Circa 1970s.
Presented here is a beautiful vintage Hamilton Automatic Chronomatic Pan-Europ 703 featuring a Caliber 11 movement designed by Hamilton based off of the first Caliber 11 Chronomatic blueprint, the pioneering end product of a collaboration between joint venture partners Heuer, Hamilton-Buren, and Breitling. The 17 jewel unadjusted Swiss Hamilton Caliber 11 movement runs strong, and keeps great time. This Hamilton Automatic Chronomatic Pan-Europ 703 would have been considered a large timepiece during the era that it was released measuring at approximately 43mm wide (excluding the crown) x 46mm from lug end to lug end. The watch is quadruple signed by Hamilton as seen on the dial, crown, movement, and case. The 2-register dial with 1/5 sec. recorder track looks sharp and there are no scratches on the crystal. The crown sets and winds smoothly and the rotating bezel clicks properly. The sturdy case only has some light scratches and bezel ring has some wear on the outer perimeter as seen in the photos but overall this timepiece looks great for being over 40 years old. The inside of the screw case back reads: Hamilton Watch Co., Swiss, Stainless Steel while on the reverse it reads: 100m/300ft, 11003-3, Stainless Steel. Although this watch is rated as being waterproof for up to 100m/300ft, it is not recommended to submerge the timepiece in water as waterproofing features may no longer be intact after 40+ years.
Presented here is a beautiful vintage Hamilton Automatic Chronomatic Pan-Europ 703 featuring a Caliber 11 movement designed by Hamilton based off of the first Caliber 11 Chronomatic blueprint, the pioneering end product of a collaboration between joint venture partners Heuer, Hamilton-Buren, and Breitling. The 17 jewel unadjusted Swiss Hamilton Caliber 11 movement runs strong, and keeps great time. This Hamilton Automatic Chronomatic Pan-Europ 703 would have been considered a large timepiece during the era that it was released measuring at approximately 43mm wide (excluding the crown) x 46mm from lug end to lug end. The watch is quadruple signed by Hamilton as seen on the dial, crown, movement, and case. The 2-register dial with 1/5 sec. recorder track looks sharp and there are no scratches on the crystal. The crown sets and winds smoothly and the rotating bezel clicks properly. The sturdy case only has some light scratches and bezel ring has some wear on the outer perimeter as seen in the photos but overall this timepiece looks great for being over 40 years old. The inside of the screw case back reads: Hamilton Watch Co., Swiss, Stainless Steel while on the reverse it reads: 100m/300ft, 11003-3, Stainless Steel. Although this watch is rated as being waterproof for up to 100m/300ft, it is not recommended to submerge the timepiece in water as waterproofing features may no longer be intact after 40+ years.