Three watches carried the week
The Submariner in the sand
A Navy Seabee officer, forward deployed, a Rolex Submariner Date worn over the Mechanix gloves, the shelters his unit built running off behind him. This one traveled further than anything the page has ever posted.
The handover
The day his son pinned on Air Force pilot wings, an OIF veteran passed him his Omega Seamaster Diver 300M. Two generations, one watch, and the whole story told in kit: the Seamaster on a Bond NATO draped across a flight cover.
On deck in the Gulf of Oman
A Coast Guard sailor aboard USCGC Glen Harris, Marathon MSAR on the wrist, manning the hailing device during interdiction operations. Kit up, sidearm holstered, on watch.
The page crossed 10,000 followers last week and someone walked away with a Deep Blue on a Watches of Espionage CAT strap to mark it. We are past 11,000 now. All of it came from people sending in their watches and their stories.
If your watch has been somewhere worth remembering, or someone in your circle has one that has, the form is at departmentofwatches.com/submit. A photo, the watch, the story. I read every one.
Merch is in the works. Before anything gets made, I want to know what you would actually wear or carry. Drop your ideas in the box: departmentofwatches.com/suggest. This list hears about drops first.
Tempus Est Potentia.
Justin
Department of Watches