Last week, Bulova, the distinctly American watch brand founded in 1875, released three new models inspired by the historical watches it produced for the U.S. military in the early-to mid-20th Century. With the new Hack and A-15 Pilot watches, Bulova kickstarts its Military Collection, thus expanding its range of heritage offerings.

The two Hack models take their stylistic cues from Bulova’s vintage 3818-A military model, produced in the 1950 and ?60s, and are named for those watches’ well-known hacking seconds mechanisms. The third new timepiece, the A-15 Pilot Watch, is another vintage-influenced model which finds its inspiration in an interesting military-issued A-15 ?Elapsed Time Watch? from 1944, also known for its various internal rotating bezels and multiple crowns.
The Hack watches are time-only field watch-inspired models available in either a black or white colorway; the black model is accented with red and luminescent material, while the white version uses luminescent and black accents. Both watches use a 38-mm steel case with a prominent, boxy crown. On the dial of the watch you can find a common ?60s-style field watch design, with a simple outer minute ring, large Arabic numerals from 1 to 12 marking each hour, and inside this outer scale, smaller numerals from 13 to 24 to assist in telling time more efficiently throughout the day using military time. Sweeping over the dial are a vintage sword and arrow-style combination of hands for the hour and m...