Thread: What types of watches do you like?

That looks interesting to me and I look forward to a review.

Originally Posted by 32t

That looks interesting to me and I look forward to a review.

Yup, looked interesting to me too. Not a watch expert so there won't be much of a review if any. So long as it keeps time and I like the looks of it then all is OK. Also wanted an automatic with a Swiss made movement as I never have had that kind of watch.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Was looking for an new watch and took TBS's advice to heart. Just got a Hamilton King Khaki automatic. Think I'll be pleased with it but time will tell, pun intended.

Bob

Hamilton is a great brand, and lots of guys at the few watch forums I also subscribe to have Hamilton watches, and the Khaki is a particularly popular model.

It's a tank of a brand, works with anything, you can dress it up or down, Swiss mechanical movement (a real watch) and guys with Rolex, Patek, VC, AP, Hamilton seems to
be present in everyone's collection.

Great brand back to the railroad days if I'm not mistaken.

Congratulations Bob, in the spirit of the watch forum, now we need a wrist shot, or it didn't happen....:-)

Originally Posted by Phrank

Great brand back to the railroad days if I'm not mistaken.

Congratulations Bob, in the spirit of the watch forum, now we need a wrist shot, or it didn't happen....:-)

Yup, Hamilton has a long history beginning with railway pocket watches, I believe, in 1893. Man, I need to get longer arms or a closer focussing camera lens. It's a big watch but I have big wrists so I think it is not out of place. Had to get them to ship it with Hamilton's XL watch band as the normal supplied one would have been too small.

Bob

Of course there is no relationship between the American Hamilton and the current Swiss owned (Swatch Group) models.

However, it's still a solid watch and you can't go wrong with it. It will last your entire life no matter your age as long as you don't abuse it too much. But that's the deal with any mechanical watch. That's why they make quartz watches.

Congratulations with it.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Of course there is no relationship between the American Hamilton and the current Swiss owned (Swatch Group) models.

However, it's still a solid watch and you can't go wrong with it. It will last your entire life no matter your age as long as you don't abuse it too much. But that's the deal with any mechanical watch. That's why they make quartz watches.

Congratulations with it.

Thanks. I have a more than 15 year old Bulova Accutron that takes the abuse very nicely.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Yup, Hamilton has a long history beginning with railway pocket watches, I believe, in 1893. Man, I need to get longer arms or a closer focussing camera lens. It's a big watch but I have big wrists so I think it is not out of place. Had to get them to ship it with Hamilton's XL watch band as the normal supplied one would have been too small.

Bob

Yup, that's the one, absolutely one of my favourites - Hamilton Day-Date.

If I'm not mistaken, also one of the few watches that actually spell out the ENTIRE day of the week, rather than an abbreviation. Stellar watch.

Can never go wrong with a Day-Date watch, with a nice sweeping second hand, love it! :-)

Originally Posted by Phrank

Yup, that's the one, absolutely one of my favourites - Hamilton Day-Date.

If I'm not mistaken, also one of the few watches that actually spell out the ENTIRE day of the week, rather than an abbreviation. Stellar watch.

Can never go wrong with a Day-Date watch, with a nice sweeping second hand, love it! :-)

Yes you are correct, the entire day of the week is spelt out. Hamilton made a slight change to the movement recently and lowered the beat count to get the reserve power up to 80 hours from 40 hours. This makes for a second hand that sweeps not as smoothly but it's barely noticeable to the eye.

Bob

At one time beat count was directly related to accuracy of the watch. Good watches were 28000 and lesser ones were 18000. Seiko liked 21000 and Zenith liked 36000. Grand Seiko makes one over 40000.

However with modern machining and better materials beat count means little. An 18K watch can be just as accurate as a 36K watch. The higher the count the more likely service will be needed sooner because of increased wear. They have newer materials there too but the jury is still out on that one.

Turns out Hamilton reduced the beat count to 21600, close to the 21000 Seiko likes. Seems to work OK so far.

Bob