You are undoubtedly familiar with the Weiss Standard Issue Field Watch, which has been around for quite some time (I reviewed a version back in 2015). What you may not be as familiar with (I know we weren’t) is that there’s also been a dive watch that’s joined the family. So, let’s meet the Weiss Standard Issue Dive Watch.
If you’re familiar with Weiss, you’ll notice that the dial of this diver doesn’t say “Los Angeles” like those earlier Field Watches did. This is because the company has moved to Tennessee, so gone is the LA reference. Of note, this diver is the first design to come out of the new shop in Nashville.
Just as with the Field Watch, the Weiss Standard Issue Dive Watch has just what you need on it, and no extra fluff. It’s a crisply legible dial, a 120-click dive bezel, and a 300m WR rating meaning it’s ready to hit the waves. Of course, that’s not the whole story, as they needed to make the watch their own. For starters, take a look at the handset. It’s not quite a sword, it’s not quite a Flieger style, it’s something in-between. Plenty of lume on those hands, and of course on the indices. For the white dial version, rather than making the dial fully lumed, they’ve outlined each numeral with the luminous paint, which makes for quite an interesting look.
Frankly, we like what Cameron Weiss has done here with this design, and that’s not even getting into the details they’ve incorporated in the optional steel bracelet for the Weiss Standard Issue Dive Watch. If you want to get one of these designed- and assembled-in-the-USA watches, just take your funds ($2,650 on a rubber strap or $2,950 on the bracelet) right on over to Weiss, and get your customization (well, dial color, strap, and engraving) rolling. weisswatchcompany.com
Tech Specs from Weiss
- Edition: Made in the USA with domestic and imported components
Movement: Weiss Watch Company Caliber 2120 mechanical movement, M100 base, finished and assembled by hand - Functions: Automatic winding, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats/hour, 42 hour power reserve, hours, minutes, central sweep second, hacking seconds, incabloc shock protection
- Case: 316L stainless steel with 120 click uni-directional bezel for measuring elapsed time, bezel with Super-Luminova marking, 42mm diameter (not including crown), 50mm lug to lug, 13.3mm thick (including crystal), 4-gasket screw-down crown system.
- Caseback: Sapphire crystal and 316L stainless steel exhibition caseback, secured by four 316L stainless steel hex screws
- Dial: Hand-painted naval brass finished with high visibility numerals and Super-Luminova BGW9 applied to dials on hour numerals and indicise
- Hands: White steel with white Super-Luminova BGW9 paint(Black, Blue Dials), black steel with white Super-Luminova BGW9 paint (Yellow, White Dials). Super-Luminova BGW9 applied to hour, minute, and second hand
- Front Crystal: Double-domed and beveled sapphire with multi layer anti-reflective coating on the inside surface
- Back Crystal: Beveled sapphire
- Water Resistance: 1000 feet/ 300 meters
- Band: Each timepiece comes on our fully adjustable 316L Stainless steel bracelet. Also included is a sizing tool to get the perfect fit.
- Packaging: Handmade solid red oak wood display box with individually signed and numbered certificate.
