Reflective Hamilton crystals
I’ve owned my Khaki Field Titanium Auto for a year and a half and I’ve fall into and out of love with it. I’m a huge fan of the brand and I just can’t get enough of that dial color. Very pleasant to look at. And the one thing I hate is the reflection on the crystal. Sometime I feel like I don’t need any mirrors in the house because of the reflection on this time piece. Has anyone else noticed this about Hamilton?
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If the crystal is the only major thing keeping you from really enjoying it, have you considered having the crystal changed to sapphire with AR coating?
It's a Hamilton thing. Possibly a Swatch Group thing. There's always something they cut corners with to save money.
With Hamilton it's the no AR and weaksauce lume.
Yes, had 4 Hamilton's ( king quartz, king auto, Murph & X-wind automatic chronograph) over the years and none lasted longer than a few months because of the crap legibility caused by reflections... Gutted. Wouldn't have another Hamilton because of that issue 😓
I’ve had the same watch. You can swap out the crystal to one with a similar diameter but then you can kick the water resistantance out the door, my watch maker/ best friend from childhood told me this so it was not just because he didn’t want to do the work. It’s because of this reason I sold it. It was hard to enjoy the watch when every time I looked at it, it was a struggle to see the actual dial.
Yeah biggest bummer about my King is the lack of AR. I try not to think about it as I absolutely love the watch, but its hard when I can see my receding hairline looking back at me! 😆
Ahh reflection is so annoying. But it is still a lovely watch!