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Production
Date: 1926
Price When New: $55.00
(estimate)
Case: 14K White Gold-filled
Case Manufacturer: Wadsworth
Production for this Variation: 36 (14K solid White - 6, 14K
solid Green - 21; 14K White Gold-filled - 36, 14K Green Gold-filled
- 28)
Movement:
987 - 17-jewel Movement
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Comments:
This very rare Cushion Engraved is the only one known to exist.
It is interesting to note that the engraving is on the center case
and not on the bezel. Later "Plain" and "Engraved" model
variations were designated depending on if the bezel was "plain" or
"engraved." There are no known Hamilton Cushion's with engraved bezels.
It is interesting to note that the
"four petal flower" engraving located on this example is unlike any
other engraving Hamilton used - typically, engravings were in the
form of leafs, vines or geometrical patterns, not flowers as this
example has. The Cushion Engraved is also, the first
example of an engraved model Hamilton produced. You can see a
close up of the engraving by moving your mouse over the Cushion
picture above.
The Cushion Engraved did not appear
in any Hamilton catalogs and was made for
only one year, 1926. Early Hamilton records state that all
Cushion Engraved examples contained Hamilton's 17-jewel 987
movement.
This model was one of six
geometrically shaped wristwatches that were popular up
until the late 1920's. Hamilton's
"Geometric" offerings
spanned ten years - beginning in 1917 with the
0-sized Cushion and ending in 1927 with the Oval.
Included in the geometric models are the Cushion
(0-sized, Cushion Round and Cushion Form Opening), the
Square, Barrel, Tonneau, Rectangular, and Oval.
