Luckily for us that still need their kidneys and don’t have any children, Tornek-Rayville re-released the beautiful TR-660. These days, you may be inclined to sell a kidney, your first-born or both to pick up a vintage TR-900 or period-correct Fifty Fathoms. Powered by a hand-wound Sellita in a 38mm case, the simple dial has printed Arabics and a broad arrow insignia, while the strap is held in place by fixed spring bars. The Cabot Watch Company Mellor-72 is a tribute to the very first watch the company produced for the British Ministry of Defence, originally issued to the Army, Navy and Air Force trifecta. Price: A$750 from the T+T Shop CWC Mellor-72 Mechanical The 38mm case contains Hamilton’s H-50 movement with 80 hours of power reserve, and the 20mm lug width make it super versatile in terms of strap options. Manually wound, with 24-hour markings on a legible, black dial, this is one of the most popular picks not only for a field watch, but for any watch at this price point overall. There’s not much to say that you won’t already know when it comes to Hamilton’s Khaki Field Mechanical. Price: A$550 Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm Powered by a hacking Miyota 8S20 calibre, it’s an affordable field-watch option. With a stark blue dial offset by the flash of the red seconds hand, its 37mm size certainly harks back to the 32mm of the original. Honouring the watches provided to WWII troops, the Bulova Hack stays true to some of its military heritage, though changes just enough to freshen things up. So here are our favourite, and by extension the best, MIL-SPEC watches. We’ll disregard the fact that these “standards” tend to require the items to be as easy on the military budgets as possible. Whether this means a specific water-resistance rating, type of crystal or spring-bar set-up, inevitable features include excellent legibility and a degree of simplicity. Even though “MIL-SPEC” – the abbreviation for military specification – has become more and more of a marketing term in recent years, it actually holds meaning, pertaining to a particular set of quality standards for a given application. The watch world’s connection with military life is unequivocal.

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