SIZE: 34mm without crown | 38mm lug to lugĬROWN: Mint, with correct blue jeweled tip
MOVEMENT: Manual Wind, marked Hamilton, 22 Jewels, 770, ADJ. Hamilton, and inside marked 93480īAND/BRACELET: New Old Stock Hamilton marked Corfam Crocodile Grain Black Strap with Hamilton marked Gold Filled Buckle It is very much a watch of its time - a bit garish but certainly an eye-grabber! As a collectible, it is one of the most sought-after of all Hamiltons because of its extreme rarity." (quoted from ).ĬASE BACK: Snap-on, marked Hamilton, 14 KT. The dial is embossed to resemble a gold coin, and the edge of the case is reeded like a coin. The style is obviously copied after the Corum gold coin watches that were popular at the time. That still puts this watch among the very rarest of all Hamiltons ever made. I think there were probably 150-250 in rolled gold-plate and 50-100 in gold, based on surviving examples. However, based on my own experience, I believe these figures are too low. According to Paul Frankenfeld, a production manager at Hamilton at the time, only 50-75 were made in RGP, and 10-15 in 14K gold. It was produced in both rolled gold-plate, and in 14K solid gold. It was never cataloged and very few were made. Hamilton used the last remaining stocks of the superlative grade 770 movement with 22 jewels to complete this very interesting and rare watch. It was produced in 1969 just after all production of movements was shut down at Hamilton's Lancaster, PA factory in January 1969. This is one of the most unusual as well as one of the most historic of Hamilton watches. Here's a quote about the watch from René Rondeau:
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