. So I am scratching my head a bit wishing there was a manual online somewhere so I can figure out how to use the countdown timer. If any of y'all happen to know where I might find a manual for it or perhaps a similar model's manual, I would be much obliged.

I wonder also what the difference is between this Triathlon model and the better known brand name Ironman watches. It's a little surprising to see how small the "Timex" branding is on here. I vaguely recall that the bigger branding was on the original Timex strap.

After a few years through the flaky smartwatch ringer, I'm very happy and excited to be back using traditional wristwatches. I have loads of memories associated with this watch. So it's a bit like having that part of my 20th century life more present here in this millennium. We are all time travelers, after all.

Can't say that about smartwatches that no longer receive software updates or whose batteries aren't replaceable without a lot of tinkering.