i Enjoyed a great conversation with Lindell yesterday. He arranged for my new Avatar on the site. This man is always giving and deserves all the appreciation he can be given.
We discussed a Ham 912 that I own and I am posting a collage of this. I was in the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1972 and saw many of these at exchanges. I unfortunately never purchased one. I was able to procure this one on the net. Enloy the picture

Doug

Very nice, Doug. I never knew that Hamilton made a special 12-size watch like this for any of the armed services.

.......and the dial is still in such good condition!

Best regards,
Greg

Very nice, love the dial.

Avatar is sharp, too.

The sailing ship you see on the dial is the
USCGC Eagle. To the best of my knowledge this is the
only still commissioned sailing vessel in the US armed services. It is stationed at the USCG Academy
in Groton, Conn.
The ship was received as a prize of war from Germany after WWII and still in use. Beautiful to see and sail on. Crew is Coast Guard Cadets with a small contingent of regular Coast Guard personnel.
You might have seen her leading the Tall Ships in the US.

Doug

Beautiful watch Doug - thanks for posting it. Picking up on Jerry's comment, do you know if Hamilton made similar pieces for the other services?

Tom

Douglas,

Beautiful Hamilton. Your watch is the first of its kind that I have seen. That's a keeper!

The USS CONSTITUTION is today the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. The only reason I know this bit of trivia is because I'm researching what type of clock the Constitiution had or has on board.

Mike

Yes Mike I agree, but the Constitution is a floating museum. The Eagle is a active sailing ship maned by active duty Coast Guard Personnel. It still makes trips around the world every year.
Tom I know they made them for the USAF but I am not certain about any other services. I would imagine they made them for the Navy also.

Doug

Great watch, Doug, I'd love to have one; I was in the Army, but I sail tall ships and am certified to climb the rigging on the Eagle (don't get much opportunity to do so, however). By the way, the Coast Guard Academy is in New London, CT, across the river from the New London Navy Base, which, naturally, is in my hometown of Groton

The Constitution is indeed in commission, with a Navy crew assigned, but it never sails, and only leaves the dock under tow to be turned so it weathers evenly. I know some members of Constitution's deck crew have trained on the Eagle, as have sailors on other tall ships.

Michael, I don't know much about timepieces on the Constitution, but sometime during her career she carried a chronometer made by Jean Francois Henri Motel of France. That chronometer is now in the collection of Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT. At some point it was on loan to the Constitution museum, but I believe is now back at Mystic. It isn't on display, however.

Norman

Douglas.
Nice watch that is a beautiful dial in my years collecting and trading it,s the frist one i have seen, thanks for sharing the pictures.

I thought I would post a close up of this dial

Doug