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Hamilton Automatic Day-Date (Ref. 841004-3), 1970s
- Maker / attribution
- Hamilton (maker)
- Date
- 1970s
- Historical period
- Quartz Revolution (1969 – 1990)
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Stock no.
- HTNDD8410043
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Craft & Tailored (HTNDD8410043)
- Catalogue title (original)
- 1970s Hamilton Automatic Day-Date (Ref. 841004-3) (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Craft & Tailored (dealer), Los Angeles (stock number HTNDD8410043), this is a wristwatch by Hamilton, made in Switzerland, dated 1970s. The Atlas places it in the Quartz Revolution period (1969 – 1990) of its Wristwatches collection. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Craft & Tailored
Hamilton was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1892. Despite initially specializing in pocket watches, the brand boasts an impressive history of breakthroughs in the design and technology of wristwatches. The brand has also long been a favorite among die-hard watch enthusiasts. Thankfully for those enthusiasts, in the 1960s and '70s, Hamilton combined their exceptional technology with the funk revolution of watch design, giving birth to hit after hit of color and quirk. This Automatic Day-Date is just one of those hits, featuring a striking blue dial encased in a unique cushion case. Stock # HTNDD8410043 Brand Hamilton Style Automatic Day-Date Model 841004-3 Serial N/A Size Men's Material Stainless Steel Dial Blue Millimeters 39 Strap Hamilton "Drema" Bracelet CASE & BRACELET The thick cushion case has been lightly polished and is in exceptional condition. It retains its original Hamilton-signed crown. The original semi-square crystal is in overall excellent condition with minimal signs of previous use. The case back is clean, showing light tool marks from past services. The watch will be supplied on its original stainless steel bracelet that shows almost no stretch, retains 22 links, and will fit up to a 7 3/4 inch wrist. DIAL & HANDS The bright blue dial features rectangular indices at each hour as well as a day-date window at 3 o'clock. The hour, minute, and sweep-seconds hands are bright white and pop off the dial remarkably. ACCESSORIES
Historical context
Quartz Revolution (1969 – 1990)
Seiko's Astron begins mass quartz timekeeping; traditional industries contract sharply.
Quartz and digital watches transformed the market after 1969. Swiss employment collapsed, Japanese and Hong Kong production soared, and the Swatch (1983) helped the Swiss industry recover; mechanical watches survived as luxury goods.
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Atlas type guide
Calendar, moon-phase and perpetual calendar watches
Calendar complications range from a simple date to the perpetual calendar, which automatically allows for months of different lengths and leap years until 2100. Pocket watches with perpetual calendars were made in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Patek Philippe made the first perpetual calendar wristwatch in 1925, and series production followed in 1941. The annual calendar (Patek Philippe, 1996) needs correction only once a year.
Moon-phase displays use a disc with two moons and 59 teeth advanced daily, approximating the 29.5-day lunation; more precise trains reduce the error to one day in over a century.
What to look for
- Apertures or subsidiary dials for day, date, month and leap year.
- Moon disc under a 'bosom' shaped aperture.
- Recessed correctors on the case band for setting the calendar.
Dating clues
- Triple-date wristwatches: popular c. 1940–1955.
- Perpetual calendar wristwatches: from 1925 (unique) and 1941 (series).
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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