1970s Hamilton Electronic Gold Plated Cushion Case
Ref: 683002-4

Points of Mention

This watch is sold as "Watch Only" and therefore comes with no original box or original paperwork. The watch comes paired with an 18mm vintage-style leather strap. The watch is in worn/vintage condition as you would expect for a watch of this age and style, the gold plating is worn down in places as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with our 12-Months NON-Waterproof warranty.

The Watch

Here we have a 1970s Hamilton Electronic with a 36mm Gold Plated Cushion Case that curves over your wrist with stubby flat-ended lugs, a lug-to-lug length of 40.5mm and a case thickness of 11mm ensuring a comfortable fit on your wrist, radial brushed top surface chamfer-edged and polished sides transition with crisp lines. On the right side, is a worn gold-plated signed push/pull crown. A domed crystal sits above a vibrant golden-coloured dial, a minute chapter ring precisely printed with lume pips above applied square gold plated indexes with the deep horizontal grooved pattern across its top that plays with the light as you rotate your wrist, at 3 o’clock a framed date window. Gold-plated baton hands infilled with luminance complemented by a white tapered sweeping second hand, at 12 o’clock we have the Hamilton motif and at 6 o’clock “electronic” printed in black complete this vibrant vintage electronic timepiece. On the reverse, a screw-down stainless steel case back, inside an Electronic Hamilton Cal. 683, 13 jewels, beating at 28,800 Beats per hour with a base of the ESA 9154 the movement was in production from 1970 until 1975, it has an electronically controlled balance motor and a sweeping second hand, this movement was used by Tissot, Wittnauer, Nivada, Mondaine, Mido, Zodiac and Kienzle. The watch comes fitted on an 18mm vintage-style leather strap.

Personal Note

The Brand

In 1892 Hamilton was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and began producing pocket watches. Their focus has always been to make accurate affordable timepieces. In 1914 they became an official supplier to the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI, and they shifted production from pocket watches to the more convenient wristwatch. Admiral Richard E. Byrd became the first aviator to reach the North Pole in 1926, he circled it for 13 minutes before returning to his base. He timed this pioneering 15-hour and 57-minute flight using a Hamilton watch. As soon as America joined the Allied forces in World War 2 they stopped producing watches for consumers to focus on the enormous task of supplying the U.S. Armed Forces. They produced over one million timepieces including wristwatches and marine chronometers, even earning an Army-Navy E award for excellence in manufacturing. On May 16 1974 Hamilton was sold to SSIH, which is the previous name of what is now the Swatch Group. They remained in the US until 2003 when they transferred their operation to  Biel, Switzerland. From this date forward they were able to put on their Swiss-made dials.