Back in the day, if someone told you a 130-year-old Swiss watch company would team up with the biggest first-person shooter on the planet, you’d probably think they’d had one too many bourbons. Yet here we are in 2025, and Hamilton just released a limited-run Khaki Field that ties directly into Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. And honestly? It makes perfect sense.
Most guys reading this have worn a field watch at some point, whether it was on a camping trip, in the service, or just because it looks right with jeans and a work shirt. Most of us have also logged more hours than we care to admit in Call of Duty lobbies since the early 2000s. Hamilton saw the overlap and ran with it.
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The watch itself is the familiar Khaki Field Automatic in 38mm, the size that disappeared from catalogs for a while and came roaring back because grown men decided 42mm tool watches were starting to look like hockey pucks on the wrist. At 38mm wide, 11.5mm thick, and a very wearable 46mm lug-to-lug, this thing slides under a shirt cuff but still has enough presence to notice. One hundred meters of water resistance means you’re not babying it if you get caught in the rain or decide to wash the truck on Saturday.
Up front, it looks almost exactly like the standard black-dial Khaki Field you can buy any day of the week. Brushed case sides, polished bezel, big Arabic numerals, railroad track chapter ring, and a ton of Super-LumiNova that glows like a flashlight. The red-tipped seconds hand is there, the date window at three o’clock is still black-on-white and easy to read. Same sword hands, same layout. If you already own a black-dial Khaki, you’ll do a double-take.
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Flip it over, though, and that’s where the magic happens. The solid caseback carries a deep engraving of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 insignia. That engraving is hidden under the NATO strap most of the time, which actually makes it cooler, like a secret handshake between you and the 4,999 other guys who managed to grab one.
Speaking of the strap, Hamilton ships it on a khaki green NATO that screams military heritage and matches the whole Black Ops vibe perfectly. Lug width is the very common 20mm, so if you want to throw on a leather NATO, a two-piece canvas strap, or even a steel bracelet down the road, the world is your oyster.
Powering the watch is Hamilton’s H-10 movement, basically a dressed-up ETA with an 80-hour power reserve. That means you can wear it hard Monday through Friday, set it down for the weekend while you’re out hunting or at the lake, pick it up Monday morning and it’s still ticking. Accuracy is solid, nothing is hand-finished at this price, but it’s Swiss-made and built to take a beating.
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Inside the upcoming Black Ops 7 game, the main character Axel Vermaak wears this exact model. Hamilton has done this before, putting real watches into Far Cry, Death Stranding 2, even the Splinter Cell series on Netflix, but this feels bigger. Call of Duty moves millions of copies in a weekend. A whole generation of guys who never cared about mechanical watches are about to see a Hamilton on a soldier’s wrist while they’re racking up kill streaks.
Only 5,000 pieces exist worldwide. That sounds like a lot until you remember how many people still play Call of Duty every single night. At CHF 795 (call it roughly $920 depending on the exchange rate when you read this), the price is almost suspiciously reasonable for a limited-edition Swiss automatic with an 80-hour movement and sapphire crystal. For the money, you’re getting the same watch thousands of guys already wear and love, just with a caseback that will make your buddies say “No way, they actually did that?”
Hamilton didn’t have to chase trends. They’ve been the go-to watch company for Hollywood since the 1930s and turned the Interstellar Murph into a modern icon. But instead of resting on movie fame, they looked at where guys actually spend their time these days and planted their flag in gaming. First Far Cry, then Death Stranding, now Black Ops 7. Nobody else is even close.
So if you’ve ever sprinted to the basement at 10 p.m. because your old squad was jumping into Warzone, or if you still remember the thrill of prestige-ing for the first time back on Modern Warfare, this watch hits different. It’s not some over-the-top gamer bling with neon lights and skull motifs. It’s a legit field watch your dad or granddad would have recognized, just with a nod to the game that ate half your 20s (and maybe some of your 40s).
Five thousand pieces won’t last long once the game drops and every forum lights up with wrist shots from guys who never thought they’d own a Swiss mechanical. If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to add another Khaki Field to the box, or if you just want something that bridges the garage, the deer lease, and the virtual battlefield, this might be it.
Hamilton didn’t just make a Call of Duty watch. They made the watch for the guys who grew up with Call of Duty and still want something real on the wrist when the controller gets set down. Mission accomplished.
