In anticipation of Baselworld 2016, we see the?re-release of the?Hamilton?Khaki Navy Frogman, a purpose-built diver that was the choice of the U.S. Navy in the first half of the 20th century for its tactical dive teams. It was also an important model in the history of Hamilton on the silver screen, being the first watch from the brand to appear in a motion picture. The movie was, fitt [...]
Sponsored Post written by Rob CaplanIn 2012, Hamilton came out with a 46mm limited edition Navy Pioneer. This watch was a manual wind watch/clock combination that took design cues from the massive Hamilton marine chronometers from the 1940s that were produced during World War II. In 2013, Hamilton came out with a 40mm version of the watch. [...]
A few months ago, I read (well listened to, actually thanks, Audible) a really cool book called The Martian (written by Andy Weir) that I later learned is about to be a major motion picture. I mean, listen, I consider anything by Ridley Scott that involves space to be a major movie. Matt Damon plays the lead character whose name is Mark [...]
Icons and watches go together like coffee and cream. Nowadays, with the cult of celebrity so firmly ingrained in western society, it seems obvious that having a leading star flash their wrist candy at their adoring audience would see a brands sales go through the roof. But when Elvis Presley wore the Hamilton Ventura in the 1961 film Blu [...]
Josh G. was the winner of our September 2014 Hamilton watch giveaway and has come back with this watch winner review for that we thank him and recognize his passion for the art. Please see our current giveaway for Maurice Lacroix Pontos S dive watch here.First, thank you Ariel Adams and for sponsoring the monthly watch give [...]
Above is the actual Hamilton watch prop used in Interstellar by the character Murph (Murphy) Cooper. Like many people around the world, I was highly entertained by Christopher Nolans newest (at the time of writing) movie Interstellar, starring the talented Matthew McConaughey, among other A-list actors. The scienc [...]
When Hamilton introduced the new three-hand Hamilton Pan Europ watch collection for 2014, they made a point to ensure we paid attention to the NATO-style watch straps they developed for the set. We are really proud of our NATO watch straps, was the message I got in advance of seeing them. I mean, while differences exist, NATO is NATO, right? Well, [...]
This past March we showed you a first look at a special limited edition watch from Hamilton called the Hamilton Khaki Takeoff Auto Chrono Limited Edition. This aviation gauge-inspired bullhead chronograph features the ability to be worn as a traditional wrist watch or to be detached from its lugs and strap so it can be [...]
If there was ever a watch that defined a brand it is the Khaki line for Hamilton. They have actually imparted the Khaki name on scores of watches, but the Field Khaki is the basic original military watch that started the trend. A popular watch for decades the original models were tiny by to [...]
What is different about this Hamilton Seaview Automatic Diver watch? I thought about this question for a little while before writing anything down. I know I have seen the nautical almost art deco themed font used for the numbering before. The font is sort of an amalgamation of everything ocean-worthy and fu [...]
It was only a matter of time before Hamilton decided it was time for a real rehash of the classic Ventura watch. This is not to be confused with now defunct Ventura watches. The Ventura watch model from Hamilton first came out in the age of pre-quartz electronic watches. When el [...]
One of the reasons that I like watches so much, is that I appreciate machines, or devices otherwise, that are well engineered to perform some task (well), no matter how simple. This is why we have love for sports cars, high-end audio and visual equipment, and countless other devices; because we appreciate the fact that they do what they were designed to do so well. For m [...]
There was a lot of controversy over the three-handed Below Zero watch that Hamilton released within the last year. I spoke about it here, and suggested that it had a subtle art deco styling. A good deal of people disagreed, while many saw exactly what I was talking about. I didnt realize a little bit of art deco was something to disagree over. Suffice it to say that the [...]
Being an entry level nice watch from the Swatch Group, Hamilton has the budget to experiment a great deal with designs. The Hamilton logo itself is art deco in tone, and many vintage Hamilton watches exuded art deco design while the brand was still American owned. With the Below Zero Diver watch, I can see a direction that Hamilton may be going in.Continue reading
Hamilton is among the larger US based makers that actually makes watches you can be proud of owning. Hamilton is actually no longer US owned as it is part of the Swatch Group, but there is still a distinct American touch to each of their watches. This is as opposed to such American based watch makers as Timex and Fossil, who for the most part [...]
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