Men's Field Watch – Analogue Quartz with Nylon Strap and Date

Men's Field Watch – Reads at a glance, survives the day

A plain analogue dial with large hour markers, luminous hands for low light and a date window where you expect it. Quartz movement, so it keeps time without winding, on a nylon strap that handles being knocked about rather better than leather does.

Why choose a field watch?

Field watches were designed around one requirement: tell the time instantly, in bad light, without thinking about it. Everything else got stripped out. That is still what makes them the easiest watch to own — nothing to charge, nothing to sync, nothing that stops working when the phone dies.

• Clear dial – large markers, high contrast, readable at arm's length.
• Luminous hands – still legible when the light goes.
• Nylon strap – hard-wearing, quick to dry, comfortable in heat.
• Date window – on the dial, where you can check it without a menu.
• Water resistant to 30 m – fine for rain and hand washing.

A watch that asks nothing of you except the occasional battery.

Water resistance to 30 metres means splashes and rain, not swimming or showering — the rating is a pressure test, not a diving depth, and that catches people out. Nylon straps wash: slide the watch off and rinse the strap if it has had a hot summer.

Specifications

• Movement: quartz
• Strap: nylon
• Display: analogue with date window
• Hands: luminous
• Water resistance: 30 m

Strap it on and stop checking your phone for the time.