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The Hamilton Watch Company
was born in Lancaster, PA in 1892. Tradition has been carried on in the
high quality, innovative and distinctively styled timepieces.
The railroad industry
turned to Hamilton at the turn of the century to put an end to a rash of
locomotive crashes. By 1910 dozens of railroads required employee use of
the Hamilton watch.
Hamilton became the
pioneer of mass production; in 1909 Hamilton production model beat out Patek
Phillipe and Vacheron Constantin in Kew Observatory Trials, England.
Hamilton’s have also been worn by U.S. Presidents such as Roosevelt,
Eisenhower and Kennedy, among others. Hamilton was the choice for early
extreme expeditions such as Admiral Byrd, an artic explorer who relied on
the Hamilton pocket watch. Roy Chapman Andrews explored the Gobi Desert in
Mongolia with a Hamilton, and the first successful flight from the U.S. to
Hawaii thanks to Hamilton accuracy.
Hamilton was an early
favorite of the movie and music world. Elvis wore a Ventura on the silver
screen in Blue Hawaii. Hamilton has been featured in many movies from Space
Odyssey 2001, Charlie’s Angels, Men in Black and many, many more.
Hamilton created the
world’s first Electric watch, the Ventura in 1957. In 1969 Hamilton helped
in the development of the first automatic chronograph, and again in 1972
Hamilton makes history by developing the first digital watch.
Military production is a
huge part of Hamilton’s history. General Black Jack Pershing uses the
Hamilton to time troop movements during the hunt for Pancho Villa and during
WW1. In World War 2 Hamilton stopped civilian production and manufactured
over 1 million timepieces for the U.S. military, not only wristwatches but
timers for bombs, sighting mechanisms for bombardiers, and marine
chronometers.
Hamilton continues to
produce elegant and qualitative timepieces and enjoys the unique privilege
of combining the best of both worlds with its great American heritage and
its qualitative Swiss movements
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