This Affordable Automatic Reinvents the Field Watch in Glowing Fashion

This watch really comes alive at night.

Close-up of a black watch face with glowing blue and green hour markers and an orange second hand.

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By Brad Lanphear

Published January 28, 2026

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Updated January 28, 2026

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Field watches are one of the industry’s more objective categories. The loose parameters, set by the historical president and intended use, offer ample gray area to play with.

It allows young, lean and agile watch brands like Astor and Banks to garner attention by taking the category somewhere new. That is exactly what the new Terra Scout does, advancing the field watch category in both form and function.

Black dial wristwatch with silver case and black fabric strap on a wooden surface next to a pencil and notebook. — The Terra Scout is a fresh take on the field watch.

There are no syringe hands or military time scales here. The former are replaced by blunted dauphine hands with half-lumed inlays, while a visually pleasing date track indicated by a rotating orange dash sits in place of the latter.

Despite a mostly monotone matte finish, depth is created by a hybrid sandwich-and-sector dial construction. The top layer consists of a central circle and track with the hour markers cut out, featuring bullet dashes and stencil numerals at the cardinal points.

Close-up of a white watch dial with black hour markers, an orange date indicator, and black hands. — The Terra Scout has a 31-day track date complication.

A bottom plate contains a dash seconds track on the outer rim and provides contrast for the cut-out hour track. Positioned on the same plane is the date track, sunken between the center sector and hour track, with the rotating orange dash on a white wheel beneath.

An eye for details

The Terra Scout debuts with four distinct 38.5mm references. There is a sandblasted steel case with a black or white dial, and two coated steel cases with slightly different black or white dials.

Four wristwatches with black or white dials, orange second hands, and black or green fabric straps on a wooden surface. — The Terra Scout is available in two brushed steel case options, a black DLC case and a khaki Cerakote case.

What sets the dials apart are the seconds hands. Both sandblasted steel references have a matte black coating on their seconds hands, matching the hour and minute hands, accented with a neon orange tip. Meanwhile, the coated cases feature full neon orange seconds hands.

Both black dials are otherwise identical, with all white detailing, save for “Terra Scout” printed in orange below the hands. The white dials offer a touch more visual depth with a black seconds track on the outer edge.

Black Astor+Banks Terra Scout automatic wristwatch with orange second hand and black fabric strap on a wrist. — The matte black DLC-coated Terra Scout comes on a black canvas strap with an FKM rubber lining.

A black canvas pin buckle strap with an FKM rubber strap is provided with both black dial references. The matte-black DLC-coated case reference, equipped with a solid orange seconds hand, creates a uniform look and gives strong Porsche Design vibes.

The only limited edition in the debut collection is the khaki Cerakote-coated case dubbed Desert Sand, with just 100 units available. It has a white dial and is paired with the same black strap as the black dial versions.

Light the night

As pretty as the Terra Scout dial looks in broad daylight, it really shines in the dark. Astor and Banks got creative with Super-LumiNova, creating an alternating blue and green glowing ring around the dial’s rim, topped with a green triangle at 12:00.

Black wristwatch with blue and green luminescent hour markers and hands on a dark textured surface. — An alternating blue and green ring of Super-LumiNova frames each dial, with a green triangle at 12:00.

The hour track glows blue on the black dials, while the white dials are fully lumed, with the hour track standing out in relief and making the date track visible in the dark.

All four watches have blue glowing lume in every hand, even the full orange seconds hands.

Each dial is topped with a box sapphire crystal featuring an anti-reflective coating on the inside.

Close-up of a glowing blue watch face with black numerals, green accents, and black hands reading 11:10. — The white dial on the Terra Scout is fully lumed.

The Terra Scout runs on a La Joux-Perret Caliber G100 automatic movement with a customized date wheel. It beats at 4Hz, packs a 68-hour power reserve and is regulated by Astor and Banks to an accuracy of +/-8 seconds per day.

Availability and price

While the Terra Scout doesn’t look quite like any field watch I’ve seen before, it provides the high legibility, sturdy durability and reliable accuracy required by the category. The black DLC-coated reference, in particular, has a sleek, edgy appearance more often associated with driving watches.

The Terra Scout is now available from Astor and Banks, with a temporary debut discount that drops the price from $995 to $875 for three of the four references. The limited-edition Khaki Cerekote model costs $975, down from $1,195, and is estimated to ship in March.

Black wristwatch with orange second hand and black fabric strap on a wooden surface next to an orange and black book.

Astor and Banks Terra Scout

Specs

Case Size	38.5mm
Movement	La Joux-Perret Caliber G100 automatic
Water Resistance	200m

$875 at Astor and Banks

$995 (12% off)

About the Author: Brad Lanphear is an associate editor at Gear Patrol covering watches and style. Before joining the publication, he previously wrote for Heddels and Men’s Health. Now, he’s on a never-ending quest to find the perfect pair of Japanese denim.

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