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WHAT WE LOVE:
Hamilton was one of five companies that collaborated in 1969 to bring the world's first automatic chronograph to market — and the Intra-Matic Chronograph H is the watch that takes that heritage and asks a different question. Inside is the H-51 — a new, exclusively developed hand-wound chronograph calibre that marks the return of the hand-wound chronograph to Hamilton's collection for the first time in decades.
The black "reverse panda" dial is a masterclass in dial restraint. Where the classic panda places white registers on a white dial, the reverse panda floats two cream-white chevron-patterned sub-dials on a deep black dial — 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, running seconds at 9 o'clock — with a tachymeter scale printed around the outer rim. The applied hour markers and pencil-style hands carry an off-white Super-LumiNova with a warm, slightly aged tone that deliberately evokes tritium lume rather than the cold blue of modern luminous material. The box-shaped sapphire crystal — a physical nod to the domed acrylic crystals of 1960s chronographs — curves gently above the dial, catching light at its edges and giving the watch a convincingly period character without resorting to actual acrylic.
The two-piece case construction introduced on this generation creates a slimmer, more integrated profile than the three-piece construction of earlier Intra-Matics, and the polished steel finish across the case and bracelet keeps the presentation clean.
WHAT’S INSIDE:
The H38429130 is powered by Hamilton's Calibre H-51 — an exclusively developed hand-wound mechanical chronograph movement based on the Valjoux 7753 architecture, modified and finished by Hamilton to their own specification. The H-51 delivers a power reserve of 60 hours from a single full wind — two and a half days of reserve is a generous specification for a hand-wound movement, and one that makes the daily winding ritual a genuine pleasure rather than a necessity.
FIVEFORTYFIVE SIX MONTHS WARRANTY
