https://www.bulova.com/us/en/product/96A259.html?cgid=military-collection
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Hack Watch
VWI Special Edition
Celebrating Bulova’s military heritage and the Veteran’s Watchmaker Initiative, a nonprofit organization whose focus is to teach war veterans, especially disabled veterans, the highly skilled art of watchmaking. The updated HACK watch features a Miyota 8S20-43A three-hand 21-jewel automatic movement with a 42 hour power reserve.
The stainless steel case with a black dial and luminescent hands and markers also features a center track on the dial displaying 24H time. The screw-back case features a glass insert with the VWI printed logo. Watch features a domed mineral crystal, a green nylon strap and water resistance to 30 meters. By purchasing this watch, 10% of the proceeds will go to helping to support the Veteran’s Watchmaker Initiative.
Download Setting Instruction (PDF)
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https://www.bulova.com/us/en/automatics.html
55 Reviews For This Watch
https://www.bulova.com/us/en/product/96A259.html?cgid=military-collection
Great little no thrills simple watch!
Keeps good time. Accurate to within seconds of my cell phone and Regulator wall clock. Cloth band is very comfortable.
Other Comments.
Beautiful watch, perfect size, domed crystal.
Really loving this 38mm field watch. Love that it harks back to the A-11 watch issued in WW2 by Bulova. My grandfather was at D-day so this is small way to help remember him. Beautiful domed crystal. Movement timing is quite good, better than the spec suggests. The single position crown is really satisfying to use and of course it’s awesome that it hacks.
WVI Hack
Great watch with ridiculous features for the price. Bulova has packed a lot in this automatic and it’s a dream to wear.
An original tribute
Truer to the original A11 than many other newer tributes out there. And I’m most proud in telling others of Bulova’s contribution to disabled veterans thru the VWI.
USMC approved
I purchased this watch as my fourth Bulova, but this was a gift for my son. He has just graduated and has committed to the USMC. His ship date is Oct 11, 2021 and his squad of recruits all want this watch now.
VWI Special Edition HACK Watch
Old school tradition and craftmanship! It does what a watch should do and does it well. No battery to have to get replaced. Just like learning to tell time with a digital watch, to learning to drive with a auto transmission, or learning to tie shoes with Velcro straps, all leave something to be desired. 24hour time, and Hackable for the mission or WWV coordination. Having a school for a trade that is still needed and appreciated. The craftsmen are needed. It doesn’t need two hands to see what time it is in the dark. Well Done & Carry on!!!!!!!!!!!
The Hack watch with a purpose.
Great Tribute to my WW2 vet father. My father didn’t leave me much to remember his service, but this watch fills that void. It also gives me a way to support the Veterans’s Watchmaker initiative in a way that I can actually see the results.
The watch looks even better than the image on the Bulova website. The crown is large and is very easy to grasp to change the time setting. It is comfortable on the wrist has a very classy appearance for a military style watch. The OD woven watch band is OK for those, like myself, who like the military look and has a comfortable feel. The appearance is so good that you could replace the band with a nice leather one and use it as a dress watch. Truly very nice piece of hardware.
Explain Hack
As a US Navy Instrumentman and mechanical calibration technician in the 70’s, I was also a Navy watchmaker. This original watch was made by Hamilton, Benrus, Gruen, and a couple others and they were all the same style. But the purpose of a “Hack” was a mechanical lever that stopped the balance wheel and thereby stopped the watch so a group of military people could synchronize their watches for whatever reason. By pulling out the crown (winder) the hack stops the watch while you set it and then at the same time everyone pushes the crown back in which restarts everyone’s watch to the same time. Just like in the movies!
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Download Setting Instruction (PDF)
https://citizenwatch.widen.net/content/vv9zgesb04/pdf/vv9zgesb04.pdf?&u=41zuoe
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Long before they ever had batteries, watches were powered by intricate mechanical engines called movements featuring a series of springs, gears, and wheels moving in perfect harmony. These types of watches, generally referred to as mechanical because they’re powered by so-called mechanical movements, can trace their history all
the way back to the 1500s. In the centuries since, the technology has been tweaked, miniaturized, and made portable, so that large clocks eventually became smaller, adapted into pocket watches and things of the sort, until finally in the late 19th century when the modern mechanical wristwatch was born.
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Manual: Wound by hand.
Automatic: Self-winding when you move your wrist.
Model
- 96A259
- 9/09/2020
Movement
- 82S0
technology
- Automatic
- Powered by the release of a wound spring, mechanical movements never require a battery. Automatic mechanical movements have an oscillating weight that winds the spring with the motion of the wearer’s arm.
Case Width (mm)
- 38
Lug Width (mm)
- 18
Dial
- Black
- Arabic Numbers;Luminous Hands and Markers
Strap Type
- Strap
- Nylon
Case Material
- Silver-Tone
- Stainless Steel
Clasp
- 3pc Wire Strap Buckle
Crystal
- Double Domed Mineral Crystal
Water-Resistance
- 0030M
Additional Functions
- 3 Hand
- Automatic
- Hack Feature
- 42 Hour Power Reserve
Hack Watch
VWI Special Edition
96A259
$340.00
https://www.bulova.com/us/en/special-discounts.html
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