Your favourite utilitarian looking watch
What is your favourite utilitarian looking watch?
Mine is my IWC Spitfire Automatic. I love it’s simplicity, it’s reasonable sizing and scale, and (controversially) its use of patina. the in-house movement was a draw for me as compared to the Mark XVIII’s, and the internal iron case is a great discussion point when people ask why they didn’t display the movement.
Thoughts?
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Wayne
Watch nerd with a small collection from New Zealand.
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Here is one that has really been growing on me; my new Bulova Hack. It was a gift from my wife last Christmas. It really resembles the WWII era Bulova field watches.
Here‘s my Mark XVIII. Perfect legibility IMO.
Here is one that has really been growing on me; my new Bulova Hack. It was a gift from my wife last Christmas. It really resembles the WWII era Bulova field watches.
That might be the only watch I'd ever forgive having an 8-series Miyota, which normally is a deal-breaker to me. But hell, I'd wear that!
That might be the only watch I'd ever forgive having an 8-series Miyota, which normally is a deal-breaker to me. But hell, I'd wear that!
You know, I had some initial reservations about the Miyota movements in Bulova military and archive watches and might not have one except for my wife giving me this Bulova, but, as was pointed out to me by @Achenar in a discussion about buying a Devil Diver, it is modified substantially and is much smoother, more quiet, and more accurate than my other watches with an 8215 in them. So much so that when I found a good deal on a Devil Diver, I did buy it and just received it today, despite it having a Miyota 8000 series movement.
Depth but utilitarian is how I’d classify the Railmaster. Very readable at a glance.