The watch is available in a variety of flavors and band treatments and features a respectable five-year warranty .
Past technical specs , should you buy it ? It is light and comfortable to the point where you could forget you were wearing a watch if it weren ’ t for that bright orange band . Durability scores a 10 / 10 . Keys and coins proved no match for both sapphire and case and if you were to take it off and drop it , cement floors — well you know how the saying goes “ you don ’ t hit it with __, you hit __ with it .” Plus , no frequent flier remorse , GMT setting , and readability is flawless .
Gripes ? If you are equipped with anything less than night-vision goggles , reading this watch is difficult at night . This lume could give Vantablack a run for its money . Speaking of money … at $ 425 , it lives in the upper echelon of prices anyone will pay for a quartz movement ( that isn ’ t produced by TAG Heuer , Breitling , Omega or Rolex – but that ’ s ’ a whole other article ).
With its flashy looks , co-workers and athletes will ask the Adventurer what ’ s on his wrist ( when people are actually allowed to mingle again ) and he ’ ll proudly claim , “ it ’ s a Victorinox .” And for at least five years he ’ ll be assured that his timepiece will stand up and perform – and that ’ s only . 23 cents a day !
Early 21st century adventurers ( that ’ s us , folks ), have rocked
specific brands for their excursions : a Nalgene water bottle , a G-Shock watch and a Swiss Army knife . Victorinox is taking square aim at one of these three icons with their new FieldForce Sport GMT , in a bold grab for wrist space in the casual / sport / urban adventurer / under $ 500 category .
Victorinox ’ s targeted Adventurer goes to the salon for a beard trim and an undercut , frequents the gym , the office , the dog park ( or used to when the watch was designed ) and maybe a trail or two on the weekends , but never leaves the confines of society . He ’ s not the former military / Tough Mudder / first responder / G-Shock Adventurer , he ’ s the kind who buys a stretchy J Crew suit and sprints the last block to the liquor store for a bottle of Pinot ( that ’ s the weekday workout .) In short , it ’ s a sport watch for Adventurers who don ’ t want to sweat .
The FieldForce looks as svelte and trim as Its intended wearers wish they did , with a sleek gunmetal PVD 42mm case and flashy
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