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To answer more specifically as you already know Hamilton is a brand with a long history and pedigree. They supplied many military contracts over the years and are known for being well made and generally very reliable. However today Hamilton is placed towards the lower end of the Swatch group hierarchy with Breguet and Omega at the top, and Tissot and Hamilton at the bottom. What that means is that Hamilton’s component parts are more than likely made in factories in the Far East such as China and Thailand using more automated production line processes. Also other companies in the supply chain won’t apply the same high levels of finish to parts like the hands and dial markers that you’d get at the top level. The movements are mostly standard off the shelf (although some are now unique to Hamilton) and again they’re not finished or decorated as well as say an Omega. But having said all that these are relatively minor differences in the scale of things and a Hamilton is no less reliable or prone to any issues as any other far more expensive watch. And then there’s the key benefit - they cost considerably less so in fact you actually get a lot more watch for your money than you do with many more expensive brands.


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How would you guys rate the Hamilton Khaki Field watches up against the Longines Conquest models?

Longines are higher up in the Swatch pecking order so are of a slightly better standard of fit and finish etc. But no better a watch for that particularly. Really it's only your personal taste of their designs that dictates between them!

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Cheers hub, yeah I think I'm going to go ahead and grab this Hamilton because I really like the design. I found a great price on the GM so if it doesn't work out, no big deal.

Pleasure. Honestly you can't really go wrong with a Hamilton. Enjoy it and wear it well.

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After having only started with automatic watches about a year ago, I now have two Hamiltons and an Oris. Both Hamiltons have treated me wonderfully and I'm in the market for a third. I love the brand and will probably go broke because I lack any self restraint.

Ha! It's like an addictive drug! Oris are another much under appreciated brand that actually give great bang for buck.

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Here's my 1964 Accumatic still going strong!! Mind you the quality in the old days was very high generally!

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A long archived series of lectures to the AWCI by the world famous George Daniels has been digitised from VHS. In it he includes this as part of the lecture:

“Daniels reveals that he used hairsprings from Hamilton (the famous American watch manufacture that was based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania). "I tried making my own springs but I wasn't very successful and wasn't getting the correct hysteresis into the metal. Its a very very complex business to make balance springs, so I was very pleased in the end to get some good springs from Hamilton."

Quoted from the recent HODINKEE article just published.


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