Inside we find the Hamilton Calibre H-10, which is basically the Powermatic 80 with a Hamilton rotor. The grey or black dial has the signature double 12h and 24h scales, with green or beige luminous indices and hands. The 42mm grade 2 titanium case, optionally with a black PVD coating, makes it nice and light on the wrist. It’s been available for a couple of years now but remains a very cool military-inspired field watch. We escape the waters and take to land for the next entry, which is the Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Automatic. Quick Facts – 41mm x 13.6mm – grade 5 titanium case, brushed – unidirectional rotating bezel with blue or black insert – double-domed sapphire crystal – solid caseback – screw-down crown – 300m water-resistant – blue or black dial with luminous markers & hands – Miyota 9039, automatic – 28,800vph – 42h power reserve – blue or black rubber Tropic-style strap (available in two lengths) – 600-piece numbered launch edition, part of the permanent collection – EUR 710 Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Automatic It is worn on a blue rubber Tropic-style strap which can be ordered in two different lengths.įor more information, please visit Power comes from the Miyota 9039 automatic, which is part of the reason the price is very reasonable, coming in at EUR 710. The luminous markers and hands are nice and large to easily check the time at a glance, even at night. The 41mm wide titanium case shows a lot of character and comes with a blue or black dial with a matching bezel insert. The Baltic Aqauscaphe in steel or bronze was already a funky and robust dive watch, but adding the titanium version to the collection only upped its appeal. Quick Facts – 41mm x 12.3mm – Super Titanium case with Duratect hardening treatment – unidirectional rotating bezel with black insert – sapphire crystal – screw-down crown – solid caseback – 200m water-resistant – black dial with luminous applied markers and hands – Calibre 9051, in-house automatic – 28,800vph – 42h power reserve – black dial with luminous markers & hands – black polyurethane strap – EUR 650 (black dial, strap) – EUR 750 (blue dial, bracelet) Baltic Aquascaphe Titanium 41mm It’s modelled after a dive watch from 1977 that was salvaged from a beach in 1983 after spending quite some time in the water! It comes with a blue dial on a Super Titanium bracelet for EUR 750, or a black dial on a black polyurethane bracelet (which is the one to get!) for EUR 650.įor more information, please visit This absolute performance bargain of a watch comes with a Super Titanium case that’s 41mm in diameter and 12.3mm in height and finished with a Duratect hardening treatment. Quite the mouthful, so we just call it the Fujitsubo. Last year, Citizen impressed us with the retro-cool Promaster Mechanical Diver 200M “Fujitsubo NB6021-17E. To give you some friendlier priced alternatives, this week’s Buying Guide once again looks at titanium watches but this time ranging from EUR 650 to just under EUR 2,000 that deliver boat-loads of character and all the pleasurable attributes titanium has to offer! Citizen Promaster Mechanical Diver 200M “Fujitsubo” NB6021-17E That’s money not all of us can or want to spend on a watch, really. While all that is fine, the most affordable watch on that list cost CHF 7,700 and the most expensive one has a price that’s on request which needs little explaining in this industry. Just last week we showed you six high-end watches that utilised all the benefits of titanium lightweight, a tactile feel, robust and hypoallergenic.

Seiko automatic submariner