Camp Mabry has sat in the middle of Austin since 1892, one of the oldest active military posts in Texas. A field watch felt like the honest way to use that name. Nothing decorative, nothing you have to baby. Just something light on the wrist that tells you the time in any light.
The cream one. Ceramic injected-mold indexes with a C3 handset, so it reads in any light by day and glows green after dark.
The lightest read of the three. On the nylon strap it barely registers on the wrist.
C3 lume on the handset. 1.8oz on the fabric strap.
A deep service blue with BGW9 on the markers and hands, which glows ice blue instead of green.
The one that passes for a dress watch until you look closer at the compass bezel.
BGW9 lume. Grade 2 titanium, DLC coated.
The classic field watch read. White on black, BGW9 lume, nothing on the dial that does not help you tell the time.
The tool-watch one. The one that gets worn the most.
BGW9 lume. Grade 2 titanium, DLC coated.
39mm case. 47mm lug to lug. 11.4mm thick. Four things worth knowing before you put it on.
Swiss Sellita SW200-1, elaboré grade, running at 4Hz. 35 to 42 hours of reserve.
Every Mabry is regulated and timed in my Austin shop before it ships, to within 4 seconds a day.
Every Mabry ships on a full grade 2 titanium solid end link bracelet, with a nylon hook and loop strap in the box. The nylon is infinitely adjustable and closes with a micro hook and loop system.
Each piece is delivered in my own full grain leather watch wallet.
I've had a lifelong love affair with mechanical watches. From my first watch at age 8 to inheriting my grandfather's old Wyler from my mother, they've always been central to my life.
Every DuFrane is built by hand in my Austin shop. I regulate each movement. I test every piece.
Everything measured, nothing rounded.
Swiss Sellita SW200-1 Elaboré · Grade 2 titanium · Automatic · 100m
Grade 2 titanium, DLC coated to 1200 Vickers for scratch resistance, with the all-new Ti compass bezel. 39mm across, 47mm lug to lug, 11.4mm thick, 20mm lug size. 1.8oz (52g) on the fabric strap, 3.5oz (100g) on the bracelet.
Sapphire, with a 5x anti-reflective coating.
6.5mm screw-down crown.
Ceramic injected-mold indexes. Swiss SuperLumiNova BGW9 on Shadow Black and Service Blue; C3 on the Field White handset.
Swiss Sellita SW200-1, elaboré grade, 4Hz / 28,800 bph. 35 to 42 hour power reserve. In-house regulated and timed to +/-4 seconds per day.
100m.
Titanium solid end link bracelet and an infinitely adjustable fabric strap with micro hook closure, both included. Delivered in a DuFrane full grain leather watch wallet.