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Is This A Hamilton "Yorktown"?

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February 25, 2006, 19:14
Mark Nathanson
Is This A Hamilton "Yorktown"?
Attaching a picture. This style looks to be a Hamilton Yorktown. But the picture in Price Guide has different hands. Is this a Yorktown and is the hands original for this watch? Thanks.
February 25, 2006, 19:46
Dan Mitchell
If 10K gold-filled it will be a Yorktowne, while if 14K gold-filled it will be a Clark - the 2 are very similar. But it looks like a Yorktowne to me.

Hands may differ because some US jeweller in the last 50 years changed them for many possible reasons. Omnibus guide books are not always accurate in the details. See Hamilton's 1937 and 1940 official catalogs.


dan


dan
February 25, 2006, 23:06
Mark Nathanson
Thanks, it is 14k filled. Appreciated.
February 26, 2006, 00:00
Will Roseman
Mark:

Your Hamilton is the Clark model and the hands are correct.

You can see another example as well as information about your watch by going to the following link:

http://www.vintagewatch.info/Detail%20-%20Clark.htm

Regards,

Will
February 26, 2006, 05:11
Dan Mitchell
It will be relatively easy to get the missing hour marker from an old dial with the correct style of marker - even if it is not a Clark dial the tiny pins will be in the correct place to fit your dial.

dan