Our selection of tacticool watches
5 Sturdy-Nerdy Timepieces that tick every box for the active watch collector at a 500-5’000 USD Price Range.
You’ve most probably seen many reviews on Youtube and on different watch related websites of great selections of watches for each category and at different price points – Here’s our SPEZ selection of Tacticool watches that we would love to wear:
1. STEINHART OCEAN VINTAGE MILITARY - $ 500
One of the most recognizable and most revered military watch designs – perhaps the best homage of the Rolex Milsub – The Steinhart Ocean Vintage Military, or OVM. At around $ 500, this is perhaps the best value for money, with a swiss ETA movement and amazing specs all-together. Our advice, directly swap the metal bracelet with one of our nato straps and add that watch compass to make it look like a MilSub on steroids. Perhaps the ultimate all-rounder Tacticool watch, unbeatable at that price.
You can order one directly at Steinhart, check their website here.
2. TIMOR MODERN FiELD 100M – $ 1’000
You can never go wrong with a compact black-DLC field watch with a great military heritage. The TIMOR brand is historically known since WW2, being one of the “Dirty Dozen” commissioned watch brands to serve during the 1940s. The MODERN FIELD 100M is a modern interpretation of that Dirty Dozen design, with high stealth and legibility. Priced at around $ 1’000, it’s a very rare watch to be spotted in the wild and will look amazing on our stealthy selection of straps and beefed up with our watch compass.
Have a look directly at their website, thank us later.
3. MICROMILSPEC HERCULES - $ 2’000
Based in Oslo, Micromilspec is an emerging beast when it comes to special-order timepieces for special military units, the HERCULES is the Tacticoolest of them all, a special made-to-order black DLC tool watch with a HUD-display, inspired by the cockpit of the C-130J military aircraft. To order one, one must get in the order list and wait for the production time until your epic watch is delivered. It’s definitely worth the wait.
Discover the Hercules directly at MICROMILSPEC’s website here.
4. SINN EZM 3 - $ 2’400
If you’ve watched some of the videos of Teddy Baldassare, famous retailer and watch blogger in the US – he often praises how undervalued and overengineered Sinn watches are. It’s a marvel of German watchmaking and engineering, a watch so sturdy, legible and collectible, it deserves a special slot in any Tacticool watch collection.
The EZM 3, short for Einsatzzeitmesser in german, or Mission Timer, is a professional dive watch with insane specs – 500m waterproof and an antimagnetic case to withstand the most extreme conditions. With its crown positioned at 9 o’clock to enhance wrist mobility – just imagine how this watch would wear on the wrist or be showcased in your SPEZ collector case.
Check out the EZM 3 directly on Sinn’s website here.
5. TUDOR PELAGOS FXD MT5602 - $ 4’500
Brought to you by the sister-brand of the crown, the Tudor Pelagos FXD Is the ultimate luxury-military diver tool watch. Priced at the top of your tacticool selection, you get not only the watch, but the brand and aura that comes with it.
Tudor has a long history of military watches, many of them ordered for Navy Seals and other corps of the military. The Pelagos FXD is the natural evolution of the Tudor Submariner, with fixed lugs for extra sturdiness and can be worn only on single-pass straps like the nato strap and its different variants. At SPEZ, we have everything you need to beef up that Pelagos.
Check out more on the Pelagos FXD here and grab all your straps and gear here at SPEZ.