Hamilton American Classic watches

The Hamilton American Classic is the brand's tribute to its American past: dress watches and sports chronographs, several of them drawn from Hamilton's 1960s designs. Hamilton started in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1892 and built its name on accurate railroad watches. It became part of the Swatch Group through the 1984 merger of SSIH and ASUAG, and American Classic watches are Swiss made.

The Intra-Matic is the plain one: a slim round automatic with a date, about 9.5 mm thick, with Hamilton's 1960s logo and lettering on the dial. It comes in steel or gold-PVD steel at 38, 40 and 42 mm; the 38 and 42 mm run on the ETA 2892-A2, the 40 mm on Hamilton's H-10. The Intra-Matic Auto Chrono brings back the panda dial of Hamilton's 1968 Chronograph A, down to the 1968 font and logo, in a 40 mm steel case with the automatic H-31 and its 60-hour power reserve. The Intra-Matic Chronograph H is a separate 40 mm steel chronograph on the H-51.

The Railroad watches take their name from the trade that made Hamilton. The Railroad Automatic is the 40 mm three-hander, the Skeleton opens the dial onto its H-10-S in a 42 mm case, and the Auto Chronos grow to 44 and 46 mm. The Railroad Lady is the small one, a 32 mm automatic or a 28 mm quartz, some with mother-of-pearl dials and diamond bezels. The Spirit of Liberty is a 42 mm steel line, as a date automatic or a day-date chronograph.

The Pan Europ is the sports model. Hamilton based it on the Chrono-Matic D, one of the first automatic chronographs, and gave it a 42 mm cushion case with a unidirectional rotating bezel. The Pan Europ Auto is the three-hander with day and date; the Pan Europ Auto Chrono is the 45 mm chronograph.