We handed prototypes to thirty serving military personnel and asked them to be honest about it. They were. The Fieldmaster is what came back, and there's nothing on it now that someone didn't ask for. The result isn't our idea of a professional field watch. It's theirs. Seven years, 40 military projects and 30 prototypes in the field.

It's taken a long time to get here, but this is the new reference point for what a modern field watch can be. 2 September is when you find out why. Sign up below and you'll see it first.