And that last part is what brings us back here today, folks: More colors. Also: a day-date complication! (Previous versions featured only the date.) Today, the new Marlin Automatic Day-Date 40 is available in black (like, all black: black case, black dial, black strap, everything); something Timex is calling every-so-descriptively “stainless steel/brown/cream” but which we would probably refer to as “two-tone” (steel case, silver dial with gold accents on the indices, hands and crown accompanied by a cream-colored strap); and green (green dial and matching green leather strap).

Each of these new SKUs is 40mm wide, features a 21-jewel automatic movement, leather strap, domed crystal, day-date window and 50m of water resistance and is available for $259. And even with all the microbrand offerings available today, we’d still be hard-pressed to think of a better value in automatic timepieces for this kind of money.

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