Veredicto rápido
The Khaki Field Mechanical is the most focused watch in this database. No date, no automatic rotor, no bracelet — a 38 mm hand-wound field watch with sapphire, 9.5 mm of height and an 80-hour reserve. Everything Hamilton removed is the reason it works.
De un vistazo
- Precio de calle
- 675 US$
- Tipo de movimiento
- Cuerda manual
- Reserva de marcha
- 80 hours
- Diámetro de caja
- 38 mm
- Asa a asa
- 47 mm
- Cristal
- Sapphire
- Resistencia al agua
- 50 m (164 ft)
Diseño
A faithful reading of the mid-century military specification: matte dial, painted Arabic numerals, an inner 24-hour track and a stubby knurled crown. There is no date window, which keeps the layout symmetrical and is a large part of why the dial reads so cleanly.
Movimiento
The H-50 is hand-wound, with an 80-hour reserve and a Nivachron balance spring — an anti-magnetic alloy Hamilton normally reserves for watches costing considerably more, and a genuine advantage for anyone who spends their day near a laptop. There is no rotor, which is the direct reason the case is only 9.5 mm tall.
Calidad de construcción
Fully brushed steel with a sapphire crystal and a push-pull crown, which caps water resistance at 50 m. The construction is simple by design; there is very little here to fail.
Esfera
Matte and deliberately non-reflective, with luminous fill on the numerals and hands. It is the most legible dial in this database in daylight and one of the plainest, which is the point.
Brazalete y correa
A green NATO textile strap on a 20 mm lug width. A single-pass NATO adds a millimetre or two of height on the wrist and is the period-correct choice for a field watch; a leather strap sits lower if you prefer it.
Comodidad y ergonomía
At 9.5 mm on a textile strap this is the easiest watch here to wear all day — Hamilton does not publish a weight, but a 38 mm steel case with no bracelet is about as light as a mechanical watch gets. The one figure to check is the 47 mm lug-to-lug, which is long for a 38 mm case and will overhang wrists below about 6.25 inches.
Precisión
Hamilton does not publish a rate specification for the H-50. What it does publish is the 80-hour reserve, which in a hand-wound watch means it survives a weekend in a drawer.
Lo que nos gusta
Lo que nos gusta
- 80-hour reserve from a hand-wound Swiss movement
- 9.5 mm case height, the thinnest watch in this database
- Sapphire crystal and a properly matte, non-reflective dial
- No date window, so the dial layout stays symmetrical
Lo que no nos gusta
- 50 m water resistance with a push-pull crown
- Hand-winding is a daily requirement, not an option
- 47 mm lug-to-lug is long relative to the 38 mm case
¿Quién debería comprarlo?
Anyone who wants a Swiss mechanical watch that disappears on the wrist, anyone with a smaller wrist, and anyone who actively enjoys winding a watch each morning.
¿Quién debería descartarlo?
Skip it if you will not remember to wind it, or if the watch has to go swimming. Skip it if you need a date.
Mejores alternativas
Tres relojes que conviene sopesar antes de decidirte.
Cómo se compara
Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm
3 categorías ganadas
Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic 38mm
1 categorías ganadas
- Precio de calle
- 675 US$Ganador
- 745 US$
- Tipo de movimiento
- Cuerda manual
- Automático
- Calibre
- H-50
- H-10
- Reserva de marcha
- 80 hoursEmpate
- 80 hoursEmpate
- Precisión declarada
- No publicado
- No publicado
- Diámetro de caja
- 38 mm
- 38 mm
- Grosor de caja
- 9.5 mmGanador
- 11 mm
- Asa a asa
- 47 mmEmpate
- 47 mmEmpate
- Cristal
- SapphireEmpate
- SapphireEmpate
- Resistencia al agua
- 50 m (164 ft)
- 100 m (328 ft)Ganador
- Brazalete / correa
- Green NATO textile strap
- Brown cow leather strap (strap reference H6007041041)
- Peso
- No publicado
- 72 g
- Estilo
- Field · Diario
- Field · Diario
- Muñeca recomendada
- Pequeña · Media
- Pequeña · Media
- Selection Score
- 86 / 100Ganador
- 85 / 100
Veredicto final
The best-executed field watch under $600 and the most comfortable watch in this database. It asks something of its owner every day, and that is either the appeal or the deal-breaker.
Especificaciones
- Marca
- Hamilton
- Modelo
- Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm
- Referencia
- H69439931
- Colección
- Khaki Field
- Precio de calle
- 675 US$
- PVP recomendado
- 675 US$
- Tipo de movimiento
- Cuerda manual
- Movimiento
- Hamilton H-50
- Calibre
- H-50
- Reserva de marcha
- 80 hours
- Precisión declarada
- No publicado
- Espiral
- Nivachron
- Diámetro de caja
- 38 mm
- Grosor de caja
- 9.5 mm
- Asa a asa
- 47 mm
- Ancho de asa
- 20 mm
- Peso
- No publicado
- Material de caja
- Stainless steel
- Cristal
- Sapphire
- Resistencia al agua
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Colores de esfera
- Black
- Brazalete / correa
- Green NATO textile strap
- Material del brazalete
- Textile
- Cierre
- Pin buckle, 20 mm
- Fecha
- No
- GMT
- No
- Cronógrafo
- No
- Estilo
- Field · Diario
- Muñeca recomendada
- Pequeña · Media
- País de origen
- Switzerland
- Lanzamiento
- 2018
- Selection Score
- 86 / 100
Desglose de la puntuación
- 25%21.5
Relación calidad-precio
- 20%18.0
Movimiento
- 15%13.2
Construcción
- 15%13.5
Diseño
- 10%9.4
Ergonomía
- 10%6.5
Prestaciones
- 5%4.3
Marca y propiedad
Siete pilares, cada uno puntuado de 0 a 10 y ponderado como se muestra. El total es la suma de las notas ponderadas: el número principal nunca puede contradecir su propio desglose.
Las notas son datos demo pendientes de revisión editorial.
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675 US$ · Precio verificado 29 de agosto de 2026
Preguntas frecuentes
How often does a hand-wound watch need winding?
Daily is the usual habit, though the H-50's 80-hour reserve means it will run for more than three days from a full wind.
Is there an automatic version?
Yes. The Khaki Field Automatic uses the H-10 caliber, adds a date and 100 m of water resistance, and is a little over a millimetre thicker.
