The Hamilton Nobody Talks About.......

My friend had one of the early Pulsars in the mid 1970s. They were somewhat hard to get, and expensive! His dad owned a jewelry store so he had an inside track. I remember that you set the time using a tiny magnet that was stored in a secret compartment on the watch. Crazy. I really wanted one.

Always liked it, but ,far, far, far ... far too expensive!🤨

Love it!!! Brother has it! I thought it was a cool prop from a film!! As a Roger Moore fan I’m not sure why the heck I don’t own it!!!!

Congrats for the new studio and, of course the tee!

I have another Led Watch a russian one : the Elektronika 1 pulsar, it’s a quirky one, it doesn’t display anything until you push the button, one push gives you the hour and minutes, a long push gives you the seconds and a push on another button gives you the date and the number of the week day. It’s also quirky because it is a quartz watch with digital display that is less accurate than some mechanical and automatic watches I own. Some say it’s because the voltage of the modern batteries is slightly higher than the one from the original USSR era batteries so it goes a bit faster than it should.

I like the watch but I think the price is ridiculous for what it is.

Thanks for reviewing this, Jody. I have the green and black Matrix version and love it. Wears very comfortably. I only wish it had an auto illuminate function with a wrist rotation

As I recall (sadly I’m old enough to remember), quite apart from the price, the LED watches of the 1970s were not successful precisely because you had to push a button to tell the time - not very useful whilst doing anything…like driving for instance. The also expensive LCD watches that quickly followed killed LEDs off overnight.

Nice review. Got one of these in november and so far it has been a delight. An unexpected surprise for me was the accuracy. Hamilton doesn't provide any numbers in their specs but mine has gained about a second in those three months putting me on track for around +4 sec/year. Very hard to beat that.

If memory serves, both U.S. President Gerald Ford and actor Telly Savalas while portraying Kojak on American TV wore the original of this model.

Hell yeah! The PSR is awesome, I’ve had mine for two years and it looks and feels amazing. I wish we would see more “high end” digitals like this. Maybe even some dressier digitals

This watch is so you, I actually thought you had already reviewed it! I guess you reviewed several similar ones. As for that photo from Live and Let Die, thanks to Madeline Smith, I didn’t realize the watch nor Roger Moore (for that matter) was in the photo for about 3 seconds. Hope you enjoy the watch!

Love it. I was the first kid on my block to own a digital watch back in 1976. The Timex SSQ...still have it.

As a Bond watch I'd expect pushing the button THREE times to activate a death ray or something - has anyone tried?

I love it mate, and it has a really interesting back story. Very retrolicious.

Love it! I remember when LEDs first came out - the excitement was incredible. We all got our cheap ones from Woolworths and ran round the playground pressing the button till - well - the battery soon went flat. Happy days indeed. Well done Hamilton for bringing it back just as it was. The price reflects the quality and the history so no complaints there.

My dad had the original watch. I enjoyed playing with it when I was a kid. It was so freaking cool.

I got a similar-looking watch as a graduation gift when I graduated from high school in 1976..not a Hamilton, but a Wittnauer Polara..I wish I knew where that watch was today!!

This watch is awesome! I just bought one a few weeks ago. My only drawback was the button's incoherent working. Thanks to mentioned that. I thought mine has an issue.

Hello! Great to see the first video in the new place. This video quality looks great with the lighting and background. 🎉