Field watches are the modern-day descendants of the trench watches worn by soldiers during the First World War. As such, they tend to be more rudimentary and simplistic than other watch styles.
Most field watches are highly legible with relatively bland styling, a carryover from the style’s utilitarian origins. A black dial with white Arabic numeral indices is the most classic and common arrangement, with the more daring examples featuring a dark green or (gasp!) white dial.
But field watches don’t have to be boring. As long as a watch meets the criteria of being a rugged tool watch with high visibility, a sterile bezel, some water and shock resistance, and an uncluttered dial without excessive complications, people will probably call it a field watch. That still leaves room to be creative, particularly when it comes to color.
Bremont knows this, as the brand has just launched a watch that looks unlike any field watch I’ve seen before thanks to its pale pink dial.
Pink Is In
2024 has been a big year for pink watches. Back in May, I declared it the year of the pink watch on the back of releases like Tudor’s Black Bay Chrono Pink and Grand Seiko’s Pink Snowflake, and the evidence has only grown since then. Just last week, TAG Heuer unveiled a pink and black Monaco, and now Bremont comes along with its Terra Nova 38 ‘Pink.’
The new model is a limited-edition version of the Terra Nova 38 field watch introduced at Watches & Wonders earlier this year, the watch that is perhaps the most symbolic of Bremont’s new brand direction. With its exquisitely finished cushion case, oversized crown, fancy bullet bracelet and huge Arabic indices cut from solid blocks of Super-LumiNova, the Terra Nova already stood out in the crowded field of its genre.
