AUTHENTIC HAMILTON FONTAINEBLEU GENTS WRISWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS

CIRCA: 1970's

MODEL: HAMILTON FONTAINEBLEU 

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT: HAMILTON SWISS 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT CAL.64A OPEN THROUGH CRYSTAL

DIAL COLOR: CREAM TONE  DIAL

FUNCTION: HOUR, MINUTES, SECONDS AND QUICKSET DATE AT 6:00

HANDS: LUMINOUS GP HANDS

MARKERS: LUMINOUS RAISED GP BATONS MARKER

CASING : STAINLESS STEEL TANNEAU CASE

BEZEL:  STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT: 40mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 34mm LUG TO LUG

BACK CASING INSCRIPTION: HAMILTON FONTAINEBLEU LOGO, S/N 64047-3~BREVET DEM NO. 3368/66~ ANTIMAGNETIC ~ SHOCK PROTECTED ~ WATERPROTECTED ~STAINLESS STEEL

CROWN: ORIGINAL SS HAMILTON CROWN

STRAP: ORIGINAL GENERIC SS BRACELET

STRAP SIZE: 8.5" FULL LENGHT

CONDITION: WORKING AND KEEPING TIME, EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO BOX NO PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

MY PRICE/ : USD600 (NEGOTIABLE)

LIST USD200 SOLD RM

BRIEF HISTORY OF HAMILTON WATCHES
Founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1892. Hamilton Produced its first watch in 1893, designed by H.J. Cain, one of the company's founding members.
1893 Hamilton introduces "The Broadway Limited", a railroad watch that was dubbed "the watch of Railroad accuracy". Initially manufactured to provide the country's railroads with reliable timing devices, the Hamilton railroad pocket watch was adopted as the official watch of the American Expeditionary Forces worldwide. A wrist watch version of the railroad watch was issued to General Pershing and his doughboys in WWI, accompanied Admiral Byrd on his expeditions to the North and South Poles, served the Picards well on their first balloon ascent into the stratosphere, and was on the wrist of the first American to scale Mount Everest.
1928 The Yankees win the world series. Hamilton introduces the Yankee Watch, establishing it as a leader in watch design. Hamilton helped America keep pace with the energy of a new lifestyle. New Hamilton designs, such as the Yankee and the Piping Rock, projected the independant spirit of the day.
1930 Hamilton continues to capture the soaring spirit of the 1930's. The world turns to the skies as commercial aviation takes off. Hamilton soon becomes the official timepiece of the most famous industry leaders --- TWA, Eastern, United and Northwest.