The little Timex Addison is actually sick

The Timex Addison is actually sick. It's a small women's jewelry watch, and I really like the design anyway. The rectangular dial, Roman numerals and crystal-set bezel fit together, and the silver-tone version looks particularly good in the official photographs. A watch doesn't have to be my usual size or style for me to like what Timex has done.

It is 23 mm wide, so this is a genuinely small watch. That number also needs its 31.5 mm length beside it; a rectangle doesn't read on the wrist the same way a circle does. At 8 mm thick, the case looks appropriately slim in the profile photograph rather than turning a delicate-looking watch into a little block.

The bracelet is steel; the case is brass

The product name calls this a stainless-steel bracelet watch, and Timex's specifications identify the case material as low-lead brass. I would want to know that before buying it. The bracelet itself is stainless steel and has a deployant clasp, and the crystal is mineral. Water resistance is listed at 30 meters, which would keep me treating it as an everyday dress watch rather than something I chose for swimming.

There are 50 crystals around the bezel. I think keeping them in a narrow rectangle helps the whole thing stay coherent, because there is already plenty to look at between the numerals, textured dial and bracelet links. The wrist photograph is useful here: it gives the shape some context that the isolated front view can't provide.

This is a quartz watch, and I don't think a mechanical movement would improve the idea enough to justify making it thicker or more expensive. I would rather Timex get the case, dial and bracelet proportions right at this price. I haven't handled the clasp or links, so their quality is still something I would want to check in person.

Silver, two-tone or gold

The silver-tone TW2Y90300 is $159 USD. The two-tone TW2Y90400 and gold-tone TW2Y90500 are $179 each, with those prices checked on Timex's US store on October 29, 2026. They belong together as finishes of the same Addison model rather than three separate watch releases with three different verdicts.

The two-tone bracelet is probably the more playful option, but I prefer the silver. It lets the bezel and the dial do enough without asking the case color to be another feature. Someone who wants the watch to behave more like a piece of gold-colored jewelry will probably have the opposite reaction, and the photographs make that choice fairly easy to understand.

I'm giving it 84 out of 120 bezel clicks. The little crystal-set rectangle looks really good to me, even though it isn't the sort of watch I would normally choose for myself. I would still want to handle the bracelet before buying one; the official pictures show the shape without establishing how those links feel.