Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38 mm
Like many United States-based watch enthusiasts, Hamilton has long held a soft spot in my heart. Founded in Pennsylvania in 1892, Hamilton has symbolized American excellence from its start as a railroad companion through its prominent appearance in every war up to the 1980s. It?s a brand that has become so synonymous with American watchmaking that it is almost a given any US watch startup will produce an homage to a Hamilton piece, with some brands like RGM even setting up shop in Hamilton?s original Lancaster, County home in the Pennsylvania wilderness to modernly channel this rich history.
Today, the brand is located in Switzerland as a subsidiary of the Swatch Group, yet American appreciation for the brand?among myself and many other collectors? doesn?t seem to fade. This is a fact known to Hamilton and, as such, every so often they will release a new homage piece honoring the American heritage that made Hamilton what it is today. Most recently, the brand released the Intra-Matic 68 Autochrono and an updated take on the classic Ventura. This trend continued when we recently got another pre-Baselworld teaser ? to go alongside the Hamilton X-Wind Autochrono ? the Khaki Field Mechanical 38 mm.
This new model is based on a timepiece produced for the military from 1969 to the 1980s that were noteworthy for including a hacking seconds feature, a mechanism common to mid-20th-century military watches. The original watch is more commonly known among collectors as either the F...
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