What’s happened?What do you expect? The Hamilton that made wristwatches like the Morley doesn’t exist. Someone bought the headquarters buildings and turned them into condominiums. Swatch owns the Hamilton name and they make Khaki’s, Chronographs and watches than look a little like a “Thinline”. You don’t need schooling in economics to understand that a static […]
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While this watch appears like several others including the Endicott, Prescott and Haddon to mention a few, it has some distinguishing features. The main identifying marks include the second subsidiary dial, the movement and it’s appearance in a 1954 Hamilton Catalog. Let’s look: To the side is the Nielsen and on the bottom you can
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Have you noticed a shortage of vintage Hamilton watches? Unless you’re a collector, you may find that the 2011 selection of new Hamilton’s would serve you best, especially if you’re looking for a “retro” watch to wear. I’m happier with this year’s offerings than any I’ve seen since I purchased my last “new” Hamilton in
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Hamilton released the “Contour” on July 15, 1938. They advertised it as a driver’s watch, because the crown sat on top and as you can tell, it had hinged lugs. Hamilton told jewelers “we’ve had dozens of side-of-the-wrist models under consideration during the past year, but none filled all the natural requirements of such a
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