American Issue Field Watch

The American Issue Field Watch was born on 4 July 2016, when Weiss presented the Caliber 1003: unlike the Standard Issue's Caliber 1001, based on a Swiss ébauche, the 1003 is a 17-jewel hand-wound movement designed, produced and assembled entirely in the Weiss workshop in Los Angeles, with a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and a 46-hour power reserve. The brand presents it as a direct evolution of the Standard Issue Field Watch, with the same field-watch look but housing the first truly "made in USA" movement produced on a small scale in contemporary American watchmaking.

Aesthetically, the launch model features a 42 mm 316L steel case (also offered in 18-carat gold), a military-style dial with small seconds at 9 o'clock and a domed sapphire crystal on the front with a flat sapphire caseback, revealing the movement's finishes: a rhodium-plated plate with Geneva stripes, sunburst finishing on the crown and barrel wheels, and blued screws. At launch the steel version on a leather strap was priced at $2,500.

The Caliber 1003 has since become the reference movement for Weiss's most representative lines, and the American Issue Field Watch remains the line the brand presents as the ultimate expression of its in-house manufacturing, setting it apart from the Standard Issue precisely through the movement's entirely American origin.