This is the GPW German military watch made out of titanium. Powered by an automatic engine, it has a date complication. The glass on the dial is sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on the inside. It comes with a bund leather strap. This watch is based on watches made for the infantryman of the future and the German KRK (Crisis Reaction Forces) soldier.
This watch has a water rating of 200 meters. Both the crown as well as the case-back is screwed down to protect from water entry.
The dimensions of the watch are approximately 42.5 mm across (excluding the crown) and 11.7 mm thick. The lug width is 22 mm and the lug-to-lug length is approximately 50 mm. A nice size. Not too big and not too small.
It uses the NH35A Japanese automatic movement with 24 jewels, second hand stop and sweeping second hand. This allows Arctos to price a titanium watch with sapphire crystal to be below USD250.
This watch has only one major function and that is to tell time. It does not pretend to be over-confident nor does it pretend to be something other than a simple basic watch. The relatively sterile dial reinforces the fact that this watch is a pure tool watch. It is light, easily camouflage due to the colour tone of the watch casing, accurate and can be used for diving, if required. More importantly, it is very cheap to make and own. For a service watch (military), this factor alone makes it very desirable in the eyes of the procurement departments in any government.
