The Dirty Dozen movie inspired a generation of watch fans to buy a field watch, or milspec if you prefer. Something functional, unshowy and containing lots of lume so that night time timekeeping was available at a glance. Sure, not everyone is a night shift worker, badger den watcher, or serves in the military, but there are lots of reasons why you want a rugged … Continue reading Bremont Broadsword Recon: Dirty Deeds Done Good
Geckota has a new military style watch on their site, which is an update of the first generation of the Phalanx Special Operations. Powered by a Swiss ETA 2824 movement, this one looks like decent value to us at £699. Many ETA powered watches are over a grand, depending on the brand name on the dial of course. It comes with a card type multi-tool, … Continue reading Geckota Phalanx Milspec is a Great Value Tool Watch
The new Zodiac Olympos field watch taps into those classic WW11 officers watches, with simple lines and clear numbers. The graduated tones on the dial give it that vintage, weathered look too. A classic three hand auto, it has the STP1-11 Swiss movement inside, which is something of a benchamark unit in many Indie brand watches. The Zodiac crosshair logo adds a military edge to … Continue reading Zodiac Olympos Three Hander: Field Watch With Wider Vision
The concept of modifying your watch isn’t new, but it is surprising how few people try to alter the components of their watch once they have chosen the dial colour, strap, bezel, hands etc. True, handling watch parts and tools requires some skill, but even so, it’s often the case that once an Indie brand/MOD watch has been bought, it rarely gets an upgrade. So … Continue reading Infantry Falcon: Customisable Military Style Watch
Dan Henry make some very nice retro watches and the new 1945 model, which marks the end of WWII, really does float our Bailey Bridge here at NWC mag. The metallic bezel and case give that functional look, the black dial option, or the panda both have cockpit style appeal and the Cathedral hands are the finishing touch. You get a tachymetre track so you … Continue reading Dan Henry 1945 Nails That Military Look
The latest from Hamilton is a surprising one; a vintage aviation style chronograph, with a grey dial, modest 40mm case width and vintage details like the military style numbers and lume. At £1800 this isn’t cheap and even with a 60 hour reserve and sapphire crystal, there are cheaper alternatives around from many Indie brands. You can pre-order on the website by the way, so … Continue reading A Waiting List For a Hamilton? Yep, Seriously
Pure military watches can often be too basic, too functional, like say CWC models. Plain dials, big numbers, good water resistance. Seiko do a similar thing with their Field watch, and if you want to splash out, you can buy a homage to the Seiko from IWC which costs £4500. Nice. But somethimes, it’s cool to have that Bear Grylls outward bound style for a … Continue reading Citizen Nighthawk: Get The MilSpec Look Every Day
The military watch should always be basic; stripped down to the essentials, clear dial numbers, lume, decent winding crown so you can operate using gloves outdoors – those kinda touches, do we agree? Yeah, Seiko have been doing this right for decades and ther’s a range of mil-spec Indie models too. But if you want a Swiss brand name, then Hamilton has this titanium case … Continue reading Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium: Basic Tool, Touch of Cool
