I have Roy Ehrhardt's book on Hamilton watches, but find no mention of the grade 770 wristwatch movements that I like so well. Is there any way to find out how many of these were made, and between what years?
Steve Gossard
Posts: 827 | Location: Bloomington, Illinois in the USA | Registered: September 29, 2008
Steve, According to Rene Rondeau the 770 movement was introduced in 1955 and continued to be made until the end of American production in 1969. I would think a huge number were made during those years. Tony
Posts: 1953 | Location: Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S.A. | Registered: August 01, 2003
Don't believe serial numbers were issued for the 770's so unless a Hamilton record exists definitively stating how many were made, we'll probably never know.
Posts: 292 | Location: Vancouver, Washington, USA | Registered: May 19, 2005
What is interesting is these watches have incabloc shock resistance and so were an upgrade of the 12/0 (752,3,4) movements. They were pretty state of the art.
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