Tom Adelstein

In the 1937 Hamilton Catalog, these watches were grouped together.The gold filled models came with a 17 Jewel 980 movement and the solid gold models came with the 982 movement. These were popular selling watches at a time when the US just started to come out of the Great Depression. Boone 14K gold-filled, natural gold […]

The Hamilton Ellsworth and Prescott both appeared in the 1935-1936 catalog. These were limited production watches. For example, Hamilton only produced 2500 Ellsworth units Ellsworth The Ellsworth came in a 10K gold filled case, had a 28mm diameter excluding the crown and was 43mm over the lug tips. It used a 17-jewel 987 F movement.

I just want to suggest you take extra care when reading a sellers description. In my opinion, this one is ridiculous. The remaining buyers in the market should easily recognize this. Just in the event you don’t here’s a  bit of help. The seller’s title for this beat-up Martin is: MENS VINTAGE HAMILTON WWII MILITARY WATCH

The market for 1924-1950 Hamilton watches is depressed. If you have an eye on eBay auctions, then you know this already. If you don’t have your eyes on these, then take a look. This is 2013, but prices are back to 1995 levels. Why? Unless you’re Rip Van Winkle and have slept through the last

Arnold One has to ask themselves how a 1957 Hamilton watch could bring in $360 at auction. In fact, how do you explain how a “plentiful” Hamilton watch with no special features and an average Swiss movement could bring that kind of money on eBay? On January 19, 2009 – I wrote a short description