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Oak & Oscar The Humboldt 12-hr

Tool

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Case

Diameter
39.5mm
Thickness
12.4mm
Lug-to-lug
46.8mm
Lug width
20mm
Material
316L Stainless Steel
Water resistance
200m
Caseback
Solid screw-down

Crystal & dial

Crystal
Sapphire
Shape
Double-domed
AR coating
Underside
Dial colour
Grey
Indices
Applied
Lume
Super-LumiNova

Movement

Caliber
ETA 2892-A2
Type
Automatic
Beat rate
4 vph
Jewels
21
Hacking
No
Hand-winding
No
Complications
GMT, Chronograph, Date

ETA

A slim, refined Swiss automatic from ETA, thinner and generally better finished than the 2824, running at 28,800 vph with around 50 hours of power reserve. It serves as the base for countless modified and chronograph movements across the industry.

Design language

Case shape
round
Dial style
matte
Bezel
fixed
Bracelet
lug-attached
Hands
baton

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Humboldt collection · 8 watches

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Team Shuster Humboldt39.5mm
The Humboldt ExP-02
The Humboldt ExP-0239.5mm
The Humboldt GMT
The Humboldt GMT39.5mm
The Humboldt GMT SAR Edition
The Humboldt GMT SAR Edition39.5mm
The Humboldt GMT Titanium
The Humboldt GMT Titanium39.5mm
The Humboldt GMT USSS Edition
The Humboldt GMT USSS Edition39.5mm
The Humboldt Seven Year
The Humboldt Seven Year39.5mm

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Oak & Oscar The Humboldt 12-hr owners widely praise its comfortable, solid bracelet with screw links and tight end-link fit, along with its awesome sandwich dial featuring superb grain and crisp details. The 12-hour bezel is noted as excellent for tracking a second time zone, and the orange second hand adds a nice pop. One owner reports the watch has outstanding quality and a perfect fit on smaller wrists, while another notes its legibility and great presence on various straps. A reviewer describes it as a 40mm stainless steel tool watch with a matte, brushed finish and a sandwich dial, powered by an ETA 2892-A2 movement with a 42-hour power reserve. Some in the line report the lume could be brighter. On balance, owners and reviewers rate Oak & Oscar The Humboldt 12-hr highly for its build quality and versatile tool-watch design.

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