I had a couple hundred vintage Hamiltons at one time, but have trimmed the collection down to just a select few. Here is a 1928 Oval in solid gold.
I love Hamilton watches. I don’t have a field watch, but I do own a Khaki Pilot GMT and an X-Patol. I really like their price points and tend to gravitate to their funkier styles.
I took this photo for another thread. It's been a great companion these past few years. I should've taken a picture while the strap was still pristine and compared it to now.
I have a 1926 ladies Hamilton strap watch (called Milady's Watch of Accuracy in the catalog ), which is probably one of the last times a men's and women's watch shared the same movement (both models ran a 986a)
Might chime in here with confirming that about half a dozen of official individual NASA portraits show the astronaut wearing a Hamilton (e.g. Donald Holmquest and Robert Parker ) .
Actually, this went on as late as 1936. The Norfolk was a men’s watch that used a Grade 989 movement otherwise used in ladies cocktail watches. http://vintagewatchforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=165 Note that the Grade 987 movements were the same 6/0 size as the 986A’s, but by 1936, these were no longer used in ladies watches. Hope this helps, gatorcpa
Gotta love the Hamilton catalogues! For those who aren’t aware, the catalogues can be found here: http://vintagewatchforums.com/viewforum.php?f=21&sid=3a7270d50f8f4e390eda303b0a872be8
I'd rather have the original than the homage: BTW, the company was not named after Alexander Hamilton. It was named after the founders of Lancaster County, PA, Andrew and James Hamilton. gatorcpa
