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Change is hard, as they say. Like old soldiers who never die, when it comes to watch styles they just fade away.
If you step back and look at the various models in Hamilton's lineup you can almost see points in time when design aesthetics changed. I guess that's why a lot of collectors tend to gravitate toward a favorite decade.
For example - the earli...
I think if you were to imagine in your mind's eye what a 1960s watch would look like, you'd probably get pretty close to the design for the 1965 Accumatic A-506. You'd probably imagine something very sleek, perhaps a little unusual, likely on a metal bracelet, arguably with luminous hands.
That pretty much sums up the A-506. It was introduced in 1965 a...
One of my favorite models is the 1941 Lexington. I suppose that's for a few reasons.
First, as a former naval officer, the name reminds me of the USS Lexington(s), of WWII. The original USS Lexington (CV-2) was the second aircraft carrier built by the US Navy. It was sunk in the battle of the Coral Sea. Another carrier was already bei...
The first automatics in Hamilton's lineup were originally branded as Illinois watches. Interestingly, they used ETA movements.
Within a year or two Hamilton-branded automatics were introduced. The earliest models used Eterna movements but those were rapidly replaced by Kirth Freres (Certina). The model line was aptly named the Automatic K-s...