July 2013

Note: This is an update from an article posted in March, 2012. It focuses on Hamilton, because I specialize in this brand. I also have collected Gruens, Elgins, Bulovas, Walthams and a variety of Swiss watches. You can use the information herein for any of those brands of vintage watches.Where Have All the Vintage Watches […]

This is a checklist for buying a vintage Hamilton watch. It applies to other manufacturers watches as well,  such as Waltham, Elgin, Bulova, Illinois and so forth. If you’re new at this, then consider your goal for owning a vintage watch – is it for appearance sake? Vintage watches don’t behave like ones made today.

 Many Lives Sacrificed Because of Faulty Watches   New York Tribune, January 10, 1910 by James B. Morrow   An unseen man, whose name, if mentioned, has made, perhaps, no impression, is helping the green lights, the white lights and the red lights, the wooden arms that reach across the tracks, the rail makers, the

Authors and historian, like Don Sauer, either say or suggest that Hamilton sold more Boulton models than any other wristwatch the company made. From my experience evaluating production runs of the major vintage US manufacturers, I believe it is one of the most popular vintage style wristwatches in history. Hamilton began making the Boulton in

If you shop around for early 1900’s Hamilton watches, especially on eBay, you will find this watch or a variation of it. It came with a 987 movement and that confuses sellers. I’ve seen them called many different names – but I’ve never seen them referred to as a Chevy Chase It has a Fahy