BORELLI CONSULTING: Recreational Equipment Reviews

No; we’re not talking about a “night watch” as in the guy who walks around punching a clock at various locations. When I was at SHOT Show I saw a booth for the NITE Watch company. I had never heard of them so I picked up some of their printed material. Interesting looking watches that were new (to me) on the market. Before I would consider them for serious field use I would have to test one. The reps didn’t seem warmly open to the idea. But when Brigade Quartermasters started carrying the NITE Watch line, I took it as a hint that the watches might be worth a look. Thanks to the good folks at BQ I requested and received a T&E NITE watch and promptly began to wear it 24/7 in all conditions. Here’s what I found out about my test sample and the NITE Watch line.

The MX10, shown on the left in the picture, is the watch I got for T&E. Using it as representative of the NITE Watch line, I have to say I'm favorably impressed. Now, that said, bare in mind that I've no tools for measuring how many 100ths of a second the watch gaines or loses in a week's time. And truth be told, as long as the watch will stay within a minute over the span of a month, I'm okay with it. Others may be more picky, but I only need to be so precise in my timing in my day to day life.

So when I first got the watch I got online and went to the National Time Clock site for the United States. I set the watch for the time shown for my timezone to within one second of what was shown. That done I put it on my wrist and wore it, except to bed, for the next several weeks straight. I performed my normal routine during that time which involved your typical office work, yard work, house work, fishing a couple times, some wood chopping, etc. The watch got wet in the rain, in the shower and under the hose. It took some hits from various things as I did yard work and it certainly put up with plenty of vibration while I mowed the lawn and weed-whacked. At the end of the couple weeks of "wear and tear" I took it back in and sat down at the computer to look up the time on the National Time CLock site. It still held time to within one second of what the website said. It hadn't changed at all that I could tell.

Now, the MX10 is a basic watch. As best I can measure it has a 32mm face with luminous hands and hour markings. The twelve o'clock marking is orange to all the other green. A closer look showed that the hands and number markers were not flat and coated with a luminous material, but instead each has a small tube implanted. Just out of curiosity I tried to "load" the light on the watch by shining a bright flashlight onto the watch face for several minutes and then looking at the watch in the dark. There was no "load" that would fade. The luminous vials glowed the same steady glow that they have since I got the watch. The face of the watch is marked with the numbers 1 through 12 and then, in smaller digits, 13 through 24. Obviously for the purpose of telling "military" time. There is a date window at the three o'clock that is compact but easy enough to read.

The watch carries a marking on the face that indicates it's water resistant to 100 meters or roughly 330 feet. Since I don't dive that deep and have no pressure testing equipment I'll have to believe what it says. The polyurethane (rubber) band is held onto the watch not by spring loaded pins but by screwed in pins. While I like the strength and security of the screwed in pins, I'm not a fan of polyurethane and wish it was easier to replace the band with a nylon / velcro one. That's the only criticism I can make though and it's purely subjective.

On the Brigade Quartermasters website the MX-10 retails for $288. That's not a bad price at all for a high quality watch. Other models are available with different features and are priced accordingly. If you're in the market for a new watch, you should check these out!

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