I‘m more and more tempted to get a hamilton fieldwatch.
I might as well get the seiko SNK809K2 but deep inside i already now that if i‘d do that i‘ll still end up buying the hamilton in a few months anyway.
both good choices pica, you probably shouldn't ever buy A because you want B though, it never works out...
here's my thoughts
SNK
pros:
- better size imho
- cheap
- if you're going to have a day function, the SNK is funky with blue Saturday/ red Sunday
- the dial is well thought out
- the lume still beats the hammy
- easy to customize and it doesn't matter if it breaks/ or you screw it up
- bead blast finishing
I had a sapphire crystal put on mine (AR coating on the inside) and got it regulated, it runs within +/- 5 secs a day and goes with any strap you can throw at it, all up it still only probably owes me $100 USD! It's downside is the movement though and if you're not wearing it daily you better like that seiko shuffle. Contrary to popular belief though, there is a little trick that lets you hack the movement at least within 2-3 seconds.
Hamilton Khaki
pros:
- history/ brand legacy
- movement, and not just because it's Swiss. 80 hour power reserve really is a god send when you've got a tonne of watches on rotation
- bracelet quality
- finish
having said that, the crystal has no AR coating and while I did say the finishing was a plus, it's polished. How you gunna polish a field watch? It goes against the whole principal of a field watch. in the 350 - 500 dollar price bracket though, you're not getting anything even close to that in terms of quality and I think it could easily be your daily driver due to the power reserve: take off on Friday evening and it's still ticking on Monday morning. Have you seen the lume though? You know you're a joke when Seiko 5 has you beat in that dept. Would prefer it to be 36 - 37mm too but that’s just me being fussy.
Defs buy it with the bracelet if you're going to get one!