How good are armitron watches?
If you buy their more expensive products (in other words, those
typically found at prices greater than $50.00 list) I'd say they're
very good. I bought an Armitron digital/analog watch in the early
'90's to serve as a back up watch when the batteries would go out
no my Seiko (which cost nearly 5 times as much). The Seiko, which
was my daily watch for nearly 20 years finally died, but the
Armitron is still running. Granted, it hasn't been subjected to the
abuse and day to day use the Seiko did, but the fact that it's kept
running, needing only battery replacements and no servicing says
something. The watch also keeps very accurate time, losing about 5
seconds/month. This back up Armitron that I bought originally
listed for $59.95, but it was a close out when I bought it and got
it for $39.95.
I had another Armitron prior to the Seiko and the later "back
up" Armitron, and it was great as well .... until it fell into the
Atlantic Ocean (hardly Armitron's fault!!).
I wouldn't hesitate to buy one of their better quality pieces at
all.