Manufacturer
Hamilton Watch Company
Also recorded as: Hamilton
American maker of railroad watches and of the first electric wristwatch (1957).
Founded in Lancaster in 1892, Hamilton became known for accurate railroad-grade pocket watches such as the 992. It made marine chronometers for the US Navy in the Second World War, launched the battery-powered Electric 500 in 1957 and, with Electro/Data, the Pulsar LED digital watch in the early 1970s. Its American production ended in 1969 and the brand passed to Swiss ownership, today the Swatch Group.
- Country
- United States; later Switzerland
- City / centre
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Founded
- 1892
- Status
- Active (Swatch Group)
- Key people
- Undocumented
Innovations & specialities
- Railroad-grade 992 series
- Electric 500 (1957)
- Pulsar LED watch (1970s)
Works by Hamilton Watch Company in the catalogue
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Wristwatches · circa 1940's
Hamilton Bomb Timer, circa 1940's
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1943
Hamilton 4992B, GCT Navigation U.S Air Force, circa 1943
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1972
Wristwatch by Hamilton Watch Company; Electro-Data Inc, United States, 1972
Science Museum Group, London
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
