Now I wait for arrival.
Look at that dial, wow.
I like old Hilton’s, they have some unique dials. I guess they were cheapies back in the day because they are cheapies today, but I like them. I was searching for one with a fontomatic movement when I found this.

Wow!!!
Beautiful dial.... You always find great items

sweeeeet!

Dial is awesome. You picked a nice one!

That's fucking swell!

Many a Watch God raise their ale filled gourds in salute to your fine a$$ pick up..they all give it 2 spears up, especially that swell looking dial face!!..

I love the old dials, the work involved seems head and shoulders above what is offered today. Like Hilton was an economy brand and yet they came up with some great dial designs.

Got it today
Well, I found out that Hilton was basically, back then, what Invicta of today is.

https://www.keepthetime.com/blog/hilton ... ainspring/

Despite the “Swiss Made” on the dial, upon cracking open the caseback on the example timepiece pictured here, we found it stamped with the following: G.T. Co. Hong Kong.

Sound familiar? Seems they skirted Swiss back then too.

The following info is from user JimH on watchuseek:

“Hilton was a company based in New York City. Hilton distributed watches usually made with 17 jewel Swiss movements and cases from a variety of sources including Hong Kong. It was a marketing company rather than a manufacturer. Hilton got in trouble with the FTC in the early 60s over misleading pricing and claims for their watches (25 jewel but only 17 functional, marked Swiss Made).”

Silly me, I always wondered why Hilton was so cheap, even with the nice looking textured dials. Now I know.
Oh well, it is still a nice looking dial and that’s why I got it. I am a sucker for textured dials, I want them all. Fortunately Hilton has been a cheap obsession.

Regardless of the history it's still a damn sharp watch

JAS1125 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:40 am

Regardless of the history it's still a damn sharp watch

I’ll keep buying them. The price is right for them.

At first, I thought Paris Hilton had started a line of watches. Or maybe her daddy's hotel chain was putting a watch on your pillow if you coughed up enough scratch.

A Paris Hilton watch? I googled it and there is such a thing, bitch has a line of fashion watches. Damn, I need to be more specific now.