Photo Report: A Night With Hamilton In New York City
By HODINKEE
Last week, HODINKEE readers and Hamilton fans got together for a chance to look at both new Hamilton watches, and a really stellar assembly of Hamilton aviation and military watches, as well as navigation instruments, from the NAWCC (National Association Of Watch And Clock Collectors) Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Lancaster, as Hamilton fans will know, was the US home of Hamilton for decades before the firm’s manufacturing transitioned to Switzerland. Guests were able to see a pocket watch used by the famous explorer Admiral Byrd, on his first Antarctic expedition in 1928. There were also a number of other treasures from the Museum, including a movement produced by Hamilton for the first generation of airmail pilots, a number of cockpit instruments, and a very cool Lucite model of the Hamilton 500 caliber, which was, in 1957, the world’s very first electric watch movement. Thanks to everyone who joined us (and braved what turned out to be a very rainy night) for a great night of vintage and modern timepieces from Hamilton, and to the NAWCC Museum!
Pocket watch used on the 1928-29 Byrd Antarctic expedition.
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Hamilton CEO Sylvain Dolla, with HODINKEE Editor-in-Chief Jack Forster
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Hamilton caliber 985 from 1917, use in wristwatches supplied by Hamilton to airmail pilots.
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Hamilton WWII-era navigation timer, with 24 hour dial, in its original shock-absorbing protective case.
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Guests with a Lucite model of the Hamilton 500, the world’s first electric watch movement. Made by Hamilton in the 1960s as a sales tool.
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Photos: Leila Brewster
