Vintage Hamilton Watch Restoration

In my last post I talked about the first watch to introduce the "digital age".  There were other electronic or electric powered watches, but the first truly digital watch hit the market in 1972 as the Pulsar.  Although developed was started by the Hamilton Watch Co, by the time the Pulsar was ready for showroom floors, the company had evolved in the HMW Inc and a ne...

 It was the biggest innovation in time keeping in 500 years... or so the marketers said.

Up until about two weeks ago, I didn't know much about Hamilton's history with Pulsar watches.  Turns out, it's really a fascinating story.

In the beginning there was The Hamilton Watch Company and it produced... well, watches of course.  In the 1950s and 60's t...

Thin was in, in the 1930s as was long and lean - and that required a watch case that would curve to accommodate a curved wrist.

As a result, in the late 1930s Hamilton introduced several "curved to fit the wrist" models.  One of the most dramatic was the Linwood.  Introduced in 1938, the Linwood was produced for four years.

There are a lot of interesting...

Hamilton made pocket watches for it's entire US-production existence.  It started in 1892 when the company was formed and continued through 1969.  In fact, inventory continued to be sold into the 1970s. 

As you might expect, there were technological advancements along the way and movements evolved over the decades until finally coalescing around 10 Size d...

I've posted before about how vintage Hamilton collectors usually have a favorite decade or two to focus on.  Hamilton Watch Company made wristwatches from about 1920 through 1969 in their Lancaster PA factory and the company continued to make watches in Switzerland in the 1970s.  A lot happened since then but Hamilton still produces fine watches today and often echo...