Hamilton GI Rolex and many of us here

and many of us here at Analog/Shift count a Carrera in our personal collections

The example we have here is known in collector circles as the 'Sapphire Sandwich' for its sapphire crystal and sapphire case back showing the Omega Cal 1863 - a decorated version of the venerable 1861 which is still flight approved by NASA and has been in production since 1969

instead of the budget-conscience (but no less reliable) Valjoux 7730

are perennial favorites of collectors

The most common iteration

Hamilton GI Rolex and many of us hereWhy We Love It True military watches exude a kind of toughness that's hard to replicate. These watches with their black dials, easy to read indices, and luminescent hands pack a punch in a deceptively compact package. No watches exemplify this toughness more than the General Issue watches manufactured from the Vietnam War to the early 1980s. The Department of Defense first ordered General Issue (GI) watches in 1964, to outfit soldiers in the years