Vintage Hamilton Watch Forums

Here's the last one I restored. These typically came with pale green gold plated hands. Many Elgin ladies models came with these same hands, so they are fairly easy to find on parts movements listed on eBay. The catalog illustration from 1929 show the watch with a simple, plain crown. Locating the c...

The Contour was first offered by Hamilton in the summer of 1938. And you are correct, your movement is from around 1938. The watch was pictured in the 1938 and 1939 catalogs, although it was likely sold for several years afterward. The patent date in the caseback doesn't relate to when the case was ...

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Mon May 02, 2022 12:24 pm

Makes my NOS dials desirable and my other refinished ones finally have some value and I can finally sell them.....LOL

For sure. I have several thousand new old stock Elgin dials.

And the watch on the right is also noteworthy. The first generation Square with an engraved bezel is very rare.

An 0-size movement is a little larger than Hamilton's 6/0-size movement used in its men's wristwatches during the 1920s.

The 992B movement is a 16 size pocket watch movement... much larger.

Yes.

This 23-jewel Masterpiece was in a large collection of wrist and pocket watches I bought. There were 5 or 6 platinum pocket watches included. In over 20 years of collecting, this is only the second platinum Hamilton I've owned. IMG_20211115_143843093_copy_811x811.jpg IMG_20211115_143943794_copy_710x...

Yesterday, Nookster and I were talking about 50s watches that you never see. Between the two of us, we've only seen two Duncans. The Duncan was featured in the 1954 and 1955 catalogs along with the equally rare Gregory, with a solid gold bracelet and priced at $400. Evidently the high price justifie...

I have seen that watch before, it is not a factory-cased Elgin. Nonetheless, it is a beautiful watch and if your dad likes it, he should buy it. For a lot of collectors, the main consideration in adding to their collection is that it is a watch they really like, rather a than fully correct, factory-...

Yes, the white gold colored hands are the correct ones.