Here is a nice Hamilton Swiss Movement Watch I thought might be a bit different. As you can see it is a beautiful BOC Case but it is a stem SET watch as well as stem wound. There is just enough clearance to pull and set the watch...

I am told it is a Swiss movement

Back is nice

I think they gave that one the name "Broadway Limited".I too remember seeing those in magazine ads, really expensive too.I also remember seeing a quartz imitation RR watch at a K Mart with a copy of this Hamilton "Blind Man" dial.Have a nice Thanksgiving!...Ted.

I know when Elgin was trying to save itself and was producing watches in South Carolina they imported movements that were unfinished but imported from either France or Switzerland. Some may debate the level of finishing but they wanted to have un-finished movements since there were import tax breaks, finished vs unfinished, they were also marked unadjusted so the import duties were less also. The Elgins were marked "Cased and Timed by Elgin Watch co" in the same manner as the 571's and such. I would think that Hamilton also did the same. I have a few of the Elgins and they are nice watches, they show up as actual Elgin grades. There are other Elgins that were made after Elgin ceased being a watch company made by whoever purchased the name, these are not marked "Cased and Timed by Elgin Watch Co." I am not sure where this Hamilton falls, I think the grade 956 was the last of the Swiss or French based movements made in the SC plant. I tend to like these watches since they have some historical meaning but are usually passed over by most collectors and you can tend to pick them up cheaply. Waltham tried to set up a support company in Switzerland in 1952 to provide movement parts, I also thought that Hamilton had done something along this line also.