Hamilton Curvex in 10K gold filled

Hamilton Curvex in 10K gold filled

Tonneau Hamilton watch with light grey dial and gold Arabic numerals with sub dial for seconds at 6 o’clock. The hands are in gold with “Lancette” style. The watch has a curvex shape and the lugs are very desirable.  It is a 10K gold filled case with engraved inside “Hamilton Watch Co. Lancaster, PA – 10K gold filled – Pendt – Pat’s 5-3-27 – H355887”.
It is a manual winding movement with caliber 980 with 17 jewels. The watch comes with a black lizard strap. Width between lugs is 14mm.

History

The company was founded in 1892 and in 1900; over 50% of the population had a watch from Hamilton Watch Co in Lancaster, PA. In 1915, Hamilton started the production of the caliber 986. During the art deco period, Hamilton had tremendous success with the “Coronado”, “Spur” and “Piping Rock”. Then came the 982 calibre in the 1930’s and the famous caliber 500. In 1937, the company supplied the US army. In 1966, Hamilton took over Buren watch. In 1969, it stopped to produce mechanical watch in the US. Then came the revolutionary “Pulsar”. Today, the company is own by the Swatch Group.

Technical details

Manual wind sub second movement with caliber 980, 17 jewels and 18000 bph. It is numbered G277470.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 21mm


Length including lugs: 41mm