VTG Hamilton Boulton late 1940s 980 17 Jewel Boxed, Serviced & Ready to Gift

Description: VINTAGE Late 40s HAMILTON Boulton About Hamilton Watches Today, the Hamilton Watch Company is a manufacturer of wristwatches based in Bienne, Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the company produced watches from their plant in Lancaster, PA, using Swiss movements. Hamilton ended American manufacture in 1969, and eventually became integrated into the Swatch Group, the world's largest watch manufacturing and marketing conglomerate. Originally, Hamilton was known as the “railroad watch” because of its accuracy and innovation (e.g.,mainsprings that did not expand and contract with temperature). The company also has a long history in the movies, being worn on screen by everyone from Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook (The Orient Express), to Elvis Presley, Roger Moore (James Bond), Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), and is an essential part of the uniform for Men in Black. Hamilton cites 500 major movie appearances. About this watch This was the model worn by in the movies by Indiana Jones! Well... the Boulton was one of the most loved watches of the period. The model appears and disappears out of the Hamilton catalogs from 1940 to 1951 and yet reappears as a quartz in modern times. My best guess is that this watch is a post WWII issue of the original Boulton 1940 model. The 17 Jewel 980 movement was still considered high end at the time and the architecture is correct. the face is in good shape and the gold numbers are beautiful! I liked it so much that I had my old school watchmaker overhaul it. I will give a one year warranty for normal use. It has a new strap and is ready to gift. Originally a men's watch, I think it i s the perfect size and style for a contemporary women's dress watch. About me I buy and sell a few old watches from the mid-1930s through the mid-1960s. I like Hamiltons and the occasional Bulova. Sometimes I will venture into British watches (e.g., Ingersoll). I deal in mechanical and automatics. Like a tracker pipe organ (also an interest of mine) they are a combination of history, architecture, and machine: little artworks. I confess to owning a Citizen for work use, but I generally eschew battery powered appliances. If the items in my collection seem similar, it is because I like a particular style and function. I prefer real numbers on a watch face and need to tell time at a glance while speaking. I typically wear these watches for weeks, months, or years before selling them—ahh— to make sure everything works as it should. I am not just an eBay flipper. If I tell you a watch runs and keeps time: it runs and keeps time. When I make a buying mistake (oh, it happens) the watch goes to off to a professional watchmaker to be rebuilt and restored and, after my recovering some cost by wearing it, offered as such at a premium. All the watches I sell are intended to be ready to wear and giftable.

Price: 325 USD

Location: Scottsboro, Alabama

End Time: 2024-12-20T23:08:44.000Z

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