I own two of these and love them. One has the nylon web band with a compass (added by me) and the other has a leather band, which I use as my dress up time piece. I bought a third (polymer) watch for my son (Army), and he loves it as well. Five things that are the sales clinchers for me, are: 1) solid titanium case w/screw down titanium back; 2) the offset (lowered) protected crystal (since I wear the watch on the inside of my wrist, I tend to crack the crystals more, but not since wearing a Bertucci for three plus years); 3) solid lugs; 4) a screw down crown that is at the 4 o'clock rather than the 3 o'clock position; 5) a quartz movement. These five points out way any perceived negatives...

I've been wearing the original A-2T for, oh, 8 years now. Swapped out the strap a couple of times as the nylon tends to fray and accrue stains over the years. Smell too, so you may have to wash it in the sink now and then. The watch, now battle-scarred, is still going strong as I expected when I bought it. The 'Tactical' is definitely an improvement over my original: a sapphire vs mineral crystal, rated for 200m water resistance vs 100m, and takes a larger lithium button battery where the first iteration uses a 621 battery which I usually get about 2 years out of. Other than that it appears to the same as the original. A few comments: thick leather straps don't work well with A-2T, becoming permanently deformed; go with simple Zulu straps, NATO's unnecessarily stack the watch on the wrist; there is NO way this watch is leaving your body with the original nylon strap unless your hand is severed; corroborating: adjusting date/time is is vague and imprecise, but never had a problem with it; a nice touch is the battery requirements are etched on the case back (the review would've benefited by a close-up of the back sans strap) and I've swapped them out a few times over the years without trouble.

I love this watch so much!! 19:52

Thanks for your review. Ended up with a A-4T Super Yankee model, mainly because of size. ( A 40mm watch is too small for me.) Basically the same watch with some upgrades, like Swiss movement (which BTW, still don't line-up) hardened Sapphire crystal, etc. Found it on Amazon with 50% off, so it was a no-brainer. This is my introduction to Bertucci watches, and I like it so far. I have a Hamilton Khaki field in my collection and even though it has "prettier" finishes, I love the toughness and rough feeling of the Bertucci. Definitely a great watch for the money!

One of the great things about titanium is that it’s hypoallergenic as well. I picked up this watch because of its durability, reviews, and the fact that I’m allergic to nickel. Titanium is one of the few options for me and this fits the bill for a field watch for me. Nice review, 40mm x 48mm and 11 mm thick by my callipers. Weight is super light when you get it off the strap it comes on and into a single pass leather or better yet single pass seatbelt material. Good job, look forward to seeing other reviews.

I like these types of watches I’ve seen a Hamilton that resembles this one and has the same characteristics with the numbers I guess I’m old fashioned with this point and can’t find many like them!!!! Thanks for sharing this information with us!!!

Great review!!!

Just ordered the A2T black dial black nylon band for my birthday next week. I hope theyre as good as i hear

Great Video ! On my NATO/edc watchband I have a Suunto button compass ! tjl

Love these watches 👍🏻 *does NOT get issued to the military

I cant find this one in particular online? Did you switch the strap or anything that it came with? I want it😂

Where can I buy this? I can only find it with white numbers on black dial.

Thinking about getting the Solar model 💲⌚

the seconds hand doesn’t line up. that’s unacceptable for the price

A shame that they don't sale automatics :(

Are the numerals green? I Can't find a A-2T with black dial and green numerals at their page.

Where did you pick this one up?

I recently purchased an a 2t vintage from Amazon and am very disappointed with it. Right out the box, the second hand does not hit the index marks. Then I checked the accuracy of the time: the first two days it seemed to be perfect; then on the third day it seemed to lose two whole seconds, this was right after I had ridden my bicycle with it on a bumpy road. I tapped hard with my finger on the side of the case and the second hand seemed to stand still for a split second. I tapped repeatedly and it lost over 15 seconds immediately. Everything else on the watch is great, but it cannot be trusted to keep time if it gets bumped. I am not going to spend another penny on it by returning it and will use it, knowing that I will have to monitor it for this problem.

What size wrist do you have

Great review on a great watch. I will say the whole " military issued" is the biggest ongoing joke for anyone who has served. Most of the stuff we were issued was CRAP. Try and stay away from that saying in the future if possible.

🤭……. You miss the point of this watch … TOTALLY… nice …. Mmm ….

Trying to cope a very family’s KZfaqrs style

Whoa, dude! Way, way, way too. much friggin hand movement! Take your Ritalin and lay off the caffeine. It's about the watch, not your friggin hands!