While it's certainly true that many people prefer not having a date window, it's equally true that many, like myself, prefer having a date function on their watch. I wish Hamilton offered both options here. My first mechanical watch was also a Khaki. After 10 years it's still beloved; long lugs, no AR, and date window all being part of the charm.
I tend to be ok with a date window generally. They certainly are not "on trend" in the community right now and I get their point. Often it feels like the date window is "complication for complication sake" and can tend to detract from the dial a bit. The Khaki Field, as a tool watch does make more sense in having a date window.
@@BridgeAndBalance I personally find date windows to be very functional (as opposed to a lot of other complications, which I would be more likely to call "complication for complication sake.") I agree that it would be nice to have both options.
I can somewhat agree with this assessment, especially when you're taking about a field watch. I think date windows are a bit absurd when they are slapped on pieces that are designed with brilliant dials. The most popular example of this I think is the Grand Seiko Snowflake. It doesn't need that date window and I think it detracts from the watch itself. I don't need utilitarian function when I'm wearing the Snowflake, I'm wearing it because it's got a stunning dial.
A splendid review, thanks. I've the 42mm version of this watch and I love it. Like you, I love field watches. This Hamilton ticks all of the boxes, that make it an awesome field watch. I've stuck mine on a French Marine Nationale strap. The calves nubuck leather strap is far too nice for everyday wear. This is a great watch. The H-10 movement is not just a workhorse. It's tough and super accurate. This Hamilton field watch is simple, hardwearing and it looks great.
Thank you for the nice review! It's the first one so far for this model I think👍 It's a bit shame for lack of AR coating. Does it reflect a lot? I had khaki king once but its beautiful dial was a bit hidden because of the reflections. Anyway, this khaki field looks absolutely gorgeous.
I own this watch (blue dial). It’s gorgeous and I love it. The strap is crap though and the wrong colour. I changed it for a lighter tan rustic leather strap and the difference is significant.
I am not a fan of titanium in general but this 38mm version really looks neat ... (By the way, same here. My first automatic watch I bought when I started was Khaki Field)
Thanks for a great review, great pictures and excellent description, noting your preferences as such. I really like this watch in the pictures but I didn’t get to hold it until today at the local A.D. Now I’m in love! The green is just perfect, especially with the orange markers. I’d go with a 38 mm on my 17 cm wrist, it was very much better. But it’s definitely moved up a couple of notches on my wish list.
Beautiful new khakis. I'd wear all of them, except the blue dial one. Anyway, i think i'm the only one who actually likes the glossiness of non-AR saphire crystal.
That look, esp the color scheme, with a black bezel to make it a diver watch, 40mm, good movement, bracelet or black rubber strap (both even better) - $1-2k range - I’m buying immediately.
I just got the black dial version a few days ago and it will be my daily wear, i like the smaller crown on these in comparison to the old automatics and i think the lugs are a little more curved than the older stainless steel cousins
Hey! Love all the shots of the watch and the script and review was great! I really don't like it when reviewers just hold the watch in their hands and fumble through their review. And noted elsewhere, the music is pretty loud and when it played over your talking, your voice got quiet so it was even harder to hear 😂. Regardless, keep up the great and I look forward to what else you put out!
I absolutely love the green dial, and still almost wear this piece daily. This should be available in store now, but obviously whether or not a store has it in stock is another issue. I ordered mine directly from the Hamilton website.
Great review, thanks! I've eye-balled the Hamilton Khaki Field watch for several years now and have never been able to quite pull the trigger, for one reason or another. This one is a nice offering, especially compared to the last version... for one thing as you pointed out, the word "Titanium" written on the side of the case looks awful. Also, the dial was a mess with the date window chopping off the 3:00 marker and then the military time numeral "15" pushed inward and out of line with the rest. It disrupts the flow of the dial (to my eyes anyway). This new design is much cleaner and I love that it has no date. It's quite beautiful but I don't understand why the watch doesn't have a screwdown crown, especially for the price! That is a deal-breaker for me, personally. I ended up checking the "field watch box" in my collection with an Orient Star Sports Outdoor. Imho,it's the perfect size at 41mm, Made in Japan, 50hr power reserve with indicator, Sapphire Crystal, display caseback, great lume, 100m water resistance, and screw-down crown. They are about half the price (on the grey market) of the Hamilton khaki field. Put it on a nato and it's damn near perfect! It's given me rock solid performance (about +5 a day) for a couple of years now and I've worn it under some pretty harsh conditions.
