For the outdoors lover, the veteran or the new recruit in your life, reference WW194004SG-0806 makes a gift with real substance. It is the Marathon General Purpose Quartz in sage green, a 34mm Swiss quartz tritium watch with a sterile dial and a sage DefStan strap, from a company that has made military watches since 1941.

The appeal is easy to explain. The case is sage green fibreshell composite, light and comfortable, in a color that reads as heritage military without being loud. The black dial is sterile, free of government or unit markings, so it works for anyone, and tritium tubes on the hands and markers glow continuously for years without charging. Swiss ETA F06.115 HeavyDrive quartz keeps accurate time and shows an end-of-life indicator when the battery needs attention.

Marathon is a family-owned company founded in 1904, with watches assembled in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and its watches are worn by elite members of the Canadian and U.S. militaries. The GPQ is produced to MIL-PRF-46374G, Type I, Class 1, with sapphire crystal and 12- and 24-hour scales. On its matching sage green DefStan nylon strap, it is ready to wear straight out of the box.

WW194004SG-0806 Specifications

• Marathon GPQ, sage green, sterile dial
• 34mm composite fibreshell case, 11.5mm thick
• ETA F06.115 HeavyDrive Swiss quartz, end-of-life indicator
• 3 ATM
• Sapphire crystal, pressure crown
• Tritium on markers and hands
• Sage green DefStan nylon strap, 16mm lugs

A gift with genuine military credentials.