Hamilton 6BB

[pmc2112]

I got this recently and I'm really getting into it, for an old watch, '74 issue, it keeps great time.

I've seen these go for between £75 and £275, I paid £125 for this example and am well pleased with the conditon of it.

[jo.st]

Nice watch in a good condition.

Sorry for asking, but is it a manual or auto?

rgds,
/joakim+/

[Griswold]

Looks to be in very nice condition Paul. :) Did you pick it up privately, or off the Bay?

[Terry]

Paul,

Can you post a picture of the caseback markings please? I'm logging Hamilton and CWC W10 issue S/N's to see how many were issued and to whom etc.

Thanks,

Terry

[Galea]

Excuse me for hijacking your thread Paul, but Terry might be interested in the serial numbers of one Hamilton W10 and one CWC W10 I own. My Hamilton does not have the 'Geneve' written underneath the Hamilton script.

Hamilton
W10-6645-99
523-8290
/l\
6226/75

CWC
W10-6645-99
523-8290
/l\
9148/79

Regards,

Joseph

[Terry]

Thanks for the issue numbers Galea.

Terry

[Galea]

No problem Terry, here are the numbers off the back of my Smiths W10 should you decide to start logging these as well :lol:

W10/6645-99-961-4045
/l\
0897/69

Regards,

Joseph

[Le Prof]

Hi Joseph,

Whilst we are in a thread hijacking mood :D

Do you have a jeep?

I've got a Willys MB Slatgrill, MB102519 from Dec 41, Ex British Army number M1550911

Cordialement,

Adrian

[Galea]

Yes Adrian, I own Willys MB 135250 (estimated) on the g503.com serial number list. Now I'll surely get shot at ... mmm ... where's my trusty Lee-Enfield .303 ??? :wink:

Regards,

Joseph

[Le Prof]

Hi Joseph,

Yours is the first of the "proper" jeeps then :D

I'm 190cm, and driving a low windscreen early one can be a bit of a pain in the neck.

Literally :)

My first jeep was MB122530, so a little closer to yours.

"See you on the Gee"

Best Regards,

Adrian

[Galea]

Adrian,

I do not have your problem of neck pain whilst driving the jeep ... at 1.75m short and 63kg I'm a perfect fit for my jeep :wink: Weather permitting you could choose the best option ... nothing beats driving your jeep with the windshield folded down on the hood!

Regards,

Joseph

[Le Prof]

Amen to that!

Mind you, having driven from Nottingham to Arnhem and back a few times in a jeep with no screen (not all at the same time) :) , it reminds me of freefalling several hundred miles.
I find you spend a lot of time asking people to snap your frozen fingers off the wheel, and having to say "Pardon" quite often after the wind buffet.

Perhaps the weather is a little kinder where you are :)

Haute Savoie still has the same density of working jeeps as the UK has series 2 landrovers. I see a new one (Ford Willys or Hotchkiss) every week, though no early ones.

Best Regards,

Adrian