During the Second World War, Hamilton provided resistant and readable watches to both the American and British forces.
Its watches will even serve, during the struggle against the Nazi regime, as rewards for the first heroes of the Soviet Union.
Even today, the Khaki Field perpetuates the military inspiration specific to the history of the house.
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But when we were more used to seeing this classic watchmaker at a reasonable price offered with a steel case, here Hamilton joined one of the watchmaking trends of the moment (with the sudden proliferation of green dials): the use of the bronze. After a first appearance during the time of a Gefica under the fingers of the brilliant Genta, it is after all only fairly recently that the watchmaking world has seized on it to imagine cases capable of acquiring a patina over time. Sometimes even playing the new alchemists to block and fix the oxidation process. In the wake of the success of the first limited editions, unveiled by Panerai and Tudor, the biggest names in Swiss Made will seize it. Bell & Ross, Rado, Longines, Oris… So now it's Hamilton's turn,to forge in bronze his classic military-inspired Khaki Field, with an alloy made up of 91.78% copper and 8.18% tin.
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“The alloy we have selected is both robust and ultra-resistant
,” explains the brand.
After several weeks and months, the oxidation causes a slow modification of the bronze, generating a textured patina that evolves in a way specific to each piece.
»With a titanium caseback, a hypoallergenic metal, this watch that is water-resistant to just 50 meters features a hand-wound H-50 movement developed exclusively by the brand.
A caliber with an impressive power reserve of 80 if you want to put your watch down for a few days and start it again without having to reset it.
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Manual movement requires, the absence of winding rotor allows its 38 mm diameter case measuring only 9.6 mm thick.
On its black dial stand out nickel-plated hour and minute hands with beige Super-LumiNova coating, and a white-lacquered seconds hand.
Hamilton Khaki Field Bronze, € 745