[boscoe]

The Hamilton Ventura - the world's first electric watch - was unveiled at New York's Savoy Plaza Hotel on January 3, 1957. The watch ran for one year on a battery - and turned the industry upside down.

 

[boscoe]

Funny isn't it. Battery powered watches were mini-miracles. Now watch geeks only want autos. I wonder what will be hot 50 years from now.

 

[mgiraz]

It took a team from Hamilton 10 years to develop the watch. The magic however, is that it is still one of their top sellers today! Amen.

 

[timefinder]

Very interesting! I did not realize Hamilton was the 1st.

 

[mgiraz]

There were other companies in the race to develop such a watch...It was like the arms race or the race to the moon!