Hamilton’s Advertisement read: “An accurate, durable, timekeeper constructed to stand the hard service to which a wristwatch is subjected. Especially designed for Army and Navy Officers, Aviators, Automobile Drivers, Civil Engineers and others who realize the advantage of a wrist watch in their occupations. This watch was tremendously popular with the American Exppeditionary Force and […]
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by Tom Adelstein Two years ago, I began looking at horology schools in Europe and the US. I wanted to gain proficiency in the repair and servicing of vintage watches. It was something I had wanted to do for several years. After attending two full-time summer programs, I want to share my experience and findings
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We updated this post on June 7, 2015 here. Vintage Hamilton collectors consider the Brooke model one of the 10 most popular and collectible wristwatches from Hamilton’s golden era. In 1938, the buying public rejected it. In many ways, Hamilton produced a ‘copy-cat’ to the very popular Gruen Curvex. Like most copy-cat products, it didn’t
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