BulovaMen's Military Heritage Hack Veteran's Watchmaking Initiative Watch in Stainless Steel with 3-Hand Automatic, Black NATO Leather Strap Style: 96A259

Even though I work in tech, I still like an old-fashioned mechanical watch. I think this watch is attractive in its simplicity - it is easily readable and it is not busy - it is not "too much" to look at. It is not too large in circumference. It is a little thicker than I prefer but still not too bad. This watch has more of an old-fashioned, rounded look to it that I like. Maybe it is how the lugs are configured?This watch is more accurate than some mechanical watches I have that I paid twice as much for. I found with my particular watch that it runs a few seconds a day slow when I wear it but it runs a few seconds fast if I leave it face-down overnight - it seems to balance out so overall I can go a surprising number of days - I think a week or more - before I feel like I want to reset it. And it has a "hacking" feature so it is easy to set to the second.The watch seems rugged. I have gotten conflicting info on whether the crystal is sapphire or glass so I don't know. I have worn it daily and I have not noticed any scratches. But my normal adventures are trips to the office or the grocery store and not, say, rock climbing. The lumen is adequate but not spectacular.This is one of the best options you will find if you are looking for a simple, inexpensive but well-made mechanical field watch.

Fantastic. After about a week of wear, it's consistently running about 0.25 seconds per hour fast. Or about three minutes a month. I hack it every morning to NIST, but it's nice to know the movement is so well regulated. I plan to have it a long, long time.Edit: We have settled in. She had been gaining 6 seconds per day, but a month and a half after the above review, she's averaging 0.75 seconds per day of gain. Wildly impressive for an automatic, let alone one in this price bracket. I mean, it's out performing watches that cost 10 to 100 times more. Will update if accuracy suffers. Or somehow improves. There's really not much more room for it to get better, but we'll seeI've stopped re hacking each morning, instead, I rehack with a few seconds lag vs nist and will re hack when I've a few seconds gain vs nist. I wear it all day, no scratches or damage yet (Knock on wood). I take it off to sleep and have it rest Crown Up overnight. The approximate 15 hours of wear each day keeps it plenty topped off - I don't have to manually wind at all. I notice a lot of people looking at it. Looks great on a plain nato strap.

I was in the market for an automatic watch and decided to get this one. I'm very impressed. The strap didn't fit my small wrist so I swapped that out and everything else is good so far. Very accurate, it hacks as the name implies. I love that it has hand winding in addition to the automatic movement. Great combo. I typically like the backs on automatic watches to where you can see the internals, but in this case I actually like the design of the back. I like the theme of this watch in general. I don't mind the 30m of water resistance but I'll probably end up getting a Bulova Mil-ship one of these days.Comparing it to my Seiko5 SNK809, I think the Bulova is the clear winner and worth the money. The Bulova may not have a day/date display like the Seiko5, but the Bulova hacks and hand winds, the Seiko does not. That's not a big deal to me as I can easily throw a couple pocket calendars with my prep stuff.Speaking of prepping, this is a great prepper's watch. Mechanical automatic movement means no worries about not being able to keep track of time in an EMP scenario. The only concern in that scenario would be forgetting to wind it and losing track of time. Just make sure to have a G-shock in a faraday cage bag along with other survival electronics like a solar USB rechargeable hub/power station, USB rechargeable batteries, electric lighters, radio, etc. so you can reference the G-shock watch when setting the time.

As a watch is very good! It's kind small, very light, beautiful, the japanese mechanism works pretty good (it's losing 4 seconds per day so it's OK).The only bad thing is that the strap It's like a synthetic fabric, very thin and I don't think it's of the quality that a Bulova deserves.

Great Field - Hack Watch. About 4 seconds fast a day in the first week. Really nice looking and well built watch. I have a 42mm Automatic Hamilton khaki field and this 38mm Bulova Hack watch compares nicely to it for half the price. Definitely a little smaller and chunkier than the Hamilton but the Bulova doesn’t have a date window which is kinda nice. Another plus is I have a 7.5” wrist and the band that came with the Bulova Hack fit with plenty of holes to spare. So if you have a larger wrist fitment shouldn’t be a problem with the supplied watch strap. Nice glow from the luminous on the watch dial too. Great watch and I highly recommend.

I've been wearing this for many months now and I love it. I'd gone a long time without a watch. I'd been using battery powered watches and got tired of replacing batteries. This old style mechanical winding mechanism is just what I needed. It's not perfectly accurate but very stylish, water resistant, and quite durable.

This watch design, what it represents, and how it fits on my wrist are all perfect and something to be proud of. It instantly became my favorite watch. If you’re on the fence I encourage your to get this watch as you will not be disappointed.

This was a gift for a WWII. Vet’s son. He’s pleased as punch. And it supports Bulova’s Veterand’s watchmaker initiative. It was adjust dead on accurate.