VTG Hamilton 1953 Rodney Watch Men 10K Gold Filled Champagne Dial in Gift Box

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Seller: x74744231102c3 ✉️ (324) 100%, Location: Scottsboro, Alabama, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 134974101163 VTG Hamilton 1953 Rodney Watch Men 10K Gold Filled Champagne Dial in Gift Box.

VINTAGE 1953 HAMILTON “Rodney” Gold Filled

About Hamilton Watches

Today, the Hamilton Watch Company is a manufacturer of wristwatches based in  Bienne , Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the company produced watches from their plant in Lancaster, PA, using Swiss movements.   Hamilton ended American manufacture in 1969, and eventually became integrated into the  Swatch Group , the world's largest watch manufacturing and marketing conglomerate.

Originally, Hamilton was known as the “railroad watch” because of its accuracy and innovation (e.g., mainsprings that did not expand and contract with temperature). The company also has a long history in the movies, being worn on screen by everyone from  Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook (The Orient Express ), to Elvis Presley, Roger Moore (James Bond), Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar ), and is an essential part of the uniform for  Men in Black .    Hamilton cites 500 major movie appearances.  

About this watch

The Rodney was introduced in 1953 and ran through many iterations through 1964.  It came in several different dial arrangements. With its clean "bubble back," it was a popular "presentation watch" and is often found with anniversary engravings from loyal employers to loyal employees.  I do not know who Mr. Caldwell was.  But M & R Dietetic Laboratories was the developer of Similac baby formula and nutritional supplements in the 1940s and 1950s.  It was sold to Abbott labs in the mid 1960s.

18 Jewel, 8/0 sized movement.  The 735 is an evolution of the 748 design and incorporates enhancements related to the balance design and inclusion of "shock jewels."  Dial options evolved with time as well.  Four typical dials can be found.  This watch has the Applied Gold Numeral dial with numbered second track on a champaign face. There is no subdail, but if you look, you can see the minute hand sweep over the second indices... kindda cool!
At 31mm, the Rodney is a nice sized watch, large for it's time and very wearable by today's standards.
NOTE:  This watch is sold ready to wear, and indeed, I have been wearing it. The only concern I have is the seal around the crown and stem; I would not consider it a "CLD" (sealed) Hamilton.  There is no reason not to wear this watch and enjoy.  I certainly have.  With the new allegaor band, it look beautiful!
About me

I buy and sell a few old watches from the mid-1930s through the mid-1960s.   I like Hamiltons and the occasional Bulova.   Sometimes I will venture into British watches (e.g.,   Ingersoll).   I deal in mechanical and automatics.   Like a tracker pipe organ (also an interest of mine) they are a combination of history, architecture, and machine: little artworks.   I confess to owning a Citizen for work use, but I generally eschew battery powered appliances.

If the items in my collection seem similar, it is because I like aparticular style and function.   I preferreal numbers on a watch face and need to tell time at a glance while speaking.   I typically wear these watches for weeks, months, or years before selling them—ahh— to make sure everything works as it should.   I am not just an eBay flipper.   If I tell you a watch runs and keeps time: it runs and keeps time.   When I make a buying mistake (oh, it happens) the watch goes to off to a professional watchmaker to be rebuilt and restored and, after my recovering some cost by wearing it, offered as such at a premium.

All the watches I sell are intended to be ready to wear and giftable.

  • Condition: Pre-owned
  • Bezel Color: Gold
  • Year Manufactured: 1950-1959
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Band/Strap: Two-Piece Strap
  • Case Color: Gold
  • Department: Men
  • Caseback: Engraved
  • Bezel Type: Fixed, Smooth
  • Watch Shape: Round
  • Style: Classic
  • Case Size: 32 mm
  • Features: 12-Hour Dial, Acrylic Crystal, Central Second, Push/Pull Crown, Seconds Hand, Swiss Movement
  • Case Material: Gold Filled
  • Movement: Mechanical (Manual)
  • Water Resistance: Not Water Resistant
  • With Papers: No
  • Brand: Hamilton
  • Type: Wristwatch
  • Band Color: Brown
  • Customized: No
  • Band Material: Gold Filled
  • Dial Color: Champagne
  • Model: Rodney
  • With Original Box/Packaging: No
  • Display: Analog

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