I’m a fan!

 

I was explaining mechanical watches and the level of craftsmanship that went into them, so I took a photo of my 940. I liked how it came out.

 

Nice Ventura! Dibs!

 

New to me stainless steel Hamilton Automatic that I picked up due to the eBay deals thread.

 

Please can anyone recommend a Hamilton friendly watchmaker (micro rotor) in the UK? My first piece has arrived from across the pond and desperately needs some TLC and I’d rather have someone experienced if possible.

 

Rich Askham has quite some experience with the Hamilton (Buren really) micro-rotor in the Calibre 11/12/14/15 chronos. He did a good job of sorting out my Hamilton Cal. 11's problems and he would be my first choice to get onto his wait-list.
http://thewatchspotblog.com/



Photo by Rich.

 

I've got a question for Hamilton and/or field watch aficionados: is it unusual to have the the lume on the hands last much longer than the lume on the dial?

Under UV, the dial plots light up:


But then, they immediately fade. The lume on the hands, however, stays bright for a very long time:



Is this typical? Are the hands likely redialed or replacements? Thanks for anyone who can shed some light on this.

 

It seems to be an effect of the lume coating of the hands being thicker than that of the pips on the dial.
I found this to be particularly noticeable with my recently purchased vintage Caravelle.
The hands have a flatened tip where the lume is applied but the numerals are lightly painted over with a thin coating of lume. The numerals still light up, though dimly, but fade quickly. The hands stay lit around twenty times as long as the numerals.
Notice that the numerals from two to twelve have a warm toasty hue while the number 1 is black because the remaining lume flaked away.

 

Hands have been relumed.

 

I appreciate the responses. I wouldn't be seriously bothered if they were relumed. Picked it up a few years ago for maybe $100, and will probably continue to enjoy wearing it. Belated newbie tax, I suppose.

 

Yes, hands will stay brighter for a little longer but that second picture is showing glowing in daylight. None of my old field watches do that. That looks like Supernova to me or some other equivalent.

 

1969 gg-w-113 Vietnam War Pilot's watch, standard issue. All original

 

1960s Hamilton Bradwell Tank with Tapestry Dial & 10k Florentine Bezel - Cal 770 22j

 

I want one of these! any good reason not to? Hamilton chrono-matic 50

 

If you're a fan of the design and it fits your budget, I saw go for it. If you're willing to hunt a bit and spend a bit more, the original is truly unique.

 

This thread deserves a bump... mid-60s T-482

 

Just have these 2 for now

 

I don't know if this has a model name or anything; you can find examples with the Estoril badge, but I prefer the clean/sparse version.

 

Mrs. Deafboy's 1932 Hamilton Whitney