Pre-Owned
Hamilton

Hamilton Scott

40992963/AS11783 23 mm
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Hamilton Scott - (Ref. 40992963/AS11783) Product Details

Overall Condition: Very good condition overall. Case shows light wear for age. Dial and matching handset show light wear and patination.

There was a time when American watchmaking didn’t just compete—it led.

By the mid-20th century, Hamilton had already cemented its reputation through railroad chronometers that defined precision in an era when accuracy meant survival. But the Lancaster manufacture was never content with utility alone. Through the 1920s and ’30s, Hamilton experimented boldly with form—moving beyond round cases into sculptural shapes that felt modern, architectural, even aspirational.

This Scott, dating to the 1950s, carries that design confidence forward. Housed in a substantial 14K gold case measuring 23 x 40mm, it wears larger and more commanding than many of its rectangular contemporaries. The hooded, fluted lugs and domed crystal create a sense of flow from top to bottom—less a simple dress watch, more a gold monolith for the wrist.

The champagne satin dial is classic Hamilton: applied gold indices, subsidiary seconds, balanced proportions. Inside beats the 17-jewel manual-wind Caliber 982, a dependable American engine with the kind of tactile winding feel collectors quietly obsess over.

Relatively scarce and distinctly sculptural, the Scott stands apart from the slimmer, more restrained rectangular watches of the period. It feels robust, prosperous, and even optimistic.

A reminder of when American watchmaking wasn’t chasing Switzerland. It was setting the pace.

General

Condition

Pre-owned

Brand

Hamilton

Reference

40992963/AS11783

Year

1950s

Family

Scott

Product Code

40992963

Watch Display

Analog

Case

Case Size

23 mm

Case Material

Yellow Gold

Lug Width

17 mm

Dial

Dial Color

Champagne

Movement

Type

Manual-winding

Bracelet

Bracelet Material

Leather

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