@Thomas Wright It's just a matter of personal preference. I feel like more effort went into the manufacturing process when a watch has a screw down crown. I don't doubt that the one reviewed has 100m water resistance; but given a choice at the same price point, I'll more than likely pick the watch that has one. The advanced gaskets aren't going to matter too much if the crown, for some reason, gets dislodged while the watch is submerged. There are other reasons that have prevented me from buying one of the Khaki Field Automatics... bad lume, no AR coating on the Sapphire, and generally a super long lug width. It's not so pronounced on this model. This is a nice piece but I wish they'd lose the Invicta-like "titanium" writing on the side of the case. All that being said, I still would like to add a Hamilton to my collection but just haven't found one that really grabs me yet.
Thanks for the helpful review. Any idea if the black version of this (listed along with the green and blue on the Hamilton website) also upgraded with the changes (like the "Titanium" removed), or is it the old 2020 model still?
There are two references in the 2022 collection with black/gray dials. The first is reference H70205830 The second has a pvd coated case and is reference H70215880
It's odd .Here in the UK the colour Khaki is a shade of sandy brown and what you call khaki we call olive drab. Great watches tho and love the shade of green whatever we call it lol
It's not so much what I call khaki either...Khaki in the USA is the same as in the UK, a sandy brown. The oddness here is that Hamilton themselves decided to call this green color "khaki" for some reason.
With the wacky music playing and the soft volume of your voice, I really couldn't get a lot out of this. I'll re-search. This watch looks great, though.
I really want to like these but a 40mm would be perfect. And legibility being a hallmark of a field watch, what's with the black framed hands on a dark dial? So many of these so called watch designers continue to miss the basics.
@@BridgeAndBalance You still don't get it, no one wants to hear any music, no one wants to watch someone unwrapping a package either. We want to hear your comments while we're looking at the watch, that's it!
I totally appreciate the feedback even though I disagree 🙂. I'm not looking to make a career out of this, I just enjoy watches and like sharing with others, if you don't care for my style that's okay. But if you want to chat watches with me Id love to have you around! Lots of room for lots of different styles. Thanks so much!
The word “ Titanium “ engraved on the left side of the watch is cheesy and totally unnecessary. Hamilton is also no longer a US brand but part of the Swatch group ; so a big Swiss Corporate entity .The double pin buckle bracelet is also not to my taste , in my opinion “ less is more” so just a regular pin buckle would be better. The generic and basic ETA movement , lack of lume and AR coating also are negatives. For just a little more I would buy a Damasko ; Swiss movement adjusted and regulated by Damasko, German engineering and much better quality components / specs. Nice review though .
I totally agree about the titanium engraving and I'm so glad this watch removed it. In my opinion, joining Swatch in 1974 was the best thing that could have happened to Hamilton, as without Swatch, Hamilton wouldn't exist today. To me, being a Swiss brand doesn't tarnish their heritage or anything and I still love the brand and history. As far as the H-10 just being a generic and basic"eta movement I'm just going to have to disagree a bit :). While the H-10 is certainly unassuming and a bit of a workhorse for Hamilton, you have to look at it's feature set and price point. To get an in-house Swiss made and regulated ETA movement with 80 hours power reserve for WELL under 1000 USD is a minor miracle. When you are considering "value for money" in Swiss watches I don't think there is a better option than Hamilton... Damasko certainly makes nice pieces as well and I should try to get my hands on one to do a review. Thanks so much for the comment! It means a whole lot to me.
Yes the brands history is still there that’s true and it lives on even if under a different “ roof” so to speak . I totally agree on it being an awesome “ bang per buck “ piece . I am not 100 % sure but I believe the regulation on the Hamilton is done by laser while on the Damasko it is done by the watchmaker and his/ her tools . Once the piece has been laser regulated it’s permanent as such while on the manual regulation it can be readjusted / re regulated many times as needed throughout the years, although I don’t think it makes a big difference . One of my Damasko favourites is the DA 42 but their chronographs like the DC66 are also nice . I hope you find one and do a review they are also great “ bang per buck “ . I used to own a Hamilton I gave it to one of my staff when leaving my posting in Brazil . He loved it ; gave his G -Shock to his son and wore the Hamilton with pride the next day . He is still probably wearing it now ….
