Hemel 24: Rugged or refined?
When it comes to affordable watches, some people focus on crowdfunding websites to find their next watch, while there are a lot of watches out there from established microbrands. One of those brands is Hemel. This US based brand makes military-inspired watches. As cool as this may sound, many people forget that military watches, in general, where never the most refined pieces. After all, nobody really cares when the bullets started flying, and secondly, it is tax-payers money, so they had to be relatively inexpensive. Hemel combined the two and created a refined, military-inspired watch, called the 24. The main attraction of the watch is the case. It is very well rounded, and this works especially good in combination with the classic black military dial and the vintage inspired hands.…