The History of the Hamilton Watch
Posted On Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 By admin
Established in 1892, the Hamilton watch company set out to manufacture “America’s Finest Watch” with quality as its primary goal. In 1893 Hamilton manufactured its first watch-an 18-size 17-jewel pocket watch. Then in the following years, Hamilton had developed a reputation for creating pocket watches of the highest caliber of quality. In 1917 it switched into making wristwatch which was designed to appeal to men entering World War.
During World Warâ…¡, Hamilton mainly manufactured watches for the troops instead of for common consumers. To meet the needs of the US Navy, Hamilton spared great effort in manufacturing marine chronometers and deck watches in large quantities, which was a great achievement in the watch manufacturing industry and represented the time when a true precision timekeeper was produced on a mass scale. In 1951, Hamilton manufactured the world’s first electric watch, the Hamilton Electric 500. It was the first battery operated electric wristwatch, which needs winding.
In 1966, Hamilton began to combine the advance Buren Microto movement into certain upper tier watches since it acquired the Buren Watch company in Switzerland. One prominent feature that distinguished the Buren Microtor wristwatch from others was that it utilized a much smaller weight entirely integrated into the Continue Reading