Timex is back with a new version of their Giorgio Galli S1 Automatic, this time in a smaller 38mm case size. The Galli S1 is one of our favorite watches to enter the expansive Timex catalog in recent years, and we?ve always felt that it punches well above its weight class in terms of pure design. There are a lot of subtle (and some not so subtle) details on the S1 that are tough to find on watches under $1,000. Indeed, some of those details are more commonly seen among haute horlogerie pieces that completely eclipse the S1 in terms of affordability. 

We?ve covered previous releases of the S1 here and here (and Ed reviewed one here), but to quickly bring those who might be stumbling onto the watch for the first time up to speed, one can most easily thing of the S1 as the signature design of Giorgio Galli, the watch?s namesake who has led the Timex design team from Milan for years. A few years ago, Giorgio was charged with designing a watch that brings together everything Timex stands for, and the S1 is what he came up with. It mixes the classic with the modern, and upends expectations about what an affordable watch should be in the first place, which both seem to be core components of the Timex brand identity. This is a company that has its roots in 1854, after all, so creating a bridge to the past while simultaneously looking ahead feels right on point for Timex. 
The defining feature of the S1 continues to be the skeletonized case made using an injection...