Hamilton Sidney ca. 1937

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New arrival at Ricky Lee's Home For Wayward Wristwatches. Post contains photos

Ricky Lee
May 24, 2009 04:46AM

Registered: April 2005
Posts: 3,208 (2009-06)

This watch came to me from

Lurker Extraordinaire, Mark York of Indiana.

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The first three photos were taken the day the watch arrived and, while they are poor attempts at 'catalog shots' I am crying!

they should give you an idea..

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..of what a great old vintage piece this is, my first Hamilton

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Only problem was, even though the strap was obviously of high quality, with a great vintage patina, it was also way too short for my plus-sized wrist. I set out to change this the very next day, and also reshot the photos. This rendered the day one photos kind of.. well, redundant. But as they're modest improvement over I will include both for illustration.

I'd love to know the date this one was minted! Anyone? Judging by the style it could be 1930's to 1950's. Scary!

I suppose I should peek at the movement, for clues.. Wink, wink ...

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Just a great Old Soldier! It runs like a champ, and is accurate to +/- 1 min/day. What more could you ask?! WIS honeymoon

Yeah, 'tis a bit small-ish, at 28.5mm X 36mm, but I find this a nice change of pace. Not much clean-up here, other than a cursory wipedown with Windex. Scary!

'tis the Caveman Way! Laughing!

Perhaps the hardest part was comin' up with a strap that even remotely worked. It takes a 16mm, so my choices were limited to nylon, or my one lone leather X-Long 16mm, on which the Seiko 7F39 Moonphase was currently residing. Well, long story short, I've never been all that happy with the Moonphase on leather, so off it came! I am smiling...

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A presentation watch, it appears..

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..to one PLB. I'll drink to that.

to the whomever the be! Wink, wink ...

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And I'll drink to that.

to you,

!

-Ricky

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Catalog Shots of the Indiana Hamilton. Post contains photos

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Ricky Lee -- May 25, 2009 10:57PM

As far as I can tell, that is a Hamilton "Sidney"..... (Views: 12)
Harold Clitheroe -- May 25, 2009 11:40PM
and should have a 17J movement. That's listed as a 1937 model..
Great watch, great shape.. you ever want to get rid of it.. well.. holler..

Cheers
Harold

Whoa! This thing is SEVENTY nine years old?! Scary!

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Ricky Lee -- May 26, 2009 12:12AM
Great information, Harold, Thank you!

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Harold Clitheroe
and should have a 17J movement. That's listed as a 1937 model..

I'll take a peek Real Soon Now. I am smiling...

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Harold Clitheroe
Great watch, great shape.. you ever want to get rid of it.. well.. holler..

Well.. not for the forseeable future. Wink, wink ...

But I will keep ye in mind, Harold! Thank you!

again...

-Ricky

Looks great, Ricky. Thumbs Up!

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Mark C. -- May 25, 2009 11:05PM