Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 250 Review: The Military Watch I Waited a Decade to Buy (opens in new tab)

If you were getting seriously into watches in the early 2010s, chances are the Hamilton Khaki Field found its way onto your shortlist at some point. Back then, it occupied the same territory as watches like the Seiko SKX007 and Orient Mako, the pieces enthusiasts routinely recommended as an entry into mechanical watch collecting. I remember coming across an early Hodinkee article where John Mayer wrote that a $400 Hamilton Khaki Field could say just as much about its owner as a far more expen...