Hamilton Watch Company
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The Hamilton Watch Company was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1892 by the purchase of the Lancaster Watch Company .
Its first series of pocket watches, the Broadway Limited, was known as the "Watch of Railroad Accuracy." and Hamilton became popular by making accurate railroad watches. In the 1910s, Hamilton began its long reaching tradition of supplying the United States Military with wristwatches, the first going to General John J. Pershing's troops in Europe during World War I. During World War II, consumer production of watches were stopped, with all watches manufactured being shipped to troops. More than one million watches were sent overseas. In 1957, Hamilton introduced the world's first battery powered watch and on May 6, 1970, the worlds first digital watch, made by Hamilton, began telling time. Since then, Hamilton has grown increasingly popular with several of its watches being featured in movies like Men in Black and Into the Blue.
The original American factory closed in 1969 and the Hamilton brand is currently owned by The Swatch Group Ltd.
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