Hamilton Xcopter
Hamilton brand was founded in 1892 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and transformed the American watch industry. His first watch was manufactured in 1893 and designed by HJCain. In 1910 the U. S. government entrusted with the task of providing hamilton xcopter watches nortamericanas Armed Forces and was born the brand icon, the clock Khaki, H3 being a collector's item. In 1928 on the occasion of the victory of the Yankees in the World Series, went on sale the Yankee clock. In the thirties Hamilton starts production for U. S. airlines in 1940 devoted exclusively to military production, with design Hack. In 1957 goes on sale the clock Ventura, first electric clock and becomes a bestseller, appearing on the wrist of Elvis Presley in the movie Blue Hawaii. hamilton xcopter clocks also appear in the movie Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick. In 1972 goes on sale the first digital watch and ten years later the American Classic collection. In the nineties he is reviving the legendary Khaki and in 2003 goes on sale Khaki GMT. hamilton xcopter currently belongs to the Swatch Group as well as other brands such as Omega (see Omega watches), Glashütte (see Glashütte), Blancpain and Breguet. The best-known line of Hamilton's Khaki which in recent years there have been many variations as Field, Eto, King, Navy, Aviation, Action and GMT, with some resemblance to models of the IWC brand (see IWC watches) . In the collection include American Classic Linwood, Jazzmaster, Ventura and LLoyd. . . There are two versions of the same model that offers a personalized countdown. Thus, the hamilton xcopter Khaki Sunset allows anyone who needs it (eg pilots) do a countdown until sunset throughout the world. To achieve this, around the bezel is marked six different cities (London, Gander, Los Angeles, Nadi, Manila and Muscat), accompanied by their coordinates on the map. The clock displays the sun set on the fifteenth day of the month for each of these places. But that's not all, the Sunset also shows the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which unlike the GMT is not defined by the sun or stars, but is measured by atomic clocks. The ball can be white or black. For his part, hamilton xcopter Khaki Twilight is based on the novel "I Am Legend" (I Am Legend) written in 1954 by Richard Matheson (famous for a first film version starring Charlton Heston and recently a second one with Will Smith). Its field half white and half black symbolizes the beginning and end of twilight, when it is assumed that the city of New York is full of vampires (or as they like to call it) ready to attack the only human being remains vivo. In this case the countdown and twilight hours are linked to the city of New York, available for the first, eleventh and twenty-first day of the month. Like the Sunset, it also shows the UTC and the magnifying glass makes reading the numbers. The models with black leather strap with stitching and rubber lining sold 645 euros, while those models with steel bracelet with a price of 695 euros. . . .
