Thank you to those who have responded. I should have added that what worries me the most is the band, and in particular the connection between the band and the watch. From my own experience I know that even normal exercise can weaken the spring bands that connect band to watch, leading the connection to sever and the watch to get lost or be unwearable until the problem can be fixed. I expect a combat soldier’s wrist flexes a whole lot and that this problem will assert itself for my son. I would be grateful for an additional wisdom relating to this issue in particular.
Send him with extra of the spring pins, and you can make up some bands with nylon or cotton webbing and some velcro.
In my previous post, I mentioned the problem of the watch band. BUT, it is dangerous to wear a watch than will NOT break or come off.
I have experience with all TOO MANY men and women who have had their watch caught on something during a dangerous time.
When that watch will not break, terrible damage can be inflicted on the lower arm bones. It is the same as the problem with a neck chain so solid it will not break when caught on something.
When everything is going to hell, the last thing to worry about is the watch. If something twists and breaks either of the spring lugs holding on the watch, maybe it’s a good thing.