Wrist Watch, 1958
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When this watch came to the Museum in 1959, the Hamilton Watch Company was America's leading watchmaker. The company created the first electric watch, the Ventura, whose movement was powered by a battery, instead of a wound spring. Its design was as revolutionary as the mechanism--the lozenge-shaped case reflected postwar American industrial design. This watch has the Ventura's watchband but the features of its successor, the Pacer.
When this watch came to the Museum in 1959, the Hamilton Watch Company was America's leading watchmaker. The company created the first electric watch, the Ventura, whose movement was powered by a battery, instead of a wound spring. Its design was as revolutionary as the mechanism--the lozenge-shaped case reflected postwar American industrial design. This watch has the Ventura's watchband but the features of its successor, the Pacer.
Artifact
Wrist watch
Date Made
1958
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Lancaster
Creator Notes
Watch made by Hamilton Watch Company, case made by Schwab & Wuischpard.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
98.0.19.21.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Gold (Metal)
Plastic
Color
Black (Color)
Gold (Color)
Inscriptions
on dial: HAMILTON / ELECTRIC on outside of case: 10K GOLD FILLED S&W / HAMILTON on inside of case: HAMILTON W. CO. / LANCASTER, PA. / 10K. GOLD FILLED / 5185145 / S&W
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