Introducing the Hamilton Navy Khaki Scuba, Now in a 43mm Size
The $1,000 dive watch space is incredibly competitive. If you?re looking for a tough, everyday sports watch at this price point with a rotating timing bezel and some healthy water resistance, you have more options now than at any time in the recent past. Big brands, small brands, and brands that even those of us who are deepest into the watch world have never heard of are asking for your hard earned money, and want to sell you what, in a very real sense, is one of the simplest watches imaginable. The inexpensive dive watch is a ?close your eyes and think of a watch? type watch for many people – it?s pure function. So it?s a little confounding that so many different types exist, each brand putting their own spin on the format, just slightly differentiating their watch from the competition. Hamilton is a brand that doesn?t scream ?dive watch? to most enthusiasts, but they offer a line of divers under their Khaki umbrella that anyone looking for a value oriented diver in a conservative style should check out.Â
The latest version of the Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba Automatic is a 43mm dive watch that?s about as simple and straightforward as these things get, and that?s a good thing. While there?s certainly a time and place for adventurous style and unusual design decisions, sometimes there?s value (and a need in a larger watch collection) for something incredibly rudimentary and straightforward. The last time Hamilton introduced a Khaki Navy Scuba it was quartz an...
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