The Lancaster 097 is the 97th one-of-a-kind piece in Vortic's "Lancaster" line of the American Artisan Series. This watch contains the original movement (timepiece), dial (face), and hands from a vintage (1880’s – 1950’s) pocket watch. The American Artisan Series is a line of fully American Made wristwatches powered by restored, U.S. made pocket watch movements.
What makes the Lancaster 097 Unique: We are absolutely elated to present today the stunning Lancaster 097. This watch was originally manufactured by the Hamilton Watch Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and truly lives up to its name, The Masterpiece. The dial of this watch is absolutely impeccable, with this very clean face and crisp gold-colored numerals. Of course, we had to pair our gold-plated crown and hardware to match these lovely gold hands as well. The soft look and feel of the sandblasted titanium case let the rest of the spectacular elements of this watch truly stand out. This top-of-the-line Masterpiece from Hamilton is truly a head-turner that begs to be shown off. This watch boasts 23 jewels, both screw set as well as friction set, to power this movement to perfection. The Masterpiece movement is one of the rarest and most valuable pocket watch movements any American pocket watch company produced, hence the name. This Masterpiece has a very unique bridge design that sets it apart from other Hamilton watches, with finger bridges over the escapement wheels and a delicately machined spiral pattern all across the entire build plate. The rose-gold gears beneath show through easily and add to the flare of this especially beautiful timepiece. There were only 2,000 Masterpiece movements and we've only made a handful of watches with this movement, one of which is worn daily by one of our co-founders. This watch was first produced in 1929, the same year that the very first color television was introduced. H. E. Ives and colleagues held a public demonstration at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York, with the very first images being a bouquet of roses and an American flag.
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