Vaer S5 Calendar Field Watch, 42mm Quartz
A K-9 handler with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, pulled off to give his hard working dog a well deserved break. They spent it watching planes take off and land up close. One of them, he says, was Elon Musk's SpaceX plane. On the wrist, a Vaer S5 Calendar Field Watch, 42mm quartz. What is the best thing you have seen on a break? If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Vaer S5 Calendar
The S5 Calendar Field is Vaer's take on the classic military dial with a date window added, 42mm of 316L stainless steel around a Japanese Miyota GR12 quartz movement. The crystal is flat sapphire with anti reflective coating on the inside, where it cannot be scratched off, and the crown screws down and locks, giving the watch a 100 meter water resistance rating unusual at its price.
Vaer itself is a Venice Beach, California company, founded in 2016 by two friends who wanted an affordable watch that could take a beating in the water and still look right afterward. It opened sales in 2017 on the founders' savings and remains fully founder owned.
A calendar field watch does two jobs, the time and the date, and asks for nothing in return but a battery every few years. For a handler whose real attention belongs to his dog, that is exactly the right amount of watch.