Hamilton Fontainebleau Chronomatic Caliber 11 - A rare watch, here at Watchprosite
Team, I decided to dip into the “rusty” (a.k.a. “vintage”) watches pond, when I saw this watch on the “block”. I don’t normally do vintage because of the amount of frustration that may result when a nice piece stays forever on my watchmaker waiting for a ...
Your post pretty much reminds me of an article
published on Monochrome-watches about the Fontainebleau and the history of Hamilton: Strange ressemble, really. Can you please name your sources? Thanks Best, Goldenlutin
Several sources ...
Mainly ones that I save on my private cloud. Here are some: forums.timezone.com ticktickvroom.com (Movement picture) www.lesmala.net Cheers, Nilo
Well...
Well, both the original advertisement in Frensh with the "original" hands as well as the patent of the case where, to the best of my knowledge, first published in the Monochrome article... Not to speak about the text... Strange that this very article was ...
Let me share with you my research method...
Since those watch sites cones and go, I normally download interesting articles and drop those on my local cloud, that\'s deserves a better organization. Those folders are indexed by Mac OS Spotlight making my research faster and simple. Better than Google...
thanks for mentioning this Goldenlutin!
It seems to be heavily inspired by Monochrome's article indeed
Fantastic vintage Hamilton!!
Love the shape of the case, as well as the (extended) panda face!!
There were two Hamilton watches ...
The other was a Countdown GMT, but the seller was unsure if he want to sell it. (Picture from Internet, before one complains) Mega funky, isn\'t? Cheers, Nilo ...
Pictures used without permission
Nilomis, the fact that a picture is on your hard drive does'nt mean it's yours. Pictures of the advertisement, patent and mouvement are mine and are used without permission. They were prepared only for publication by Monochrome. Please remove them from yo...
Very, very cool watch!
Love the funky 70s design and the unconventional appeal - curious if more vintage pieces will enter your collection Now let\'s hope your watchmaker doesn\'t take too long, so it can quickly enter your regular rotation!