That's not kaki ( real kaki has zero green, and is close to beige, being a very light brown, made also from orange white and black but more saturated then beige. Kaki is the color of desert, earth and sand, and the name comes directly from hindi and somalese. Was used for indian army uniforms in the british army, and from 1890 was also used by british army in Somalia coz' having .45 repeting rifles and revolvers was not enough agains spears when wearing red cots... The watch color is not even olive - army green, but more like a semi-light shade of prusian blue, that is a greysh cyan or greysh turquoise, greysh Paris blue, blue-greysh smaragd green, and can be made from blue and green, greyed with white and black or by using a complementary color like red for green.
While it's certainly true that many people prefer not having a date window, it's equally true that many, like myself, prefer having a date function on their watch. I wish Hamilton offered both options here.
My first mechanical watch was also a Khaki. After 10 years it's still beloved; long lugs, no AR, and date window all being part of the charm.
I tend to be ok with a date window generally. They certainly are not "on trend" in the community right now and I get their point. Often it feels like the date window is "complication for complication sake" and can tend to detract from the dial a bit.
The Khaki Field, as a tool watch does make more sense in having a date window.
@@BridgeAndBalance I personally find date windows to be very functional (as opposed to a lot of other complications, which I would be more likely to call "complication for complication sake.") I agree that it would be nice to have both options.
I can somewhat agree with this assessment, especially when you're taking about a field watch.
I think date windows are a bit absurd when they are slapped on pieces that are designed with brilliant dials.
The most popular example of this I think is the Grand Seiko Snowflake. It doesn't need that date window and I think it detracts from the watch itself. I don't need utilitarian function when I'm wearing the Snowflake, I'm wearing it because it's got a stunning dial.
A splendid review, thanks. I've the 42mm version of this watch and I love it. Like you, I love field watches. This Hamilton ticks all of the boxes, that make it an awesome field watch. I've stuck mine on a French Marine Nationale strap. The calves nubuck leather strap is far too nice for everyday wear. This is a great watch. The H-10 movement is not just a workhorse. It's tough and super accurate. This Hamilton field watch is simple, hardwearing and it looks great.
Music is a little too loud, makes it hard to hear your comments, love the visual tho!
Thanks so much for the feedback! I definitely appreciate it.
Thank you for the nice review! It's the first one so far for this model I think👍
It's a bit shame for lack of AR coating. Does it reflect a lot? I had khaki king once but its beautiful dial was a bit hidden because of the reflections. Anyway, this khaki field looks absolutely gorgeous.
I haven't noticed the reflections being too unbearable. Here and there yes, but overall I dont think it's too bad.
I own this watch (blue dial). It’s gorgeous and I love it. The strap is crap though and the wrong colour. I changed it for a lighter tan rustic leather strap and the difference is significant.
I am not a fan of titanium in general but this 38mm version really looks neat ... (By the way, same here. My first automatic watch I bought when I started was Khaki Field)
The Khaki Field is a great first watch!
Thanks for a great review, great pictures and excellent description, noting your preferences as such. I really like this watch in the pictures but I didn’t get to hold it until today at the local A.D. Now I’m in love! The green is just perfect, especially with the orange markers. I’d go with a 38 mm on my 17 cm wrist, it was very much better. But it’s definitely moved up a couple of notches on my wish list.
Beautiful new khakis. I'd wear all of them, except the blue dial one. Anyway, i think i'm the only one who actually likes the glossiness of non-AR saphire crystal.
That look, esp the color scheme, with a black bezel to make it a diver watch, 40mm, good movement, bracelet or black rubber strap (both even better) - $1-2k range - I’m buying immediately.
Thank you for information. I am waiting for this product to come out on the store.
I just got the black dial version a few days ago and it will be my daily wear, i like the smaller crown on these in comparison to the old automatics and i think the lugs are a little more curved than the older stainless steel cousins
Hey! Love all the shots of the watch and the script and review was great! I really don't like it when reviewers just hold the watch in their hands and fumble through their review. And noted elsewhere, the music is pretty loud and when it played over your talking, your voice got quiet so it was even harder to hear 😂. Regardless, keep up the great and I look forward to what else you put out!
Is the sapphire AR coated? Thanks for the Lume shot! I would love to see it in pitch black.
Hamilton does not generally add AR on their Khaki Field models and it's definitely a gripe. This is no exception as it lacks AR coating as well
Hamilton and longines should include pliers with their watches so you could just bend the lugs over and make a bracelet out of them.
