In 1928, New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert faced a dilemma. He had to select an appropriate award for his world champion 1928 team. Mr. Ruppert decided on a prototype watch from Hamilton. He scheduled the award presentation for the opening day of the new season, April 18, 1929. Hamilton presented a white solid gold Piping […]
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Hamilton offered this wristwatch in 1980 as the second of their reissued historical tradition series. The Collector’s Classic Edition Society had exclusive rights to market and called it Lord Hamilton.1 Unlike the model 992 issued the year before, this watch had an ornately engraved case. Collector’s Classic Edition Society limited the release to 100 units
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I visit Hamilton Watch’s website on a regular basis. They post some helpful information there. You will not find a comprehensive or indexed repository, but often times you can find nuggets. Hamilton Watch Co. sponsors an interesting section entitled the Hamilton-Museum. I find it a bit confusing with poor navigation so I would like to
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CK Lim wrote: Good day. I’m CK here from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I came to know your website after helping my uncle to identify a vintage he recently acquired – Hamilton Type A-11 for U.S. servicemen (please refer attachments). However I was unable to find any info about this piece, therefore would like to seek
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The Khaki invention The War Department named Hamilton the official watch of the US Military as far back as 1917. Hamilton used a 981 pendant movement to run those early doughboy models. Afterward, the company made watches for aviation, especially the US Postal Service, and eventually became the primary supplier of watches for the Allies in World
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