| WWT Shows | CLICK TO: Join and Support Internet Horology Club 185™ | IHC185™ Forums |
|
• Check Out Our... • • TWO Book Offer! • |
Welcome Aboard IHC185™ Internet Horology Club 185 IHC185™ Discussion Site Main Page Horological Discussions, Questions and Answers Pocket Watch Discussions BENCHMARK HAMILTON CASE, THE REAL DEAL!
Internet Horology Club 185 IHC185™ Discussion Site Main Page Horological Discussions, Questions and Answers Pocket Watch Discussions BENCHMARK HAMILTON CASE, THE REAL DEAL!Go | New Topic | Find-Or-Search | Notify | Tools | Reply to Post | |
| IHC President Life Member  |
BENCHMARK HAMILTON CASE, THE REAL DEAL! Here is an original and fully factory documented watch. But think about this... if you were shown the watch in question without the box and papers you may well dismiss it as being of no consequence... VINTAGE HAMILTON POCKET WATCH IN BOX WITH GUARANTEE So why am I getting so excited about an otherwise ordinary 974 Hamilton? (1) This one may represent the earliest fully documented example of a factory cased Hamilton Watch in a Star Watch Company Case. (2) From this example we now know that Hamilton was in fact using Star Cases for their factory cased watches as early as 1927 production. (3) This one is a Hamilton documented original in a case with no markings to indicate the case is in any way associated with the Hamilton Movement. Your thoughts, observations and comments are welcome!  | ||
|
Saw that one... nice... reckon they will be in a biddin war now...   This style case seems to resemble the first Traffic Special case.... and this is a 1929 Time book...  | ||||
|
| IHC President Life Member |
Talk about "icing on the cake" that completes the documentation. Days like this make our hobby so much fun! | |||
|
Beautiful posts Lindell and Terry!!... I have seen dozens of these cases through the years and never ever considered that they were in any way associated with Hamilton because they were not marked. Guess I was too preoccupied with other watches to even care. I do however find it very interesting that Hamilton factory cased this watch and never stamped "Hamilton" in it. Even their wristwatchs usually bore their name in the case and most factory cased 12 sizes they made had "Hamilton" some where on or in the case. Nice to learn something new and see an original boxed example. Guess the value will go up on these cases somewhat now with the knowledge of Hamilton in the picture. Happy "New Discovery" Hunting! | ||||
|
| Powered by Social Strata |
 | Your request is being processed... |
|
Welcome Aboard IHC185™ Internet Horology Club 185 IHC185™ Discussion Site Main Page Horological Discussions, Questions and Answers Pocket Watch Discussions BENCHMARK HAMILTON CASE, THE REAL DEAL!
Internet Horology Club 185 IHC185™ Discussion Site Main Page Horological Discussions, Questions and Answers Pocket Watch Discussions BENCHMARK HAMILTON CASE, THE REAL DEAL!©2002-2023 Internet Horology Club 185™ - Lindell V. Riddle President - All Rights Reserved Worldwide
| View $GS_USERNAME's User Profile |
| |
| View Recent Posts by $GS_USERNAME |
| Notify me of New Posts by $GS_USERNAME |