Hamilton Khaki King | caliber: H-40 or Powermatic 80 (base ETA 2834-2) 21,600 vph | PR: 80 h | 40mm case x 11mm thick | WR: 50m | LW: 20mm | Zhuolei nylon over leather strap | no AR coating |

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Fit for a king👑. Looking good on that strap 👍

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Overfriendlyconcierge

Fit for a king👑. Looking good on that strap 👍

Gracias Ritchie! Very honored with your kind comment…I’m just a commoner at home! 🤣

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Your Hamilton en Fuego amigo Alfredo! Just love the look of this piece, and nice combination with that sharp strap 👌. Well done my friend 👌🎯

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Very nice Alfredo!

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Love the King's day/date windows. Nice strap as well. Only you could make a Hammy King look classy Alfredo!!!

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Nice Hamilton khakhi Alfredo 🙂

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Wow! That straps bumps that piece up!

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ChiefIlliniwek

Your Hamilton en Fuego amigo Alfredo! Just love the look of this piece, and nice combination with that sharp strap 👌. Well done my friend 👌🎯

Thank you amigo Tony! Just learning from the best! 😜

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JHT_61

Very nice Alfredo!

Gracias amigo James!

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drcarter13

Love the King's day/date windows. Nice strap as well. Only you could make a Hammy King look classy Alfredo!!!

Honored with your kind comments my friend. I really like this iconic brand and all the history behind it. A movies watch brand for sure 🍿!!

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Dev9000

Nice Hamilton khakhi Alfredo 🙂

Thank you Dev. Like how they managed to squeeze the caliber in that thin case…like the brand so much…

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TimeToRide

Wow! That straps bumps that piece up!

Thank you Ryan…actually it is a very inexpensive strap but extremely very well built.

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White on Black! The ultimate contrast of a very handsome Hammy Alfredo. The strap works so well too so well done for a great choice today my friend. Enjoy your Wednesday amigo 🙏

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Khaki King!!!!!

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Some more specific information you might appreciate: the specific version of the “Powermatic 80” or Eta C07, this one is is the C07.621, iirc. If anyone wants to know what that mean in realtion to the more talked about version of the “Powermatic 80” (seen in the PRX), the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement. This seems to be the preferred level by Hamilton and Mido. I think I have also seen it in pictures of some Rados.

I think I can safely be said that this is a very American take on the general “outsdoorsy but elegant” concept of the Alpinist. I would change a few details of of course, such as correcting the “24” → “00” and making the top of the seconds hand red like on its time+date sibling. Again tho, I like that, even though Hamilton has been a Swiss company for quite a while, they still have a distinct Americananess to their design language.

I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier.

To add on to the above, there are cosmetic differences between the 2832–2 version and the C07.621 versions. The dial text on this one has “SWISS MADE” at the bottom, the caseback has less text, and the rotor is stylized via skeletonization. Even though I want the 2832-2 version, in my opinion the latter’s back looks a lot cleaner, the rotor looks better, and you might be getting a better deal because of the C07 movement family’s advancements over the 2824-2 & company.

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Nice #hamilton wear it 👌🏻

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Thank you my friend. Glad you liked the strap combo. Being a field watch a nylon strap was the way to go, so thank you for your kind comments amigo Kostas…

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CdeFmrlyCasual

Some more specific information you might appreciate: the specific version of the “Powermatic 80” or Eta C07, this one is is the C07.621, iirc. If anyone wants to know what that mean in realtion to the more talked about version of the “Powermatic 80” (seen in the PRX), the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement. This seems to be the preferred level by Hamilton and Mido. I think I have also seen it in pictures of some Rados.

I think I can safely be said that this is a very American take on the general “outsdoorsy but elegant” concept of the Alpinist. I would change a few details of of course, such as correcting the “24” → “00” and making the top of the seconds hand red like on its time+date sibling. Again tho, I like that, even though Hamilton has been a Swiss company for quite a while, they still have a distinct Americananess to their design language.

