Road Test: Nixon Regulus

Just the thing for keeping time on those special ops (and showing off at BBQs)

Nixon Regulus watch.

Cool watch! Tell us about it. Well, I could, but then I’d have to kill you. Need-to-know-basis.

Are you feeling all right? It’s the strangest thing: wearing the Nixon Regulus – a digital watch designed by US special ops soldiers – makes me come over all Jason Bourne.

Why? It’s the “toughest watch on the market”, growls Nixon, based in California. Besides a bomb-proof construction, it has dual chronographs “to keep track of every aspect of your mission”, and an adjustable LED display that can be turned right down for near invisibility during “night ops”.

And those big buttons? They’re water-resistant to 100m – perfect for all your submarine sabotage needs – and oversized, for ease of use when you’re wearing diving gloves. Or drunk.

Verdict: It’s just the thing for elite troops operating behind enemy lines! Also burglars, Walter Mitty types and 48-year-old dads showing off at BBQs.

$249, nixon.com