I’ve never walked into the sea with a watch on before. Actually, I take that back — total lie. Remember those digital candy watches that you could bite and a tart sting of E numbers hits the tongue? Well, those. Water resistant to absolutely 0 bars, half of it had corroded into the sleeve of my wetsuit, and the other half tasted of sweetened sea water. A mistake I won’t make again.
Needless to say, I’m keen to try some actual arm candy on my wrist this summer and treasure the moments of frivolity, splashing my limbs about in the ocean, much the same way as when I was a child. The genre of diver’s watches is plentiful and often takes the same color palette as the aquatic world. Sure, they call it ocean blue for a reason, but why don’t the other colors in the rainbow get a look in, too? Hamilton says otherwise, with a three-fingered salute to the wrist in colors that just go POP. Embracing the watchmaker’s American roots, deep dive into the Hawaii way of living, where life just looks so much better in lively hues.
If you’re sizing up your next timely acquisition or starting out your first conquest, you’ll notice that watches often circulate in similar color schemes. Neutral understated elegance. While every hue has its own story to tell, Hamilton celebrates the stirring shades of bold neons to match your adventures, no matter the terrain, with the Khaki Navy Scuba. There’s an entire encyclopedia out there for watches of every occasion: dress watches, pilot’s watches, diver’s watches, running watches, stylish watches, party watches, date watches, hate watches, wish-you-could-recreate watches. Name your mood, occasion, feeling, and there’s a fit.
But what about the humble beach? With the balmy days ahead of us, step into the oasis of all things aquatic as the high-end watchmakers set sail for the high seas of a relaxing plage or two. Tropical living never looked so good and so easy as with a Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba: a timepiece that can surf and swim with you to depths of 100m. Should you befriend exotic fish amongst the multicolored reefs down below, know that while you’re admiring the gills of some of the planet’s finest creatures, they might be checking out your neon timetracker. A whale of a time, and all that.