I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier.

To add on to the above, there are cosmetic differences between the 2832–2 version and the C07.621 versions. The dial text on this one has “SWISS MADE” at the bottom, the caseback has less text, and the rotor is stylized via skeletonization. Even though I want the 2832-2 version, in my opinion the latter’s back looks a lot cleaner, the rotor looks better, and you might be getting a better deal because of the C07 movement family’s advancements over the 2824-2 & company.

Thank you for taking the time!…I will look into all this very relevant info

You generously provided. I know there was a KK 28,800 vph option but with less power reserve and this new version with less vph but 80 hour reserve. The first one is discontinued as far as I recall. In any case, no way to adjust. This is an American icon by all means!

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Bayl61

Majestic, monochromatic marvel Mr Alfredo 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you my dear friend. I really enjoy wearing this American icon!

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DrColinDTate

Nice #hamilton wear it 👌🏻

Thank you! I will!!!

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CdeFmrlyCasual

Some more specific information you might appreciate: the specific version of the “Powermatic 80” or Eta C07, this one is is the C07.621, iirc. If anyone wants to know what that mean in realtion to the more talked about version of the “Powermatic 80” (seen in the PRX), the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement. This seems to be the preferred level by Hamilton and Mido. I think I have also seen it in pictures of some Rados.

I think I can safely be said that this is a very American take on the general “outsdoorsy but elegant” concept of the Alpinist. I would change a few details of of course, such as correcting the “24” → “00” and making the top of the seconds hand red like on its time+date sibling. Again tho, I like that, even though Hamilton has been a Swiss company for quite a while, they still have a distinct Americananess to their design language.

I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier.

To add on to the above, there are cosmetic differences between the 2832–2 version and the C07.621 versions. The dial text on this one has “SWISS MADE” at the bottom, the caseback has less text, and the rotor is stylized via skeletonization. Even though I want the 2832-2 version, in my opinion the latter’s back looks a lot cleaner, the rotor looks better, and you might be getting a better deal because of the C07 movement family’s advancements over the 2824-2 & company.

“the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement”….yes fortunately no plastic in the escape fork on this one!

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CdeFmrlyCasual

Some more specific information you might appreciate: the specific version of the “Powermatic 80” or Eta C07, this one is is the C07.621, iirc. If anyone wants to know what that mean in realtion to the more talked about version of the “Powermatic 80” (seen in the PRX), the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement. This seems to be the preferred level by Hamilton and Mido. I think I have also seen it in pictures of some Rados.

I think I can safely be said that this is a very American take on the general “outsdoorsy but elegant” concept of the Alpinist. I would change a few details of of course, such as correcting the “24” → “00” and making the top of the seconds hand red like on its time+date sibling. Again tho, I like that, even though Hamilton has been a Swiss company for quite a while, they still have a distinct Americananess to their design language.

I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier.

To add on to the above, there are cosmetic differences between the 2832–2 version and the C07.621 versions. The dial text on this one has “SWISS MADE” at the bottom, the caseback has less text, and the rotor is stylized via skeletonization. Even though I want the 2832-2 version, in my opinion the latter’s back looks a lot cleaner, the rotor looks better, and you might be getting a better deal because of the C07 movement family’s advancements over the 2824-2 & company.

“…they still have a distinct Americananess to their design language.” Exactly.. that is what I most appreciate about this watch brand.

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CdeFmrlyCasual

Some more specific information you might appreciate: the specific version of the “Powermatic 80” or Eta C07, this one is is the C07.621, iirc. If anyone wants to know what that mean in realtion to the more talked about version of the “Powermatic 80” (seen in the PRX), the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement. This seems to be the preferred level by Hamilton and Mido. I think I have also seen it in pictures of some Rados.

