April 2012

by Tom Adelsten If you get anything at all out of this, remember that Vantage watches are not Hamilton watches. Hamilton Watch Company bought Vantage to compete with a flood of cheap watches from Switzerland and Japan assembled in the Asia and the Virgin Islands. United States Time Corporation (Timex) developed an inexpensive mechanical movement (the […]

Hamilton WWII Pocket I don’t show pocket watches on this site, unless they’re extremely unique and relatd to wristwatches. Classicwatch has this World War II military watch (51mm) listed on its site. It has U.S. military markings  AN5740 MFR’s Part No.33106 Serial No. H-3726 Hamilton Watch Co. This pocket watch has the original black 24

Meadowbrook Hamilton introduced this watch in 1928 as prestige model for business. They offered it in a hand-made platinum case for $400 or $5,200 in 2012 dollars. It’s extremely rare and none are known to exist in circulation. Hamilton often used damaskeening on the 979. It used the 6/0 (size 0 minus 4/30ths)  with 19 Ruby

Hamilton only manufactured 7,500  of the movements. The 401 went into six models, which include the Andrews, Stanley, Livingstone, Byrd, Ericsson, and Wilkinson – early 1930’s. The 401 movement came with 19 rubies and sapphire jewels, a double roller escapement, sapphire roller and pallet jewels, the Breguet hairspring, and a gold center wheel. It’s a

What’s happened? What do you expect? The Hamilton that made wristwatches like the Wilshire Gallery 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 that look a little like a “Thinline” or a “Masterpiece” that aren’t exactly retro tank watches.