Hamilton
Ref. 92006-a · Calibre Hamilton 92Condition — Unpolished gold-filled case with original white dial and Roman numerals
Provenance — Bought at auction online, like most of what I keep.
I set the intra-matic face-up under raked light and the woven texture across the dial catches unevenly, brighter at the centre than at the rim, which is how I could tell this one hasn't been redialled. The black Roman numerals and the slim dauphine hands still hold their crisp edges against that white ground, and the date window at six sits flush with no yellowing to the plastic. My case is gold-toned with a stepped bezel and a domed acrylic crystal, and the high points at the lugs and crown guard show the thinning you'd expect from genuine handling rather than storage. Flip it and the automatic calibre 92 rotor and bridges are unmarked by any obvious repair work, winding smoothly when I tried it on the bench, with the Hamilton signature and jewel count clearly struck into the plate. This suits someone who wants a slim 1970s dress piece to wear, not one to keep in a drawer.
Buying from a stranger, in short. Every fault I know of is in the listing, and if you find one I missed, the return stands. Take the watch to a watchmaker of your choosing before you pay — I have never once objected. Fourteen days to send it back, for any reason at all.
Privatverkauf. Everything described above — case, dial, hands, lume, rate and service history — is agreed condition for this watch and I stand behind all of it. Beyond that, the watch is sold excluding liability for material defects, as is normal between private individuals for a vintage mechanical object of this age. That exclusion does not cover anything I have misdescribed or failed to disclose, and never covers injury or intent.
Fourteen days to return it for any reason — my own promise, not a statutory withdrawal right. Terms · How I describe condition
