A quick refresher on Weiss

Cameron Weiss launched his namesake brand in 2013 after stints at Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin. The first ten watches were hand-finished in the family dining room each soaking up roughly 300 hours of bench time before getting boxed. Fast-forward a decade and the workshop now hums in Nashville, machining cases, finishing movements, and flying the flag for modern American horology.

What makes this limited run special?

In late 2024 Weiss quietly dropped a 20-piece “stealth” edition of its Standard-Issue Field Watch. The recipe is classic mil-spec meets covert-ops:

  • Grade-5 titanium, black DLC-coated—think fighter-jet skin, only lighter (54 g on strap).
  • 38 mm × 9.2 mm case with double-domed sapphire up top and an exhibition back locked down by four hex screws—because, of course, hex screws.
  • 100 m water-resistance so you can cannon-ball off the dock without flinching.
  • Carbon-texture dial + BGW9 lume—legible in a blackout, but never shouty.
  • Run of twenty, yours is #?/20—once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Retail landed at $2,600, and—unsurprisingly—sold through before most casual browsers knew it existed.

Inside the case: Calibre 1005

Peek through the sapphire rear window and you’ll spot Weiss’s hand-finished Cal. 1005. The architecture starts with the reliable ETA/Peseux 7001—17 jewels, 21,600 vph, but every bridge is bevelled, striped, and plated in-house before final assembly. Expect:

  • Manual wind, 42-hour reserve—wind it with the morning coffee and you’re set until tomorrow.
  • Incabloc shock protection for those unplanned desk-diving incidents.
  • Under-the-radar accuracy—owners report single-digit seconds per day once settled in.

On-wrist character

The magic here isn’t just the featherweight titanium; it’s the proportions. At 38 mm, the watch sits flat even on smaller wrists, while the muted DLC finish avoids the “look-at-me” vibe of oversized black divers. Paired with the textured rubber strap, the whole package feels like tactical gear that wandered into weekend-casual ready for a hike, a patio beer, or an impromptu red-eye flight.

What the forums are saying

Scroll through r/Watches and you’ll find long-time owners praising Weiss for its transparency and hand-craft, calling this edition “no-fluff and super-clean”. A few price-point skeptics raise eyebrows (because every indie gets that treatment), yet the consensus is clear: twenty pieces is catnip for collectors, and the brand’s made-in-America ethos only sweetens the pot.

Final thoughts—wear it in good health

This 38 mm DLC-titanium Field Watch proves you don’t need Swiss cross-border mileage to deliver real enthusiast firepower. It’s light, tough, eminently serviceable, and rare enough that you’ll almost never spot a twin in the wild. If you landed #1-20/20, congratulations! wind it daily, knock it around, and revel in the knowing nods from fellow watch nerds who realize just how slim those odds were.

Because sometimes the best reference number isn’t on a dial—it’s “15 of 20.”