For as long as we’ve been producing watches, we’ve been guided by the landscapes that surround us: the foothills of the Piedmont, the rolling climbs of the Triad, and the sweeping overlooks and trail networks that lead toward the Blue Ridge and the Black Mountains. These are the places where many of us spend our weekends, where we find time to breathe, and where our watches are tested in the kind of real world use that matters most. Early-morning light cutting through the trees, fog lifting off a ridge, quiet miles before the trails get busy, these moments have a way of grounding you.

Our time on the trails helped influence how we think about durability, legibility, and purpose. You notice how terrain changes underfoot, how quickly light shifts between wooded paths and open vistas, how the landscape can move from bright to shadowed in a matter of steps. Those experiences shape your expectations of a field watch. The Outpost GMT grew from years of hiking, observing, and letting the mountains inform the small decisions that make a watch genuinely useful.

It’s a field-ready traveler’s watch designed for the kind of places where visibility matters and where long routes can carry you across counties, state lines, or even time zones. The Outpost isn’t tied to any one peak, it’s a watch rooted in the landscapes that inspire us.

During the design process, we kept coming back to the visual language of the mountains, the silhouettes at dusk, the softened edges of a ridge at twilight, the way light can reveal or conceal texture depending on the time of day. Those ideas ultimately found their way into the dial and caseback: subtle, functional details that create a quiet connection to the terrain.

While we were deep in that work, the NC mountains themselves were facing something far more significant.

Last year, Hurricane Helene closed large sections of trail systems throughout Western North Carolina, from heavily used paths to smaller connectors threading through the Black Mountains. Volunteers across the region stepped up to restore access. Among the most active was the North Carolina High Peaks Trail Association, a nonprofit based in Yancey County that maintains over 60 miles of trails in the Black Mountains and serves as the nonprofit partner that supports Mount Mitchell State Park. Their work, alongside many other volunteers, agencies, and partner organizations, helped ensure that the majority of those routes could safely reopen.

The NCHPTA’s commitment isn’t limited to storms. Stewardship is year-round. Clearing downed limbs after winter weather, repairing eroded paths, improving signage, guiding new hikers, and protecting access for future generations, all of it happens quietly, consistently, and without fanfare.

That’s why a portion of Outpost GMT proceeds will be donated to North Carolina High Peaks Trail Association, to support the ongoing trail maintenance and stewardship that keeps these mountains accessible to everyone.

The mountains shaped this watch. Supporting the people who protect them feels like the right way to give something back.

Limited Edition: 100 pieces
Case: 316L stainless steel · 39 mm diameter · 46 mm lug-to-lug · 12 mm thick · Screw-down crown · Sapphire crystal
Movement: Miyota 9075 “True GMT” · Independently jumping local hour hand · 28,800 bph · 42-hour power reserve
Dial: White full-lume BGW9 dial · Hidden mountain silhouette revealed in darkness
Hands: High-contrast black hands and indices · Filled with X1 C1 Super-Luminova · Color-matched GMT hand shaft
Water Resistance: 100 m / 10 ATM
Caseback: Custom engraving featuring the summit-approach trail of Mount Mitchell
Strap: Brown canvas backed with soft leather
Assembly: Assembled, tested, and regulated in the USA
Warranty: 2 Years
Price: $795