The Tool Watch Co. Arctic Field Watch is a 38mm titanium piece for men who love field-style watches. As for the dial, it is made of natural meteorite as a means to represent the Greenlands Hiawatha Glacier, which is recognized as the first meteorite crater discovered in ice sheets. It is available in both blue and black natural meteorite. Utilizing Grade-A Swiss Super-Luminova on the signature minute and hour hands, one is able to view the dial in poor lighting. The caseback features a laser etching of a polar bear, symbolizing the spirit and harsh environment that the Arctic is known for.
The watch is powered by the Sellita SW200 movement and has a Saffiano strap, which draws from the heritage of utilizing such straps for cold elements. The Tool Watch Co. Arctic Field Watch pays homage to a gentleman named Peter Freuchen, the Danish anthropologist, author, and explorer. It was in 1906 when he left the study of medicine in order to explore the arctic. He traveled, hunted, and lived with the Inuit for well over two decades. He traveled, hunted, and lived with the Inuit for well over two decades. To make his story more astonishing, Peter was once frozen inside a cave due to a blizzard. In order to make his escape, he created an ice pick out of his own feces and chiseled himself out of the cave. He also survived a polar bear attack, which is in addition to escaping the Nazis, writing thirty books, receiving an Oscar, and being given the Gold Medal of the International Benjamin Franklin Society.
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