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Show your unusual chronographs, guys. non-omega welcome........

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Soccer Timer 145.016 - Cal. 861 (ca.1971)
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whats the history on that Hamilton crono.?
It probably dates to late 60's, maybe even around 1969 and likely has a Valjoux 7733. 36mm w/out crown. It would be the manual version to the Cal. 11 automatic (pictured below). Some call these "Poor Man's Heuer's" due to their appearance to the early Carrera's. A true "Poor Man's Heuer" would have come directly from a Heuer factory, like many Zodiac's and Sears "Tradition" brands that actually have Heuer model numbers, and even etchings. There is also a reverse panda version of the Hamilton watch you asked about. During the time of this watch, Hamilton would have been in Lancaster, PA and I believe became part of Buren.

Here is the Cal. 11 automatic version.
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Wow guys! Just wow! Thanks for all these great pictures... My want to buy list is now 10 times bigger and the scroll and like areas of my iPhone screen are worn out!!!
 
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My Patek Philippe 5020P in Platinum. The so called "TV Watch". Only 3 were rumoured to have the black diamond dial.
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Posted this one in the other watches thread, but it seems to be a bit unusual in that it has four dials and date,
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one of which is a settable 24hr dial. A Fortis Flieger. Not that old, about 12 years. Also a Chronometer. From what I can find online it is a modified 7750 movement. I will say it is thicker than my Breitling Chronomat which also uses a 7750 movement.
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