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  1. Jkuback Jan 25, 2020

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    Those are great watches, especially the Khaki Field ticks a lot of boxes - absolutely great tool watch imho.

    I would love the old one :D but I was also considering the New one as a daily beater
     
  2. SportChief Jan 29, 2020

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    Before becoming interesting in Omega and Longines, the Hamilton brand is what got the spark lit for me in terms of watch collecting. Of the 30+ watches that are in my collection, probably half are Hamilton. I'm not particularly interested in the modern Hamiltons (1970s to present) or the Lancaster-assembled watches with Swiss movements. To me, a real Hamilton has an in-house movement made in Lancaster, PA.

    One of my pride and joys in my Hamilton line-up is my Electric "Meteor." The watch was actually a gift from my watchmaker. He knows me as "the Hamilton guy," since that is what I mostly bring him to service or repair. About 30 years ago, he purchased the Meteor in a box of junk watches and parts. He held on to it for some reason and decided to get it running again; knowing that I would give it a good home. I was quite speechless and beyond thankful when he presented it to me working and cleaned up. He showed it to me a few weeks earlier to ask my opinion on it. I told him it was worth around $1000 and he should fix it up and try to sell it. It was certainly a shock when he gave it to me as a token of our friendship.

    It's an early 60s model with a cal. 500 movement (Hamilton's first version of their electric movement) in a 10kt yellow gold-filled asymmetrical case created by the famous designer Richard Arbib. These movements are notoriously unreliable and it loses about 5 minutes a day, but I still love it! Arbib was the creator of many of Hamilton's asymmetrical cases for their electric watches, such as the legendary Ventura. This watch was only produced for two years (1960-62), with 1500 made in the black dial and 3000 made all together.

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  3. MoclovFlop Do the Electric Boogaloo. Jan 29, 2020

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    Inherited this 1956 Accumatic II "B" (Illinois grade movement with a power reserve meter) from my grandfather. Lots of character, paired with a toad skin strap to really bring out the dial... or something. Sorry for the heavy filtering, stolen from IG.

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  4. RI Omega Fan Feb 4, 2020

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    All the Hamilton Field Mechanicals on the Hamilton website now say “Available Soon”. I’m assuming it’s due to the transition to the new H50 movement that is now listed in the specs. It has a longer (80 hour) power reserve, albeit at a lower bph.

    So, if I have this correct, in the short period of time it has been in existence, the innards* of this watch has gone from ETA 2801-2 to the ETA 2824-2 (like mine) to the H-10 movement and now to the pending H-50 movement. Does anyone else find this a bit odd?

    KHAKI FIELD MECHANICAL

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    https://shop.hamiltonwatch.com/h69439931-khaki-field-mechanical.html

    With a hand wound watch, who cares if can run for three days - don’t we all enjoy winding our watch every day anyway? Are these newer movements that much more accurate or reliable? Is it scarcity of available parts or something else? Isn't it likely these watches are out in the supply pipeline with all different movements? Can one be sure what they’re buying, especially from someplace like Amazon? Should I just paint the downstairs bathroom and stop thinking about this kinda stuff?

    *technical term.
     
  5. Partagas Feb 4, 2020

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    My only Hamilton. I like it and want to add more to my collection. Maybe a field watch and something vintage like a 1940s tank.

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  6. Lenny Pepperidge Feb 4, 2020

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    Those are some long NATO straps! :cool:
     
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  7. SportChief Feb 4, 2020

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    I'm a bit of a traditionalist. I enjoy my Brooks Brothers repp stripe ties ;)
     
  8. Waltesefalcon Feb 5, 2020

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    I just acquired this 1929 Piping Rock.
     
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  9. Deafboy His Holiness Puer Surdus Feb 5, 2020

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    Nice! This is the one on eBay this week! If so, I was looking at it too...almost pulled the trigger.
     
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  10. Waltesefalcon Feb 5, 2020

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    Indeed it was.
     
  11. ArtGecko Feb 5, 2020

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    My great grandfather's Hamilton Grade 974 Model 1, size 16 from 1914. Currently not running.

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  12. JoLo Feb 16, 2020

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  13. CPRwatch Feb 16, 2020

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    Afternoon strap change , FBD7BB61-E21D-474E-BB6B-8B0BD33BE065.jpeg
     
  14. CDCD Feb 18, 2020

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    Love Hamilton.
     
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  15. CDCD Feb 18, 2020

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    Really wish I kept the Seckron
     
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  16. Waltesefalcon Feb 25, 2020

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    I have my 1929 Piping Rock finally on my wrist today.
     
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  17. SportChief Feb 28, 2020

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    One of the more interesting collections that Hamilton came out with were the "CLD" models. CLD, when pronounced phonetically, was meant to sound like "sealed." Many think the CLD line was Hamilton's attempt at a waterproof watch, but they were only guaranteed as moisture and dust proof. Most pre-1950s Hamilton watches featured a two-piece case with a snap-on, friction fit back that had zero protection against water, or really any of the elements. The CLD case design received a US patent and featured several interesting design features: multiple rubber gaskets in the crystal, bezel and crown, a rather large crown to accommodate the gasket, a special tempered glass crystal, a two-part, female stem for the crown, and movement coming out of the front of the case by removing the bezel with crystal. My watch is a "Nordon," from the late 1940s with a 10kt yellow gold filled case and Hamilton's 748 movement. The 748 had 18 jewels and beautiful Geneva stripe damaskeening on the nickel plated plates. The 18th jewel was added to allow for a sweep second function, which was also a first for Hamilton as they were producing watches with only sub. seconds up until then. Supposedly, the technology for the 748 came out of the movements they developed for watches issued to the military during WWII.
     
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  18. Canuck Feb 28, 2020

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    Richard Arbib was working for a time with General Motor’s Harley Earl, and influenced the incorporation of tail fins on the 1948 Cadillac.
     
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  19. pongster Mar 8, 2020

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    Khaki Field
     
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  20. kiwi_kal Mar 9, 2020

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    Almost 7 years old and this still gets the best time:cost ratio from my collection. Also, I'm not sure if it's because of the wire lugs or what but I've received more random compliments about this watch vs. my Omega or Ulysse (though it could be recall bias given I've had this for the longest...) Anyway, yes, a big fan!
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