Serviced August 2019, Swiss made manual wind movement, excellent silver dial with painted cross hairs, polished stainless steel one piece case, unworn brown leather strap, NOS acrylic crystal, alloy mainspring.
Made from 1968 through 1971, the Hamilton Sea Beach III comes with a Swiss made Hamilton caliber 688 manual wind movement. The radially finished silver dial on this example is in excellent condition with no visible patina on the field. The outer ring does show some patina. The hands appear to be original and are in excellent condition with little to no patina. The painted Hamilton logo and minute track are excellent. The watch is ready to wear on a brand new brown genuine leather strap with silver toned buckle. The Swiss made 688 manual wind movement was serviced August 2019 and is running well and currently performing at +/- 26 seconds per day.
Size:
33mm bezel (excluding the crown) 8.8mm Tall 17.5mm Lug to Lug 40.3mm Tip to Tip
Case - Hand polished stainless steel one-piece case. Some minor scratching.
Lugs - In great condition.
Crystal - NOS acrylic crystal installed during service.
Hands - Appear to be original with little to no patina. The lume is present in both the hour and minute hands but no longer works.
Dial - Original radially finished (sunburst) silver dial with painted cross hairs and minute track. Patina on the outer ring of the dial.
Band - Unworn, brown leather strap with silver toned clasp.
Movement - Swiss made Hamilton manual caliber 688, 17 jewels. Fully serviced August 2019. Runs strong and keeping excellent time.
