
These Affordable New Field Watches Feature Traditional Tattoo Design
An affordable new series from Timex fuses its Scout field watch with designs by traditional Hawaiian tattoo artist Keone Nunes.

Zen Love is Gear Patrol's Associate Editor. He has been deeply obsessed with watches for over a decade and has written about them professionally for nearly as long. Since 2019, he's been covering anything that ticks and fits on the wrist for Gear Patrol with a bent toward making watches' history, mechanics, and collector culture approachable and democratic. He is always punctual.

An affordable new series from Timex fuses its Scout field watch with designs by traditional Hawaiian tattoo artist Keone Nunes.
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We found three vintage dress watches that stand out for their beautiful designs, with case sizes that are just right.
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The dial is where you can often find often exotic materials not used elsewhere in watchmaking, and some brands have gotten very creative.
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