Good video - I appreciate your attention to detail. FWIW I found the background music to be very distracting. You could do without it!
Thanks so much! I appreciate your comment. Music is a tough one for sure, thanks for your input on it.
Awful backing music had to turn off
Yeah music is a tough one. Thanks for the feedback!
Is the lume on the titanium version better then the steel versions? For example vs H70455533?
Great video! First time watching one of yours.
Is this updated model in stores now? I love this take on the green dial, actually!
I absolutely love the green dial, and still almost wear this piece daily. This should be available in store now, but obviously whether or not a store has it in stock is another issue. I ordered mine directly from the Hamilton website.
Great review, thanks!
I've eye-balled the Hamilton Khaki Field watch for several years now and have never been able to quite pull the trigger, for one reason or another.
This one is a nice offering, especially compared to the last version... for one thing as you pointed out, the word "Titanium" written on the side of the case looks awful. Also, the dial was a mess with the date window chopping off the 3:00 marker and then the military time numeral "15" pushed inward and out of line with the rest. It disrupts the flow of the dial (to my eyes anyway).
This new design is much cleaner and I love that it has no date. It's quite beautiful but I don't understand why the watch doesn't have a screwdown crown, especially for the price! That is a deal-breaker for me, personally.
I ended up checking the "field watch box" in my collection with an Orient Star Sports Outdoor.
Imho,it's the perfect size at 41mm, Made in Japan, 50hr power reserve with indicator, Sapphire Crystal, display caseback, great lume, 100m water resistance, and screw-down crown.
They are about half the price (on the grey market) of the Hamilton khaki field. Put it on a nato and it's damn near perfect! It's given me rock solid performance (about +5 a day) for a couple of years now and I've worn it under some pretty harsh conditions.
Thanks for the comment! That orient is a really sharp looking watch, I'm glad you've had such great luck with it!
@Thomas Wright It's just a matter of personal preference. I feel like more effort went into the manufacturing process when a watch has a screw down crown. I don't doubt that the one reviewed has 100m water resistance; but given a choice at the same price point, I'll more than likely pick the watch that has one.
The advanced gaskets aren't going to matter too much if the crown, for some reason, gets dislodged while the watch is submerged.
There are other reasons that have prevented me from buying one of the Khaki Field Automatics... bad lume, no AR coating on the Sapphire, and generally a super long lug width. It's not so pronounced on this model.
This is a nice piece but I wish they'd lose the Invicta-like "titanium" writing on the side of the case.
All that being said, I still would like to add a Hamilton to my collection but just haven't found one that really grabs me yet.
Thanks for the review bit hard to hear you with the music
I definitely appreciate the feedback!
Best with pull / push crown??? I don't think so... But, yes, this watch looks very nice
The farcry version is really nice.
Thanks for the helpful review. Any idea if the black version of this (listed along with the green and blue on the Hamilton website) also upgraded with the changes (like the "Titanium" removed), or is it the old 2020 model still?
There are two references in the 2022 collection with black/gray dials.
The first is reference H70205830
The second has a pvd coated case and is reference H70215880
@@BridgeAndBalance Love both of them - especially the 880 - but I need the bigger watch. I wish they made these in 42
I genuinely couldn’t finish the video because of the loud music in the background
Thanks so much for the feedback! I appreciate it.
Good review but music is way too loud. No music would be even better or limited only to the intro.
Thanks so much for your feedback! I definitely appreciate it
It's odd .Here in the UK the colour Khaki is a shade of sandy brown and what you call khaki we call olive drab. Great watches tho and love the shade of green whatever we call it lol
It's not so much what I call khaki either...Khaki in the USA is the same as in the UK, a sandy brown. The oddness here is that Hamilton themselves decided to call this green color "khaki" for some reason.
It really depends on the lighting. Sometimes it's _definitely_ green. Sometimes it's a blue/gray.
What it isn't ... Is khaki lol
With the wacky music playing and the soft volume of your voice, I really couldn't get a lot out of this. I'll re-search. This watch looks great, though.
Thanks so much for the comment! I really appreciate it! Everyone has different takes on music but I definitely appreciate you sharing your opinion.
I really want to like these but a 40mm would be perfect. And legibility being a hallmark of a field watch, what's with the black framed hands on a dark dial? So many of these so called watch designers continue to miss the basics.
Idk if I’d go as far as to say that the L2L dimension is “large”. Long for a 38mm case yes, but 47mm in general is just about perfect.
