Everyone should be familiar with the original 38mm Timex Weekender by now, so I'll keep this one short.
I didn't buy my Timex T2N647 new but as part of a joblot of broken watches on eBay. I don't have the original black nato strap for it, and I replaced the original cracked mineral crystal with one which ideally should have been a little bit thicker (maybe 1.5mm instead of 1.2mm). If the watch hadn't looked as if it had been dragged through gravel and then run over, I might have used a sapphire crystal instead to make it nice and new looking again.
Typical of this kind of Timex, the seconds hand doesn't hit any of the markers, and with the dial being black, the Indiglo function isn't the best. The highly reflective silver hands can sometimes get lost in sunlight too, but usually everything is perfectly legible. Lumed hands would have been a nice "belt and braces" solution, but that's only on the larger models.
Some reviewers have claimed that the Timex Weekender has a really loud tick, but mine is quiet. I've never had any problems with the sound of a Timex ticking, so I think some of the reviewers may either be oversensitive or just following each other to find something negative to say. The loudest ticking watch I have is a cheap AliExpress "pilot style" thing which is unbearable, but this Timex Weekender is virtually silent. Maybe I just got lucky.
As a watch which has been reviewed to death, all I can add is that the brass case is decent if you treat it well. Mine was very abused by the previous owner, and as you can see, it's impossible to fill in all the dents and gouges. On the plus side, I can wear it with scratchy bracelets without worrying because the damage has already been done.
I smoothed the worst and sharpest scratches with sandpaper, but as you can never refill these cases or replate the chrome successfully unless you have the expensive equipment and skillset to do it, I just have to live with the coppery "patina" showing.
I added even more scratches by attempting to give the case a brushed finish with a scouring pad. It didn't work, so I polished the scratches out again with Brasso and a yellow duster. From that botched experiment, I can tell you that the plating is actually really thick (just like the previous owner of this watch who attempted to wreck it), and unless you are some kind of maniac, you won't easily ruin the look of this watch with normal use.
On the stretchy "Marine Nationale" (please don't ever say that with TGV's faux-Italian affectation because it's French!), this has become yet another gardening watch for me. It's light and comfortable, tells the time, and I honestly don't care now if it gets smashed to pieces. These Weekenders are still cheap enough to buy a new one and throw them in the bin rather than even change the CR2016 battery when it runs out.
I bought this watch thinking it would be a modern upgrade to my original 30mm mechanical Timex Commando or "Sprite" (above) which was my first ever watch in the 1970s, although I now realise that the larger 40mm Weekender or the Timex Expedition Scout would have been the truer upgrade because they have a date complication. If I'd had the Sprite (as it was known in America) without a date on it, it would obviously be a different story.
Do I recommend the Timex T2N647? Not with a black dial and silver hands, no. If you get one with a white dial and black hands, the Indiglo will be far more useful. The same goes for any Timex watch really.
As a knockabout almost stylish watch, it'll suit some people better than others, and it's pretty much "Unisex" while not being feminine in any way. Changing the 20mm nato straps can be a bit of fun and give you a lot of different looks for very little money, but you can do the same with any watch even though the Timex Weekender was specifically designed for it.