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Victorinox Swiss Army Men’s 241396 Infantry Vintage Day and Date Mecha Watch
- Stainless steel case, leather strap
- Day, date display
- Yellow tint face
- Case diameter: 44 mm
- Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)
Classic materials pair with military-inspired details in the Victorinox Swiss Army Men’s Infantry Vintage Day and Date Mecha Watch #V251396. Featuring a traditional brown leather band with cream-colored contrast stitching and the sleek look of a 44-millimeter stainless steel case and bezel, this timepiece puts the technical excellence that you’ve come to expect from Victorinox on display with an exhibition caseback. The timepiece’s infantry roots are on display with a dark, olive-tinted dial with drab yellow accents, including Arabic numeral indexes on each hour, a 24-hour counter featuring small Arabic numerals, a subtle date window at three o’clock, and a curved, showcase day-of-the-week window that displays the current day’s full name just below 12 o’clock. A scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective finish protects the watch face and helps ensure easy-reference. This watch has a Swiss-quartz mechanical movement. It is water resistant to 330 feet (100 meters).Classic materials pair with military-inspired details in the Victorinox Swiss Army Men’s Infantry Vintage Day and Date Mecha Watch #V251396. Featuring a traditional brown leather band with cream-colored contrast stitching and the sleek look of a 44-millimeter stainless steel case and bezel, this timepiece puts the technical excellence that you’ve come to expect from Victorinox on display with an exhibition caseback. The timepiece’s infantry roots are on display with a dark, olive-tinted dial with drab yellow accents, including Arabic numeral indexes on each hour, a 24-hour counter featuring small Arabic numerals, a subtle date window at three o’clock, and a curved, showcase day-of-the-week window that displays the current day’s full name just below 12 o’clock. A scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective finish protects the watch face and helps ensure easy-reference. This classic watch is powered by precise, Swiss-quartz mechanical movement. It is held in place by a buckle clasp and is water resistant to 330 feet (100 meters).
Victorinox Swiss Army Men’s 241396 Infantry Vintage Day and Date Mecha Watch
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Swiss Army Infantry Vintage self-winding mechanical,
I absolutely love it. Gorgeous watch with a self winding mechanical movement. It has a fairly smooth second hand, that looks like one long sweep unless you observe very closely, and see that it’s something like 5 or so ticks per second.
Now, that said, know what you’re buying: a MECHANICAL watch.
Springs and gears will never keep time like a quartz crystal. Even a $20k rolex will not be as accurate as a $40 casio, but that’s not the reason to get a mechanical watch. You get a mechanical watch because you want the engineering involved in a fine swiss movement, and this watch delivers. Give it a few months to break in and she’s plenty accurate. After 5 years, mechanical watches should be taken in to get a tuneup, kind of like a car. So, understand what you’re buying when you get a watch with this sort of movement. Mine is very consistent. I’ve never had to wind it since I move around enough to keep it wound, and I have an office job, so it doesn’t take much. I set it every two weeks or so to time.gov and she stays on track better than most mech watches double the price. Runs a weee bit fast, but still pretty darn good, especially for a mech. Highly recommended.
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|I can’t believe how much I like this watch!,
This Victorinox Swiss Army Infantry Vintage is available in black dial or this, the green dial. I think the green dial is perfect for the name “Infantry Vintage” and wearing a brown leather strap makes it a classic. The 44mm size makes a good fit for large wrists and the strap would fit wrists up to 8.5″ or so. I have to say here that the dial is much more detailed and attractive than the pictures reveal, the lume makes the markers and hands glow for hours and the day and date are easily readable. If I have a critical remark, it is the crown protector, as it does make any manual winding a bit harder, but that isn’t used often.
I purchased this watch about three weeks ago, and it’s quickly become my favorite. Perhaps an operator error is involved in the “slow date” review, because my watch switches both day and date in seconds at midnight. Much faster than my VJ7750 Hamilton or my Miyota based autos. I had an Ambassador Day and Date (same movement smaller case and blue face) for a while and it was the same – look away for a second and it’s changed at midnight! These autos are based on the ETA 2834-2 movement, as are the Hamilton day and date models with similar appearance. That is one solid movement!
The Lume is terrific and lasts hours. The dial is a real attractive look, with details in the textures and markers that are not done justice by the pictures. It’s a great match to the leather band. A classic look, a big readable dial and a quality product!
If it appeals to you, don’t hesitate!
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|Top Swiss Watch Quality, The Anti-Bling Experience,
This watch took about a month of steady wearing to bring out its subtle virtues. The Swiss have a well deserved reputation for watches and for precision engineering in general. This model of an Infantry Swiss Army Officer’s watch will not harm that reputation. At first it seemed a little bulky and heavy but that soon passed. I realized it was due to my regular habit of wearing a somewhat lighter Omega Constellation Automatic everyday for years. This watch is a marvel of meticulous craftsmanship. Every feature from front to back is hand turned to tolerances of 1/10,000th. of an inch as opposed to the normal 1/1,000th. inch standards commonly used in even high end watches. Even the winding crown & stem functionality is impressive. The sapphire crystal front reveals an olive drab dial w/ yellow accents that are beautiful to the information-seeking eye and flawlessly constructed. The classy Arabic numerals around the face are aligned perfectly. The seconds’ hash marks are perfect too. A narrow, northerly window gently arcs to frame the weekday full-name display that is…well…plain flawless. The back bezel is split with a round crystal medallion that displays the working innards of this 25 jewel, 2834-Swiss automatic movement as it ticks away in all its glory. **
And, of course, it tells the time just fine and looks & feels comfortable with a supple brown leather wrist strap that breaks-in nicely. On the whole, if you want “bling” this isn’t the watch for you considering its moderately pricey cost at about $500, but if you want the kind of uncompromising, understated technical accomplishment that has kept “Made in Switzerland” an coveted labeling subtext, then the Victorinox Swiss Army #241396 Infantry Vintage Day/Date (Mechanical) Watch is for you. I guarantee that you’ll grow to appreciate it like a good folding knife or a favorite flyrod.
**(The one thing I don’t understand is the reference “Swiss-quartz mechanical movement” in the Amazon product description—I don’t see how it can be a mechanical, jeweled movent and a quartz movement simultaneously. I called Amazon watch FAQs and the lady gave some “baloney-filled” explanation like she knew all about it but it made no technical sense at all…and I know watches. If anyone knows the answer, leave a comment. Lary9)
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