August 2009

The Reagan is a 17 Jewel, 10K natural gold-filled man’s wrist watch. It has 18K applied gold numerals and a silver-oyster colored dial. Hamilton marketed this watch in 1938 $40 – a tidy sum in those days. The Reagan is a fairly rare watch today. You’ll rarely see one listed on eBay. It’s a mystery […]

In 1926, the American Magazine ran a series of Hamilton watch ads. The photo on the left is from the original ad. The ad announced the “new” Tonneau model wrist watch for women. It had a 987 movement and men can wear it today. It’s a large watch. This ad also read: “Hamilton Wrist Watches