I think I can safely be said that this is a very American take on the general “outsdoorsy but elegant” concept of the Alpinist. I would change a few details of of course, such as correcting the “24” → “00” and making the top of the seconds hand red like on its time+date sibling. Again tho, I like that, even though Hamilton has been a Swiss company for quite a while, they still have a distinct Americananess to their design language.

I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier.

To add on to the above, there are cosmetic differences between the 2832–2 version and the C07.621 versions. The dial text on this one has “SWISS MADE” at the bottom, the caseback has less text, and the rotor is stylized via skeletonization. Even though I want the 2832-2 version, in my opinion the latter’s back looks a lot cleaner, the rotor looks better, and you might be getting a better deal because of the C07 movement family’s advancements over the 2824-2 & company.

“I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier”

Can you please elaborate a little bit more on these considerations? I lost myself but very interested in your opinion and thoughts on this particular matter..thks

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One of my favorite watches! Hope you had a great day my friend!

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alfredo

“the C07.6xx “level” has a conventional escapement”….yes fortunately no plastic in the escape fork on this one!

If the plastic is actually self-lubricating, then I can live more easily with it. A channel I follow says that it is and he seems like a decent authority. Ideally, I would like to see some TSG / Eta related press release to confirm this.

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alfredo

“I would love to own the champagne dial version of this watch, specifically the 2832–2 version, because I would like to collect a 2824-2 or one of its siblings, and save collecting a C07.121 / C07.141(?) in the form of a Tissot Couturier”

Can you please elaborate a little bit more on these considerations? I lost myself but very interested in your opinion and thoughts on this particular matter..thks

I would like to have an Eta 2824-2 because it’s so well-known and it would be interesting to have as a collected item. However, having a watch that is day date as opposed to just date is a lot more desirable to me. The 2834-2 is a day date version of the 2824-2 and there were a generation of Khaki King Autos that used those, so that checks off three boxes for me in one go. I would have a watch that I desire with a movement that I want to collect and would be useful to me with the added feature of the day.

The Tissot Couturier has pre-PM80 and PM80 (C07.xxx) versions just like the Khaki King Auto. I want a PM80 Couturier because it has a C07.1xx version of the PM80, which has the plastic escapement. I want to collect that movement. And the Couturier is day date like the KKA. Boxes checked.

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CdeFmrlyCasual

I would like to have an Eta 2824-2 because it’s so well-known and it would be interesting to have as a collected item. However, having a watch that is day date as opposed to just date is a lot more desirable to me. The 2834-2 is a day date version of the 2824-2 and there were a generation of Khaki King Autos that used those, so that checks off three boxes for me in one go. I would have a watch that I desire with a movement that I want to collect and would be useful to me with the added feature of the day.

The Tissot Couturier has pre-PM80 and PM80 (C07.xxx) versions just like the Khaki King Auto. I want a PM80 Couturier because it has a C07.1xx version of the PM80, which has the plastic escapement. I want to collect that movement. And the Couturier is day date like the KKA. Boxes checked.

Got it! Yes….the traditional caliber (day date in this case for the 2834-2 which is the base for the Powematic 80) could be a nice addition to a Khaki King collector as it has 28,000 vph (seconds hand sweeps more smoothly), 38h power reserve and adjusting levers.

Going back to the traditional Powematic in this model it is expected more accuracy as it has a free balance wheel (no levers), 80h power reserve but less vph. Thank you for your thoughts..

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alfredo

Got it! Yes….the traditional caliber (day date in this case for the 2834-2 which is the base for the Powematic 80) could be a nice addition to a Khaki King collector as it has 28,000 vph (seconds hand sweeps more smoothly), 38h power reserve and adjusting levers.

Going back to the traditional Powematic in this model it is expected more accuracy as it has a free balance wheel (no levers), 80h power reserve but less vph. Thank you for your thoughts..

Maybe if I was feeling extra generous with myself I could save to have one fully engraved. I’ve seen plenty out there and they look amazing

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Awesome pairing

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CityZen

Awesome pairing

Thank you!