Hamilton has teamed up with Christopher Nolan again, but this time there’s no watch on screen. Instead, the brand has built an entire timepiece around Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey. It’s called the Khaki Field Auto The Odyssey Limited Edition.
Nolan and Hamilton go way back. They’ve worked together on Interstellar, Tenet and Oppenheimer. But this is the first time Hamilton has designed a watch as a tribute to a story, rather than a prop within it. After all, it might be a teeny bit jarring to see Odysseus rock up with a field watch on his wrist.
You see, The Odyssey predates mechanical timekeeping entirely, so building one inspired by the film’s world instead is a cleverer solution.
The design is based around Odysseus’ helmet and sword. Bronze is the star material, nodding to the Bronze Age setting. The black dial has a brushed bronze pattern lifted from the helmet’s texture, and the 12 o’clock marker references a rivet on the sword’s scabbard. The hands are also sword-shaped.
The 42mm case is bronze too, based on the familiar Khaki Field Automatic shape. Flip it over and you’ll find Odysseus’ helmet etched into the titanium case back, alongside Nolan’s signature.
My favourite detail, though, is what comes in the box. Every watch ships with a replica of Athena’s pin, the talisman Odysseus wears in the film after Penelope gifts it to him. It’s designed to be worn as a brooch, and it’s a genuinely fun bit of movie memorabilia.
Hamilton is making 2112 pieces, a nod to the number 12’s significance throughout Homer’s Odyssey. The poem runs to 12,000 lines, 12 ships sailed to Troy, and Odysseus has to shoot an arrow through 12 axe heads to prove who he is.
Under the bronze exterior, it’s business as usual for Hamilton’s Khaki Field line. There’s an H-10 automatic movement with an 80-hour power reserve, a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, and 100m water resistance.
The watch comes on a brown grained leather strap with a titanium pin buckle.
The Khaki Field Auto The Odyssey Limited Edition (reference H70675530) costs $1495 in the US and £1190 in the UK.
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