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Timex x Peanuts Marlin Automatic Saxophonist 40mm Mens Watch Silver
Ref. TW2W68800
Sits in Timex’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Timex watches we list, which start at £55.
Price range £55 to £280 across 27 Timex watches in stock.The Marlin is Timex's mid-century American workhorse, a design that ran through the 1960s before being quietly retired and then revived in the 2010s as a platform for small-run collaborations. This Peanuts edition pairs it with one of Charles Schulz's more unexpectedly cool images: Snoopy at the saxophone, rendered on a silver sunray dial that shifts between flat grey and polished silver depending on the angle of the light. The musical notes pressed into the leather strap are a small touch, but they carry the collaboration through to the wrist rather than leaving it at the dial alone. At 40mm across and 13mm deep, this is a full-sized watch with some presence, and the 47.8mm lug-to-lug means it fills a medium to large wrist without crowding it. The domed acrylic crystal is period-correct for the Marlin's era and catches the light in the rounded way that flat sapphire cannot. The exhibition caseback lets the automatic movement run visibly — 21 jewels at 21,600 vph with a 40-hour reserve and a hacking seconds hand — which on a watch this cheerful in character feels like a genuine bonus rather than a formality.
- Reference
- TW2W68800
- Brand
- Timex
- Collection
- Marlin
- Case size
- 40mm
- Case thickness
- 13mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Acrylic
- Movement
- Automatic
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 47.8mm
- Power reserve
- 40 hours
- Strap
- Interchangeable
Learn more about Timex
The Waterbury Clock Company was founded in Connecticut in 1854, part of the brass industry that made the region the centre of American clockmaking. Its descendants became Timex, and the company's history is one of making timekeeping cheap enough that everyone could have it.
The first breakthrough was the Yankee, a pocket watch sold from 1896 for one dollar — roughly a day's wage — which sold in the tens of millions and was marketed as the watch that made the dollar famous. Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt both carried one.
The company supplied enormous quantities of military timing equipment during both world wars, and its wartime work with Ingersoll and on fuse mechanisms shaped its post-war manufacturing.
The modern brand was defined by advertising. From 1956 Timex ran televised torture tests — watches strapped to outboard motors, dropped from cliffs, fired from crossbows — under the slogan it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. The watches used hardened Armalloy bearings instead of jewels, which made them cheap and, crucially, genuinely durable.
Indiglo, the electroluminescent dial lighting introduced in 1992, became the company's best-known technology after a Timex wearer used one to guide people down a stairwell during the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Timex remains privately held and produces the Weekender, Expedition, and archival Marlin lines.
- 1854
- The Waterbury Clock Company is founded in Connecticut.
- 1896
- The one-dollar Yankee pocket watch goes on sale.
- 1956
- The torture test advertising campaign begins.
- 1992
- Indiglo electroluminescent lighting is introduced.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Timex Marlin range (9), Back in Stock (3,460), Stainless Steel Watches (2,531), Automatic Watches (1,573), Leather Strap Watches (854), Silver Dial Watches (577) and Dress Watches (462).
Temporarily out of stock
Goldsmiths is not currently taking orders for this reference. Last listed as available on 27 September 2026. Stock is checked nightly and this page updates when it returns.
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 40mm suits most wrists
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Timex's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
- Acrylic crystal marks easily, though it polishes out
- 40-hour reserve means winding it after a day off
Timex x Peanuts Marlin alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | TW2W68800 | RGB10010/06 | RA-AK0705R30B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £225 | £230 | £230 |
| Case size | 40mm | 40mm | 40.5mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 50m | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Leather strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | 40 hours | 42 hours | 40 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched |
|
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Showering yes, swimming no. 50m covers splashes and brief immersion, but a swimming stroke generates well above the pressure that figure describes.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Yes, but it polishes out. Acrylic marks easily and a scratch can be buffed away at home, which is why vintage-style watches still use it.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedHow long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 40 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
What size strap does it take?
20mm. Any strap of that width will fit, and on most modern watches quick-release bars make the swap a two-minute job with no tools.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 47.8mm, which suits wrists from roughly 16.5cm (6½ inches) upward.
Lug-to-lug decides fit more than case diameter does.
How to size a watch to your wristIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's, though at 40mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
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