Vintage Hamilton Electric with Jarett Harkness. The coolest watches you haven’t heard about.

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Despite all the desperation and the weird but cheaper movement they still made a beautiful watch , the design is even hybrid timeless classic but weird forms you often see on prototypes from cars , they never show up again but stay in our minds because of their Unique and interesting look .

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I almost bought one but was not sure because i am not an expert in Hamilton or Ricoh reading about them and seeing pictures is not the same as holding the watches in your hand .

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It's super Interesting , i ask myself why did Hamilton and RIcoh create this kind of watch movement , this hybrid movement was no significant achievment in Hamiltons great history , the Quarrtz crisis was maybe a reason why they made this Deal with RIcoh which didn't last long and this improvised movement was like a Frankenstein , just an attempt to save both companies , Hamilton had no other choice and RIcoh was another company in trouble , they couldn't keep up with Citizen and Seiko . No matter from which point you look at it hamilton had a interesting history and RIcoh was a thing maybe in the 70's but still interesting to me .

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This watch was produced in late 1950s. Hamilton was the only inventor of this technology.

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@@QuartzCrisis Interesting , i thought they had a joint venture with Ricoh .

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@@QuartzCrisis I thought Ricoh started producing their own Brand Wristwatches only after the 1960's when they toke over Takano , or was it in 1959 after a typhoon which destroyed the Takano factory , it's confusing , are you talking about the watch overall or just the movement ? When you say Hamilton was the only Inventor why did they need Ricoh then ?

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@@ercanqa7452 Hamilton invented the Electric movement in late 1950s. There was no Ricoh involved in that invention

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@@QuartzCrisis ok thanks now i got it .