12/16/2023 0 Comments Armitron pro fit review![]() The hair-pulling bracelet may be an issue for those who don’t manscape. Who cares? The large digits are a welcome relief to those old enough to remember the tiny digits of the original watches but would have a hard time reading them today. This homage to the digital watches of the 70s is close to spot on.Įxcellent indoors and in the dark. Most quartz movements claim +/- 15 seconds per month.įunctions: Hour, minute, seconds, date, month, year, and 12/24 hour format. Guess: 2 years.Īccuracy: No idea, since the website does not say. Not specified on the website or in the manual. Mine already got a scratch (or came with it) before I wore it out and about.īracelet: Stainless steel (folded links) with sliding adjustable buckle.īattery life: Unknown. Currently listed at $55.Ĭrystal: Not sure. Price paid: $26 (On sale for $33 + 20% off coupon code: Thanks) + $5 shipping. While I appreciate the Griffy’s minimalism, I’m still holding out for bell-bottoms and mutton chops to make a comeback. But there’s something to be said for a simpler watch. The Armitron Retro Series Griffy lacks the multiple functionality of my G-SHOCKs, and requires two hands to operate (technically, one hand and one wrist). (The four o’clock button sets the watch.) Far out, man! A few seconds later, Elvis has left the building. Pushing the button a third time – again, before the display goes dark – activates the seconds count. Quickly pushing the button a second time – while the time is being displayed – brings up the month and day. True to form, pushing the button at 3:00 lights up the current time for about five seconds – and then goes dark. In fact, the XXL digits please my presbyopic eyes. While the numbers are indeed surrounded by a halo glow, it doesn’t detract from the Griffy’s legibility. Turns out my fuzzy-phobia was groundless. The Armitron Retro Series Griffy’s digits are the same color as ye olde digital display of yore. As my G-SHOCK Skeleton review indicates, well, let’s just say I’m on the hunt for a new bracelet. Once adjusted, the Armitron Retro Series Griffy is comfortable enough – unless you’re on the more hirsute end of the primate spectrum. A flip-lock thingy slides the buckle up and down the bracelet to fit all wrist sizes. The Griffy’s case is finished with a combination of brushed and polished surfaces, which suit the retro watch aesthetic. (RF’s warned us never to buy an inexpensive watch on a metal bracelet, but putting a digital watch on a leather strap is like putting I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! on a croissant.) To call the bracelet cheap is an insult to cheap, and cheap isn’t easily insulted. ![]() The folded metal link bracelet jingled all the way. The watch arrived five days after I ordered it, just in time for Christmas. But for $26 with a coupon code – $4.25 in 1972 money – WTH. Call me a purist, but the time should appear in small, sharply defined digit segments, like they did in the ’70s.Īrmitron’s product photos also made the Griffy’s digits look a bit fuzzy. The digits take up three quarters of the screen. ![]() When I first saw the marketing photos, it was a real downer, man. Just like the COVID-era deluge of “modern” watches “inspired” by vintage pieces, the Armitron Retro Series Griffy assumes that bigger is better. Gold’s appeal is limited to men with an affinity for corduroy, thick gold chains and leisure suits, apparently. According to the chatter on the forums, the silver Griffy is the popular choice. The display is a glossy black when dormant, which gives the watch a dressy vibe. How high tech is that? I’m the operator of my pocket calculatorįast forward 48 years and the Armitron Griffy comes in two colorways: silver and gold. We learned to push the button while cupping our hand over the watch to create enough shade to see the time. In the daylight, the activated digits were barely visible, if at all. I’d sit in the dark and push the button on my LED watch over and over to see the tiny magical digits glow intensely red for a few seconds and disappear. The genre got a whole lot of love every kid and unelected President wanted a digital watch. If you’re old enough to remember Led Zeppelin IV’s debut, you’ll remember watches that turned a blank face to the world until you pressed a button that sent voltage to a semiconductor diode, that made it glow, that revealed. So, is digital watch nostalgia still what it used to be? Sherman, set the wayback machine to 1972. Vinyl’s back, digital watches are really cheap and OFWG’s are suckers for retro. Never mind that the $13k (in today’s money) Pulsar’s rise and fall killed Hamilton America. The Armitron Retro Series Griffy follows hot on the heels of the Hamilton PSR, a recreation of the world’s first electronic digital watch.
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