Pl. 158 · illus.Jazzmaster Open Heart Auto 40
Hamilton · H32675141
United States (hoy with sede en Switzerland) · since 1892 · Swatch Group
Hamilton
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Hamilton was born in 1892 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by buying the bankrupt Keystone Standard Watch Company, and became famous for railroad-grade precision watches. During the Second World War it supplied marine chronometers to the US military. In 1957 it presented the Electric 500, the first electric watch, along with the asymmetrical Ventura case. It closed Lancaster in 1969, moved production to Switzerland and in 1984 was absorbed into what is now the Swatch Group.
- Models in the Archive
- 9
- Lines
- 7
- Median diameter
- 40 mm
- Most common type
- Field
Timeline
Founded in Lancaster
First wristwatch
Marine chronometers for the US Navy
Electric 500 and Ventura
The Lancaster factory closes
Integrated into today's Swatch Group
Models by line
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Pl. 159 · illus.Jazzmaster Quartz 40
Hamilton · H32461161
