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When I was in my early teens, and my friends and relatives who weren't watch enthusiasts (it's easy to forget that this constitutes most people on earth) found out that I was into watches, they had a tendency to give me Fossil, Swiss Army, or any variety of what some might consider a "mall watch" as a gift for the holidays, graduations, and various other occasions in life. And I couldn't be more grateful for their generosity; it sustained my budding interest in horology and put a watch on my wrist to enjoy. But I quickly outgrew them as my collecting got more serious and my tastes evolved.
Had the 2021 Marathon x J.Crew Navigator watch been around in 2001, I probably would have owned it – and it would have survived numerous purges as my taste in watches grew more nuanced. This watch occupies a strange place in horological no-man's land: It's a serious watch, from a serious watchmaker, sold in a not-so-serious fast-fashion mall chain. You can walk into a mall today, visit the directory, find the J.Crew (just down the hall from Auntie Anne's pretzels), and snag one of these incredibly interesting expressions of a Desert Storm classic – the standard issue Marathon Navigator.
Marathon watches are widely issued to soldiers, scientists, and government employees around the globe. That's their core business model. They have a minor retail presence online, too, but that's not their bread and butter. I've been putting mine to the test for well over a year now, and it certainly delivers on Marathon's promise.
That's why it first struck me as unusual for Marathon to pair up with a brand like J.Crew. Marathon operates quietly and humbly, and it has genuine military history, while plenty of other brands grossly embellish their origin story regarding the watch's connection and role to the armed services.
Pan out a little bit, however, and the partnership makes total sense.
I've seen plenty of comments on this site condemning military garb being worn casually. I get it. But it's important to keep in mind that a large part of what we wear is actually derived from military tradition in one way or another. King Louis XIII's Croatian soldiers, who fought the 30 Years War starting in 1635, wore a piece of cloth around their neck as an element of their uniform. We have them to thank for the modern necktie. Cargo shorts, Ray-Bans, combat boots, tank tops, and bomber jackets are all widely worn pieces borrowed from the US military. Across the pond there's the unmistakable marinière, or Breton shirt, that's been issued to French sailors since 1858. One of my favorite knitwear brands, North Sea Clothing, draws from British military tradition.
Military designs are a large part of fashion. And If J.Crew is going to sell a military-inspired watch, then why not task the most experienced modern-day military watch manufacturer to make it?
The new Marathon x J.Crew Navigator is the most interesting "mall watch" you can buy today, because it started out as something much different. It's an honest-to-goodness tool that has been used by soldiers for decades. In fact, the Navigator is still issued to various forces around the world to this day. It's built to the US government spec MIL-PRF-46374G, and it was designed and produced at the request of personnel from Kelly Air Force Base in 1986. The Navigator saw service in the Persian Gulf war on the wrist of American and coalition forces, and it's been used in just about every military action since.
It has all the merit any tool watch could possibly have. And yet it's somehow preppy enough to go with a J.Crew polo shirt and Nantucket reds.
The 41mm fiber shell is now navy blue instead of the standard black, along with a custom J.Crew dark-blue and grey-blue striped NATO strap. The Arabic numerals are dropped from the dial in favor of standard Submariner-style indices. Inside is an ETA high-torque quartz movement.
The fibershell case is light on the wrist and an absolute breeze to wear. I found myself jiggling my wrist to see if a watch was there at all. The custom-for-J.Crew NATO strap is just like any other NATO, and that's a good thing. It's more or less a piece of nylon with some metal hardware. It does take a little wearing in, though, as it's stiff out of the box.
This is the watch I would have wanted back in high school, and it's a watch I absolutely love wearing today. It proves that two seemingly incongruent things can come together to create something delightful. There are plenty of collaborative limited edition watches that shouldn't exist – they're a lazy way to waste the valuable time of both companies – but this isn't one of them. Get yourself to the mall. I'll be at the pretzel stand.
The Marathon x J.Crew Navigator is 41mm and the blue case and dial design are unique to the J.Crew collaboration. It retails for $380, and it's available from J.Crew stores and online. Inside is an ETA F06 quartz movement, and like many Marathon watches, tritium tubes are used on the dial. 12 o'clock glows orange and the other markers glow green. It's made in Switzerland.
To learn more about the Marathon x J.Crew Navigator, click here.
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Source: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ive-found-the-ultimate-mall-watch
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