New LL Bean Field Watch: $99 Our friends at Cool Material pointed us to this new field watch from LL Bean, clearly a direct shot at the J.Crew x Timex collaboration.? For 99 bucks you get a military inspired with what is likely a Japanese quartz movement.? If that’s all you want to spend, you could probably do worse for the money.? However, if you’re an LL Bean fan, and we know there are tons out there these days, we’ve got a great alternative for you. The great American outdoors companies have always worked together with big-time Swiss manufacturers to produce field and sport watches.? You’ve seen Abercrombie & Fitch do it with Heuer, same with Orvis .? Today we present you with none other than a Swiss-made, Hamilton produced, Valjoux 7750 powered? LL Bean chronograph.? Vintage LL Bean Chronograph Made by Hamilton: $599 Made for a very, very short time in the early 1990s, this LL Bean X Hamilton collaboration gives you two power-house American brands (even though Hamilton is now technically Swiss) with a solid “vintage inspired” look and outstanding automatic chronograph movement. For those that don’t know, the Valjoux 7750 is the same chronograph movement you’ll find pretty much everywhere, and that includes inside many Panerais, Hublots, and IWCs.? This early and rare LL Bean Chronograph is being sold for $599, which for a Valjoux 7750 powered watch is very, very fair.? It also happens to be in mint condition.? Click here for details .

New LL Bean Field Watch: $99Our friends at Cool Material pointed us to this new field watch from LL Bean, clearly a direct shot at the J.Crew x Timex collaboration.? For 99 bucks you get a military inspired with what is likely a Japanese quartz movement.? If that’s all you want to spend, you could probably do worse for the money.? However, if you’re an LL Bean fan, and we know there are tons out there these days, we’ve got a great alternative for you.

The great American outdoors companies have always worked together with big-time Swiss manufacturers to produce field and sport watches.? You’ve seen Abercrombie & Fitch do it with Heuer, same with Orvis.? Today we present you with none other than a Swiss-made, Hamilton produced, Valjoux 7750 powered? LL Bean chronograph.?

Vintage LL Bean Chronograph Made by Hamilton: $599Made for a very, very short time in the early 1990s, this LL Bean X Hamilton collaboration gives you two power-house American brands (even though Hamilton is now technically Swiss) with a solid “vintage inspired” look and outstanding automatic chronograph movement. For those that don’t know, the Valjoux 7750 is the same chronograph movement you’ll find pretty much everywhere, and that includes inside many Panerais, Hublots, and IWCs.?

This early and rare LL Bean Chronograph is being sold for $599, which for a Valjoux 7750 powered watch is very, very fair.? It also happens to be in mint condition.? Click here for details.

If this Hamilton for LL Bean chronograph isn’t your cup of tea or a little too rich for your blood, click here for the details of the new quartz powered LL Bean field watch.?

(thanks to EW for inspiration)

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LL Bean Releases a New "Vintage Inspired" Watch & We Find A Swiss-Made Alternative