Today's watch is another special watch. It's my fathers gold retirement watch! There used to be a tradition in the United States that when you retired, your company would give you a gold watch for your years of service. Since Hamilton was the greatest of the American watch makers, most retirees were given Hamiltons. Sadly this tradition is gone. This particular watch was given to my father by a company called Badger Engineers, it is engraved with the date and his name on the case back. My pop was never very fond of this watch. He kept it in its box in his closet for 20 years until I asked if I could have it. I cleaned it up and changed the battery and put it on a brown leather strap. I think it looks fantastic!
The watch is quartz, powered by a Swiss ETA movement. It is 10k gold filled. Gold filled is a process where a base metal such as brass is sandwiched between 2 pieces of solid gold and then rolled out to a desired thickness. It's not a durable as solid gold but better than gold plating. That's ok since I don't wear this watch very often.
Hamilton was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1892. They were made in the US until 1969 when they moved to Switzerland.
Hamilton! Great watches!
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