Hamilton 10K Gold Filled Wristwatch with Leather Band. Red rectangular face. No numbers, just dots, diamonds, and lines. 

We cannot guarantee the working condition of any timepiece.

Condition: Works. 

Size: 1 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. 

The Hamilton Watch Company is a manufacturer of wristwatches based in Bienne, Switzerland. It was originally founded in 1892 as an American company, after Keystone Standard Watch Company was purchased from bankruptcy and merged with Aurora Watch Company of Illinois. The company was named after Andrew Hamilton, a Scottish-born attorney who founded Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and was the original owner of the site on which the factory was situated. Their pocket watches became the standard for more than half the railroad companies of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, with their entire stock sold to the industry with no public market at all. World War I caused a dramatic shift in their manufacturing and marketing, as they began to make wristwatches for private consumers. In 1928 Hamilton purchased the Illinois Watch Company for over $5 million from the heirs of John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn. World War II led to new changes, as they shifted entirely to serving the military and dropped all consumer products. In 1951 Hamilton rebuffed a hostile takeover bid by the Benrus Watch Company that culminated in Hamilton Watch Co. vs Benrus Watch Co. (206 F.2d 738, 740 (2d Cir. 1953)), a Federal proceeding that is considered to be landmark case in the realm of anti-trust case law. In 1957 Hamilton introduced the world’s first electric watch, the Hamilton Electric 500. It was available in a variety of non-traditional asymmetrical case styles and was first featured in the movie Blue Hawaii, worn by Elvis Presley. In 1962 Hamilton entered into a joint venture with the Japanese watchmaking firm Ricoh to produce electric watches meant primarily for the Japanese market. The partnership was dissolved in 1965 after they proved unable to compete with the substantial market presence of Seiko. In 1966 Hamilton acquired the Buren Watch Company of Büren an der Aare, Switzerland, including all factories and technologies Buren had developed up to that point. From 1966 to 1969, Hamilton Lancaster and Buren Switzerland were operated as a joint concern, with Hamilton using several Swiss movements for their American watches and Buren utilizing several components manufactured by Hamilton Lancaster. In 1969 the Hamilton Watch Company completely ended American manufacturing operations with the closure of its factory in Lancaster, shifting all manufacturing operations to the Swiss factory. All new Hamilton watches were made in Switzerland until 1972, when the Buren brand was reacquired by a Swiss firm and the factory was liquidated due to a significant drop-off in demand for their products. The Hamilton brand was sold to SSIH (subsequently The Swatch Group) in 1971, who has manufactured pieces under their name ever since, starting with the revolutionary Pulsar in 1972, the world’s first electronic digital watch. In 2006 the Hamilton Behind the Camera awards began presenting yearly technical achievement awards to set designers, screenwriters, prop masters, visual effects specialists, and costume designers in Hollywood movies, which has significantly raised the profile of the brand and led to synergy with and between all corporate subsidiaries.

#5601 .