Big wrists, bulky sleeves and winter layers all call for a little extra strap. The Marathon Arctic Steel Navigator with Date, reference WW194013SS-0502, comes on a 12-inch extra-long ballistic nylon strap that leaves room to spare.

Field and pilot watches have long been worn over flight suits and jacket cuffs, and an extra-long strap makes that practical. The 12-inch one-piece nylon, built to the MIL-S-46383B military standard, passes beneath the case so the watch stays put even if a spring bar fails, and its length accommodates far more than a standard strap will. For skiers, winter hikers and anyone with a larger wrist, it is a welcome option.

The white Arctic dial suits those snowy settings perfectly, since it was designed for legibility in bright light. Tritium gas tubes on the indices and hands keep it readable after dark, and the date at 4:30 rounds out a clean NGM layout. Inside the 41mm, 11mm-thick 316L case is the ETA F06.412 PreciDrive, a thermocompensated Swiss quartz movement accurate to roughly ten seconds per year. A screw-down crown provides 10 ATM water resistance, and the 90-click bi-directional 12-hour bezel tracks a second time zone, just as it did on the original Navigator Marathon developed with Kelly Air Force Base in 1986.

Marathon SSNAV-D WW194013SS-0502 Specs

• Reference: WW194013SS-0502
• Case: 316L stainless steel, 41mm x 11mm
• Movement: Swiss PreciDrive quartz, ETA F06.412
• Water resistance: 10 ATM
• Crystal: sapphire with screw-down crown
• Bezel: 12-hour, bi-directional, 90 positions
• Dial and lume: Arctic white NGM dial, tritium, date at 4:30
• Strap: 12" extra-long black ballistic nylon
• Lug width: 20mm

Made for cold mornings, thick sleeves and long days outside.