That's true, the case/lug ratio is a bit...off, but it still wears nice. It's more of a problem on the 42mm variants.
Thanks for the video. Had to tap out after a minute because the music is so nauseating and distracting.
I appreciate the feedback! Thanks for watching
Lose the tunes, then maybe I'll come back
You're welcome anytime :) thanks for the feedback, music is a tough one and I can't please everyone I do appreciate the comment though.
@@BridgeAndBalance You still don't get it, no one wants to hear any music, no one wants to watch someone unwrapping a package either. We want to hear your comments while we're looking at the watch, that's it!
I totally appreciate the feedback even though I disagree 🙂.
I'm not looking to make a career out of this, I just enjoy watches and like sharing with others, if you don't care for my style that's okay. But if you want to chat watches with me Id love to have you around! Lots of room for lots of different styles.
Thanks so much!
The word “ Titanium “ engraved on the left side of the watch is cheesy and totally unnecessary. Hamilton is also no longer a US brand but part of the Swatch group ; so a big Swiss Corporate entity .The double pin buckle bracelet is also not to my taste , in my opinion “ less is more” so just a regular pin buckle would be better. The generic and basic ETA movement , lack of lume and AR coating also are negatives. For just a little more I would buy a Damasko ; Swiss movement adjusted and regulated by Damasko, German engineering and much better quality components / specs. Nice review though .
I totally agree about the titanium engraving and I'm so glad this watch removed it. In my opinion, joining Swatch in 1974 was the best thing that could have happened to Hamilton, as without Swatch, Hamilton wouldn't exist today.
To me, being a Swiss brand doesn't tarnish their heritage or anything and I still love the brand and history.
As far as the H-10 just being a generic and basic"eta movement I'm just going to have to disagree a bit :). While the H-10 is certainly unassuming and a bit of a workhorse for Hamilton, you have to look at it's feature set and price point. To get an in-house Swiss made and regulated ETA movement with 80 hours power reserve for WELL under 1000 USD is a minor miracle. When you are considering "value for money" in Swiss watches I don't think there is a better option than Hamilton...
Damasko certainly makes nice pieces as well and I should try to get my hands on one to do a review.
Thanks so much for the comment! It means a whole lot to me.
Yes the brands history is still there that’s true and it lives on even if under a different “ roof” so to speak . I totally agree on it being an awesome “ bang per buck “ piece . I am not 100 % sure but I believe the regulation on the Hamilton is done by laser while on the Damasko it is done by the watchmaker and his/ her tools . Once the piece has been laser regulated it’s permanent as such while on the manual regulation it can be readjusted / re regulated many times as needed throughout the years, although I don’t think it makes a big difference . One of my Damasko favourites is the DA 42 but their chronographs like the DC66 are also nice . I hope you find one and do a review they are also great “ bang per buck “ . I used to own a Hamilton I gave it to one of my staff when leaving my posting in Brazil . He loved it ; gave his G -Shock to his son and wore the Hamilton with pride the next day . He is still probably wearing it now ….
The new H705451 doesn't have it say titanium on the side..only on the h705400's
That's not kaki ( real kaki has zero green, and is close to beige, being a very light brown, made also from orange white and black but more saturated then beige. Kaki is the color of desert, earth and sand, and the name comes directly from hindi and somalese. Was used for indian army uniforms in the british army, and from 1890 was also used by british army in Somalia coz' having .45 repeting rifles and revolvers was not enough agains spears when wearing red cots... The watch color is not even olive - army green, but more like a semi-light shade of prusian blue, that is a greysh cyan or greysh turquoise, greysh Paris blue, blue-greysh smaragd green, and can be made from blue and green, greyed with white and black or by using a complementary color like red for green.
I agree. Take it up with Hamilton haha.
Good review. Music needs to go.
Hey I appreciate your feedback! Music is a tough one for sure. Thanks for commenting!
Please use less obnoxious background music.. I liked your video but had to stop due to the constant looping generic gamer music.
Damn the lume is pretty mediocre
I feel like it's better on this one compared to previous titanium khaki models...But I won't argue here, it's not spectacular
Dude can’t hear what you’re saying because of that ridiculous music. It’s too loud lol.
Thanks so much for the comment! I appreciate it a lot
Awful audio
I totally appreciate your feedback! Music and audio is definitely a tough one.
Good review though love the Hamilton have a couple myself 👍👍👍👍
I appreciate all feedback! Thanks for watching.