The best Hamilton watches
Hamilton started in Pennsylvania, supplied watches to American soldiers, and is now Swiss-made within the Swatch Group. Its Khaki Field is one of the most recommended first mechanical watches, and its movements run 80 hours.
It also makes some of the most distinctive dress watches at the price, like the triangular Ventura.
Our picks
The hand-wound Khaki Field Mechanical: 38 mm, 80 hours, and 9.5 mm thick.
- Lug-to-lug
- 47 mm
- Fit
- Fits 6.5"–7.75" wrists
- Specs
- 38 mm case · 9.5 mm thick · manual, 80 h reserve · 50 m
The Murph from Interstellar, a 38 mm automatic with a 44.7 mm lug-to-lug.
- Lug-to-lug
- 44.7 mm
- Fit
- Fits 6.25"–7.5" wrists
- Specs
- 38 mm case · 11.1 mm thick · automatic, 80 h reserve · 100 m
The Khaki Field automatic in titanium.
- Lug-to-lug
- 45 mm
- Fit
- Fits 6.25"–7.5" wrists
- Specs
- 38 mm case · 11.4 mm thick · automatic, 80 h reserve · 100 m
The Khaki Navy Scuba, a 40 mm automatic diver.
- Lug-to-lug
- —
- Fit
- Lug-to-lug not yet measured
- Specs
- 40 mm case · 13 mm thick · automatic, 80 h reserve · 100 m
- HamiltonVentura Quartz$1,075
The Ventura, the triangular design first made for an electric watch in 1957.
- Lug-to-lug
- 50 mm
- Fit
- Fits 7"–8.25" wrists
- Specs
- 32 mm case · 9.3 mm thick · quartz · 50 m
The Intra-Matic chronograph, with a clean 1960s-style dial.
- Lug-to-lug
- 49.2 mm
- Fit
- Fits 7"–8.25" wrists
- Specs
- 40 mm case · 14.4 mm thick · automatic, 60 h reserve · 100 m
The hand-wound Boulton, a small rectangular dress watch.
- Lug-to-lug
- 38 mm
- Fit
- Fits 5.5"–6.25" wrists
- Specs
- 34 mm case · 11.2 mm thick · manual, 80 h reserve · 50 m
Everything else that qualifies
| Watch | Case | Lug-to-lug | Thick | Fits | Retail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Jazzmaster Quartz 32mm | 32 mm | — | 7.8 mm | — | $475 |
| Hamilton Boulton Small Second Quartz M | 24 mm | 27 mm | 8.6 mm | — | $795 |
| Hamilton Khaki Field Auto 42mm | 42 mm | 53 mm | 11 mm | 7.25"–8.5" | $795 |
| Hamilton Boulton Quartz | 27 mm | 32 mm | 7.8 mm | — | $845 |
| Hamilton Jazzmaster Viewmatic Auto 40mm | 40 mm | — | 10.8 mm | — | $995 |
| Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Day Date Auto 42mm | 42 mm | 51 mm | 12.1 mm | 7"–8.5" | $1,125 |
| Hamilton Jazzmaster Open Heart Auto 40mm | 40 mm | — | 11.1 mm | — | $1,295 |
| Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Auto 42mm | 42 mm | 52 mm | 11.4 mm | 7.25"–8.5" | $1,345 |
How we picked
We considered every current Hamilton in the almanac. “Fits” is the range of wrist sizes where the watch grades as an ideal fit on our lug-to-lug model. Prices are US retail and change often.