PDW Expedition Watch Band Compass on Ti-HDR Strap with Marathon GSAR watch. Photo Credit: Brock Stevens   The magnetic compass has been guiding humans across oceans, deserts, and mountain ranges for nearly a thousand years. The wrist compass is a more recent idea, but its history is richer and stranger than most people assume. It did not begin in a military quartermaster's office. It began, of all places, knee-deep in a Finnish snowfield in...

The Raider Field Pant is Prometheus Design Werx's most fully realized take on the American utility pant. This is the story of where it came from, what it borrows from, and why every detail on it is there. Every brand has one product that explains the rest of the line. For Prometheus Design Werx, that product is the Raider Field Pant. It is the pant that translates the PDW design philosophy into something you...

From a downed airman's tunic button to a titanium instrument on your wrist: the button compass is one of the most quietly consequential navigation tools ever made. Left to right: Early British RAF escape compass circa 1942, Luftwaffe escape compass circa 1942, USAF issue escape compass circa 1983, current production Francis Barker FB-1605 NATO survival button compass, 22m and 14mm dive rated polyoxymethylene button compasses. Photo: PDW.   Before GPS, Before Maps on Glass:...

A field report from the second annual Windup in a Bay expedition, campfire to cold water, Elkhorn Ranch to Carmel coast. The second annual Windup in a Bay expedition brought the Windup spirit straight to the Monterey Bay Area, running in tandem with the Windup Watch Fair San Francisco. This year's adventure wasn't just about diving, it was about building a full-circle experience, starting with a scenic campout at Elkhorn Ranch, and culminating in...