Bronze is for people who like watching things change
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
Bronze case, green dial, leather strap. This is the Khaki Field Mechanical bumped up to 42 mm by 11.2 mm with 22 mm lugs and a bronze case that'll go from shiny penny to brown-green over a few months depending on your skin and how much you sweat. (I sweat a lot. Mine would go dark fast.)
Same H-50 hand-wound inside with 80 hours, same open back. 100 m water resistance, which is actually double the steel 38 mm version.
The thing nobody tells you about bronze: some people get a little green mark on their wrist from it, and the patina doesn't always come in pretty. Sometimes it's blotchy. You either love that or you don't. Try it before you buy if you can. Also, $875 to $945 is about $350 more than the steel 38. That's a big premium for a different metal and a bigger case.
If you want a field watch with a story about where it's been, this is a fun one. If you want the best Khaki Field, I still say the little steel one.