
If Your Adventure Watch Has These Features, It’s in Rare Company
They're a bit exotic, but watches with these specs make a lot of sense if you're using them on actual adventures.
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.
They're a bit exotic, but watches with these specs make a lot of sense if you're using them on actual adventures.
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