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Watch Deals at Smith & Bradley

Smith & Bradley is offering deep discounts on two of their most popular watches. These deals are limited to 100 units each and, during the holiday shopping season, they will likely go fast.

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The Sans-13 is my favorite “tool” watch. You can check out my previous review. I wear it on the range, while splitting wood, or any other time I need a watch I trust to stand up to a beating. It also happens to be on sale for $199 which is impressive for a watch with great lume, a Swiss movement, a sapphire crystal, and a case this tough.

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S&B is also offering their Ambush watch at a discount of more than $100 off ($530). I wear an Ambush daily and have really come to appreciate its dual time capability as someone who works across multiple time zones. The on board compass is one of the most complete I have seen in a watch with its easily adjustable declination and user settable heading function. It is a great daily watch and a solid companion in the field.

Check out both watch specials at Smith & Bradley.

Smith & Bradley Springfield Classic Field Watch – Stretch Goals

Smith & Bradley‘s Springfield Classic Field Watch has been a smashing success and it’s easy to see why. It is a lot of watch for a very affordable price with its clean, classic field watch inspired design, modern proportions, domed sapphire crystal, and Swiss movement. They have more than 2 weeks left on their crowdfunding campaign and they have already raised nearly 4 times their original goal!

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That means it is time to trot out some stretch goals which S&B has done in the form of new band options. If they can reach $44,000, they will unlock a black or brown leather strap option. If they can reach $55,000, they will unlock a stainless mesh strap option.

Check out the Springfield Classic Field Watch on Kickstarter.

Crowdfund This: Smith & Bradley Springfield Classic Field Watch

The simple field watch has been a functional and stylish men’s watch option for pretty much as long as it has existed. It is an absolute classic thanks to its slim, simple case, readable dial, and it’s chameleon like ability to go with a t-shirt and jeans on the range or a business suit at the office. The field watch is what you might call a classic.

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Smith & Bradley’s new Springfield Classic Field Watch takes that clean, classic style and injects a dose of modern, muscular proportions. This timepiece is still an easy-to-wear field watch through and through but it’s style, proportions, and features are subtly more contemporary.

The Springfield starts with a 48mm case machined from 316-L stainless steel. It is large enough to look at home on large wrists but it is trim enough to work for anyone. Everything about the watch has been scaled up to meet the proportions of the case. The large crown is easy to use but also works as a design element. The long hand set fills the space of the face well without crowding it. The 20mm lug spacing ensures that you have more strap options than you would with the narrower lug spacing of a traditional field watch while also working with the larger proportions of the Springfield.

The 33mm diameter of dial let the designers at S&B convey a lot of information without making it feel crowded or unreadable. The 12 hour markings are very large and very easy to read, even at night thanks to the C3 Luminova (the hands are also C3 Luminova coated). The 24 hour and second markings are smaller and out of the way. The calendar placed at 3 o’clock on the dial is unobtrusive and easy to read. The dial is covered with a domed sapphire crystal. There is a Swiss Ronda Quartz movement under the dial, driving the hand set.

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The Springfield looks great and it has good stuff under the hood but it also very affordable. This is Smith & Bradley’s 4th Kickstarter funded watch and it is also their most affordable by far. The single watch perk starts at just $159 which is downright impressive for a watch with sapphire crystal, Swiss movement, 316-L stainless case, C3 Luminova, and style this clean and versatile. The 2 watch perk brings the price per watch down even further!

The Springfield is built in the USA. It is available with a stainless finish or black PVD finish. It will come with a NATO style strap.

Check out the Smith & Bradley Springfield Classic Field Watch on Kickstarter.

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Smith & Bradley Ambush – Updates

Smith & Bradley have have given their Ambush model watch a bit of a make over in the form of a new hand set, a new sleeker buttons, and lume that matches the LCD screen illumination.

The previous hand set was a bit chunkier and covered more of the digital elements of the watch. The new set are skeletonized so that they don’t obscure as much of the watch face and they look pretty darn good too.

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The new pusher is more of a sleek, dome shape. The previous version had a mushroom shape. The new design reduces the chance of the watch catching on gear or clothing. Finally, the lume on the face and hands has been changed to a blue color that matches the illumination of the digital components of the watch.

If you aren’t familiar with the Ambush and it’s many functions, see our original post from when this watch was released. The high points are that the Ambush is a watch with both analog and digital elements. It has the readability of an analog with with many functions of a digital including an alarm, hourly chime, and chronograph. It also has the ability to display the time in two time zones simultaneously – one on the digital display and one on the analog display. The movement is Swiss and the watch is assembled in the USA. On top of all of that, it has an advanced compass features that can show your bearing and a user settable azimuth.

Check out the Ambush at Smith & Bradley.

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Massive Independence Day Markdown on Smith & Bradley Sans-13

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I am still wearing my Smith & Bradley Sans-13 watch daily. It has served me very well and I can recommend it to anyone looking for an American made “tool watch” – especially when they are marked down from $399 to $235 to celebrate Independence Day!

The special pricing is good through the 4th of July. The website says that only 50 watches will be sold at the special pricing but if you mention that you came from JTT in the comments of your order, Smith & Bradley will make sure you get the special pricing.

Check out the Sans-13 at a special price.

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