Adventure Watch with Field & Sea Dial

OUTCAST Multi-Function Tool Watch (Adventure)

The OUTCAST is the original multi-function tool watch I built for people who actually use their gear. It’s a mechanical field and sea watch with a bezel that does more than one job, built around a simple NH35 automatic movement.

It’s meant to be the watch you keep on when you’re timing something, finding your bearings, or just trying not to burn dinner.

What it is

The OUTCAST is a mechanical tool watch with:

• An NH35 automatic movement

• A multi-function ceramic bezel

• A field & sea dial with a 24-hour inner track

It started as a solution to a problem I kept having in long races: a standard dive bezel wasn’t enough. I needed one watch that could handle more than “start/stop” timing without turning the dial into a mess.

How the bezel works

Think of the bezel like a Swiss Army knife on your wrist. Same ring, six tools:

1. Countdown timer

   • Set how much time you want to count down from against the minute hand.

   • As the hand walks toward the triangle, time is running out.

   • When it reaches the marker you chose, you’re done.

2. Elapsed time – minutes

   • Set the triangle at the minute hand when you start.

   • As the minute hand moves away, read how many minutes have passed on the bezel.

3. Compass bezel (Northern Hemisphere)

   • Point the hour hand roughly at the sun.

   • Split the angle between the hour hand and 12 o’clock.

   • That midpoint is south. Rotate the bezel so “S” sits there, and the rest of the directions fall into place.

4. Second time zone (12-hour)

   • Use the 12-hour markings on the bezel to track another time zone.

   • Set the bezel ahead or behind by the offset you care about, then read that second time zone directly off the bezel where the hour hand points.

5. Elapsed time – hours

   • Use the hour hand with the 12-hour markings when you need to track something longer than 60 minutes.

   • Set the hour hand against a marker when you start, then read off the elapsed hours as it moves.

6. Tide tracking

   • Once you know the time of the last high tide, set the bezel to match.

   • Advance it about 50 minutes per day to stay in step with the lunar tide cycle.

   • It won’t replace a tide table, but it will keep you roughly honest over the next few tides.

You won’t use all of that every day. The point is that it’s there when you need it.

Dial, movement, and build

• Dial: Field & sea layout with a 24-hour inner track and large, non-luminous 3/6/9 markers to help you orient in the dark using hand and marker shape, not a glowing wall of paint.

• Movement: Seiko/TMI NH35 automatic – hacking, hand-winding, and built to be serviced, not thrown away.

• Case & crystal: Stainless tool case, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, and 10 ATM water resistance, so you don’t have to baby it around water.

Bracelet, travel case, and small screwdriver round it out so you can size it and wear it right away.

Where it came from

The OUTCAST grew out of long dog-sled races in places where electronics fail and you don’t get a second chance to time something. It’s not a dress piece and it’s not cosplay. It’s a mechanical watch with a bezel that earns the space it takes up, built for people who actually use their gear.