Founded in 2015, Jack Mason has tread its own path to becoming a true enthusiast brand. Having started with taking on fashion watch giants like the Fossil Group and the Movado Group with its historical pillars of tool watches — Dive, Aviation, Racing, and Field — Jack Mason’s transition into an enthusiast-focused company culminated with the 2022 Strat-O-Timer GMT, an affordable, vintage-inspired GMT that quickly became a fan favorite. The brand doubles down on this successful recipe with the Jack Mason Hydrotimer, a vintage-inspired dive watch assembled and regulated in the U.S. to impressive timekeeping accuracy.

Following up on the Strat-O-Timer, the Hydrotimer is based on that successful platform — as Jack Mason evolves the brand toward an enthusiast customer, the goal with the Hydrotimer is “to establish a watch that can be an instant classic and an icon to the brand,” says Peter Cho, Co-founder and Designer. He adds, “We wanted to create a watch for which value was offered beyond a spec sheet. How do we create another dive watch that was beautiful in design but provided a better quality of watch life? How do we exploit our strength in design and experience in the industry to create a compelling package altogether?”

The solutions come in three different forms: Scratch-resistant coating, in-house movement regulation, and American assembly, all in an effort to focus on a higher level of watch production and service and, in the long run, to become a legacy brand in its home state of Texas. Achieving all this requires high-quality products, consistency, and investing in the necessary operations, people, and know-how. A very tangible and, indeed, enjoyable result of Jack Mason’s efforts is the fact that the Hydrotimer boasts an impressive +/- 5 seconds daily accuracy tolerance from its Miyota 9039 caliber thanks to the regulation that happens once the movement has been assembled into the watch in the United States.