Here is a pic of the original Hamilton chrono-matic vs. last year's re-issue inspired by that watch. The original came in two dial colors; all blue with a silver tachy ring and, similar to the new watch, in panda configuration with a cream white dial and black tachy ring. Sorry for the poor quality of this pic. I should have taken it outdoors today in better lighting.
Steve

: Well, I finally couldn't resist. My second visit to "Time to
: Fly", the watch boutique at the Philadelphia International
: Airport resulted in a new watch. I have a collection of old
: Hamilton dress watches (which I rarely wear) and have always
: wanted a nice Hamilton chronograph to add to my watch rotation.
: I do have a Hamilton blue dial Chrono-Matic 11002-3 from around
: 1970, with Caliber 11 or 12 but it's just too small for me to
: wear regularly. I prefer my Heuer silver/orange 11630 and
: Breitling Navitimers due to the larger size, for everyday wear.
: However, like Breitling's great new re-issue, the 806 1959
: Navitimer, Hamilton did an awesome job back last Fall in
: introducing the vintage inspired Intra-Matic Auto Chrono. During
: my run between flights in Philly, I simply couldn't resist this
: model under glass at Time to Fly. At 40mm it is well
: proportioned and simply looks way better than it's $2195 list
: price would suggest. Dual AR coating on the sapphire crystal, 60
: hour power reserve using an ETA 7753 variant, too. I bought this
: one day before learning about Breitling's 806 re-issue but for
: the money, I'm pretty happy and will forego the Breitling
: temptation. I put a Tropic Sport band on the watch, replacing
: the okay but plain black leather strap the Hamilton comes with.
: Slight optical illusion as my picture makes the watch look
: bigger on my wrist than it actually is. Let me know if the
: photobucket image doesn't open.

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