Ingersoll IN2802BK
45 x 14.5 mm
Stainless steel case
Mineral glass crystal with glass caseback
Leather Strap (22mm lugs)
Day, date, year, 24hr.
Automatic movement (30 hr power reserve)
30m WR
3 year warranty
The Oklahoma features a movement that tracks time, day, date, month and 24hr time. The glass case back allows you to see the inner workings of the Asian sourced movement. The top pusher advanced the month register at one o'clock while the lower pusher advances the year register (will only track the year to 2021). At three o'clock there are separate apertures for the day and date, both of which are well executed with black text on a white background. The sides of the case are brushed while the back is polished. The hands and markers are painted in orange luminous paint, a very cool and modern touch that almost looks like patina if it weren't for the clean and un-aged dial and glow of the paint. The dial is rather busy and much of the information it brings you is generally unnecessary – it definitely would have been nice to see a chronograph version given the tachymeter scale along the outside of the dial.
That said, I love the way it looks, almost steam-punk in some ways. The small markings around the large dial registers is an especially nice touch and helps in the legibility of the dial. The large orange hands are incredibly easy to read and the pin tip on the end of the second hand reaches to the very outside of the dial and minute markers, an excellent and increasingly rare touch. As an added flair, you get an oversized onion crown that is very simple to operate and looks funky between the stop watch style pushers. Both the crown and the pushers are finished to match the details in the bezel. While this a no showy high end swiss watch nor a tough dive watch, I still loved wearing it, it is in many ways different from anything else we have reviewed at Watch Report.
If you have a boney wrist the large crown may dig in from time to time and I did find myself wearing it a little higher on my wrist than normal. It would have been nice to get a sapphire crystal upfront and a mineral in the display back, currently the display back is standard glass and may not hold up over the years. Outside of the glass back there is little to complain about with the Oklahoma even as an everyday watch its very good for the price. Ingersoll lists the MSRP of the Oklahoma at $270 which is a fighting price given its competition and the multitude of quartz options at this price point. If you're looking for a little old world charm to contrast your sportier watches, or simply want to wear something interesting and uncommon, the Ingersoll Oklahoma should be up to the task without breaking the bank.
By James Stacey
source: Watch Report
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