Originally Posted by Dan D (Post 1602364)

My father just gave me this watch which he had bought approx. 10 years ago in Perpignan, France:

American military watch Hamilton, model Khaki Ref. 8775; on the back of the watch there is the USMC logo.

A clockmaker said the watch has a Swiss ETA watch movement which are of good quality and which you won't find in cheap watches.

The watch looks like this one:

http://neverreflecton.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-05-21


What do you say? It it a good watch?

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal (Post 1574703)

One of my favorite quips over the years, when seeing a clock with no marks or numbers (just hands) was, "Hey, they make watches & clocks without the minute marks, and they make them without numbers, eventually the darn things will be so fancy they will make them without hands."