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1962 Sea Skip

Sometimes the Hamilton catalogs teased customers a little by showing a "coming soon" type of listing.  A good example is the Sea-Skip.  It was shown in the 1961 catalog but it showed it was scheduled for release in 1962. 

I did a post 10 years ago on the


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1958 Norman

Hamilton had a special group that focused on watches for awards and presentations.  The awards division could create special models or customize dials to make the award with special.  The back of the watch could also be engraved with a unique presentation.  

The main intent though was to provide awards that the recipient would not find in their local...


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1951 Grover

I recently had an interesting project that I thought would make a good blog post.  

It's a 1951 Grover, a model that was produced through 1953, if you include the movement change to the Grover B.

Originally it was outfitted with the 14/0 sized 17 jewel 980 movement and sometime in 1952 it was changed over to the 12/0 sized 17 jewel 752 and a B was added....


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 It was a case of mistaken identity...

How's that for the start of a blog post?  Sounds mysterious, but sometimes that happens with vintage watches.

I get a lot of requests to identify a watch.  I typically refer people to HamiltonFieldGuide.com  which ...


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Merry Christmas! 

I have done a good job this year preparing for Christmas.  Advent seems to breeze past me every year and I find myself regretting, a little, my lack of preparation.  Not so this year.  I've been preparing for several months, in fact.

One theme has resonated with me throughout Advent...  

The stars in the sky.


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