The unofficial start of summer is here, and a whole bunch of office slack statuses are about to change to: BRB, gone fishin’. And for some of us, the sentiment ain’t all that metaphorical. J.Crew and Timex just dropped their first collaborative ticker in over a decade, and it’s got us captivated hook, line, and sinker. If all the fishing puns weren’t obvious enough, the watch features a tiny waterbrook trout on the dial, a charming detail that feels practically engineered to appeal to menswear guys.
The watch, a riff on Timex’s popular long-running MK1 model, is straightforward military-inspired field watch. Hours, minutes, and seconds is all you get in this small, legible watch sans any complications that would actually help you while you’re trying to reel in a big catch. The watch’s stand-out features are its gold-plated stainless steel case, reliable quartz movement, 50-meter water resistance, and, of course, the trout illustration, which is based off a painting by J.Crew’s in-house watercolorist, who also happens to be an avid angler.
The timepiece comes in at a modest 36 millimeters, anchored by a brown braided leather strap, which we think is just as enticing as the quirky swimmer making its way across the dial.
At one point, J.Crew and Timex collaborations were practically an institution, yielding everything from versatile dress watches to rugged field watches and even the occasional dive watch. So while this fishy little number marks the duo’s first collab in over a decade, we’re hoping it won’t be another ten-plus years before the next one lands.