Montre Murchison Burnt Earth Field/Robe

Superb timepiece! The size 40 mm is just so perfect for my wrist, no way to find any decent alternative. A lot of value for the money spent. Just can't get enough of this watch. Thank you very much, Mr Jason ant Team!

A very nice watch with a vintage touch due to the Burnt Earth dial. I have had it on my wrist since I received it and am more than happy. 🙂

Love the design making it easy to read. Great watch for price point. Nicely finished and quality constructed. Great service from Houtman, way better than some higher end dealers with great follow up communication. Would definitely buy another watch.

Love it. Simple, beautiful, comfortable (even as someone with skinny wrists!). A bit of a knack to get used to the winding mechanism, but perfectly fine when you do. Delighted to support a quality Australian- designed product too.

I bought the Murchison Burnt Earth variant purely as a result of a suggestion made to a question I posed which was if anyone knew of a watch with a salmon dial that was 40+ in diameter. This is actually quite a rare specification its seems where almost all that I could afford are either sold out, 38mm or simply way out of my budget. The suggestion triggered my recollection of Houtman as a brand I saw with interest on you tube reviews, but I had forgotten about them over time. I’m really glad I had my memory refreshed and this suggestion made because the watch is absolutely awesome. I am a collector of watches, and this watch is one I keep gravitating toward when I open my watch box to choose what I’m wearing. The design is really well thought out. The bezel which in proportion to the flush and flat crystal, is quite thin so it wears on wrist bigger than its 40mm suggests because you get the visual impression of a dial with a lot more real estate than its dimensions, and that’s also helped by keeping the dial free of clutter with minimal text and a really well thought out font, size and spacing for the Arabic’s. By keeping the Arabic numerals as close to the chapter ring as possible, your eye is drawn to the centre of the dial and all the space which enables the watch to showcase this warm colour of a sun setting over an arid landscape. Its is a unique and very interesting take on a salmon colourway. The case actually wears thinner than its dimensions suggest too and I think that’s down to a few things, a clever trick of the eye by the way the polished edge of the bezel acts as a transition point between the top the bezel that is brushed and the case that is also but with some polished accenting along the lugs. Also the way the case tapers down straight away from the lugs and the bevelling between the case and the case back is another visual trick but also genuinely reduces the height on wrist as the case sits more into the recess of your wrist. I realise I’m making quite a thing about how the watch looks bigger than its 40 mm suggests, because that was my requirement. But anyone used to 38-39 ought to feel assured that this wouldn’t look out of place and that’s again down to a compact lug to lug and their downturn. I haven’t mentioned the bracelet yet. I have to say, the bracelet is an absolute must! Buy it, you really wont regret it. The quality of fit and finish is excellent. It’s a faux, beads of rice but has very small links which is great for sizing up accurately and anyone who has had to alter a genuine beads of rice would know that they can be a real pain to alter and after a time, the links become quite loose and rattly. You get all the comfort and looks of a beads of rice bracelet here, without the downsides. There are female end link at the dial end of the watch so the compact lug and downturn of the watch is maintained just as it is on the straps. It has screw links which I found easy to unscrew and screw back in after altering, I haven’t had to use Loctite and I have worn the watch for several days and none of the screws are loosening. But its real party piece is the on the fly micro adjustment. This is so simple to use. You can finite alter with ease as your wrist swells and contracts to a mm! Very impressed and even fully extended, you are not left with some ugly join between the bracelet and the clasp exposed. Negatives I know a review should identify and communicate some not so positives or “moans and niggles” to coin a phrase from one famous influencer. But the truth is. I can’t find anything to fault the Murchison on. This is the first time I have ever said that about a watch. Revised review 08.04.2023(type error amendments only)

Very happy with this purchase looking to seeing future projects.

Awesome watch! Great build quality and beautiful colour tones. Something a little different from the norm!