Hamilton and actor Harrison Ford have collaborated to create the Hamilton Khaki Team Earth. Team Earth is a non-profit organization of individuals and companies working together to address global environmental challenges. Hamilton and Ford are members, and portion of Khaki Team Earth sales benefit the organization. Each watch has “Team Earth” and Harrison Ford’s signature engraved on the caseback. The MSRP is $850.

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Henry Ward Beecher said “True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.” Henry would have liked the Hamilton Jazzmaster Slim Automatic. It reduces the wristwatch to its essential elements: hours, minutes, date. The luminescent hands make sure you won’t be lost in the dark. The Jazzmaster Slim is available in 40 and 43mm cases, in stainless steel and pink gold plate, with black or silver dial, and on black or brown strap or a Milanese-style mesh bracelet. Power is provided by an ETA 2892 movement. The Jazzmaster Slim is in stores now priced at $695 – $795.

Hamilton’s new 44mm X-Mach lets you measure an aircraft’s speed relative to that of sound – Hamilton calls this the “Machmeter” feature. To perform this feat however, you need to be sitting in the cockpit. Pilots set the pressure altitude (PA) and calibrated air speed (CAS) measured by the aircraft’s instruments by turning the right crown of the watch to reveal the Mach number in ISA (International Standard Atmosphere) conditions on the bezel.

Consistent with its mission, the X-Mach is designed to capture the look of aircraft instruments. Both variations (stainless steel with or without black PVD) have a smooth black dial with silver-colored indices and matching counter frames. The case features carbon fiber inserts and white or black numerical markings around the bezel. The case back offers a display window in the approximate shape of a Star Trek insignia, allowing you to catch a glimpse of the ETA 7750 automatic movement inside. The dial has a cut-out around the date to reveal the underlying plate with ‘Clous de Paris’ finish. The watch is also available with a choice of a bracelet or black or brown straps. The MSRP is $1645, and the X-Mach is available at retailers now.

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Khaki X-Mach Auto Chronograph

Size: 44 mm
Material: Stainless steel or black PVD
Dial Color: Black
Attachments: Brown leather/black leather with carbon-fiber/black rubber/metal
Movement: Automatic 7750
Crystal: Sapphire
Water resistance 100 meters

International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) is an atmospheric model of how the pressure, temperature, density and viscosity of the earth’s atmosphere change over a wide range of altitudes. It consists of tables of values at various altitudes.

Calibrated Airspeed (CAS) is a measure of the speed at which an aircraft is moving through the air.

Pressure Altitude (PA) is the indicated altitude when an altimeter is set to an agreed baseline pressure setting. This setting – 101,325 Pa, equivalent to 1013.25 millibar (or hectopascals), or 29.92 inches Hg – is equivalent to the air pressure at Mean Sea Level (MSL) in the ISA.

Mach Number (Ma or M) is the speed of an object moving through air, or any fluid substance, divided by the speed of sound as it is in that substance. It is commonly used to represent an object’s speed, when it is travelling at (or at multiples of) the speed of sound. Mach 1.0 is the speed of sound, Mach 2 is twice the speed of sound etc.

2010 would have been Elvis’s 75th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Hamilton is producing two new versions of the Ventura, made famous by the King in his 1961 movie “Blue Hawaii”. One commemorative model is a quartz-powered replica of the original. My focus will be on the second piece: the cool XXL Edition. The styling has been updated with larger dimensions, a gunmetal PVD case, and a perforated dial that lets the automatic ETA 2824-2 movement see a bit of sunlight.

The XXL’s smooth, angular case flows into the black rubber strap. The curved crystal is sapphire, and the watch is water resistant to 50 meters. A touch of red stretches between 12 and 3 and carries over to the tip of the seconds hand. Black and white dials are available. The Ventura XXL will only be produced for one year. If you’re looking for something a little different, it’s priced at $1145, and it will be in stores in October. You can click the images below to view larger versions.

Some say the trend toward ever-larger watches is slowing, but you would not know it to look at Hamilton’s new 50mm Khaki BASE Jump watches. That’s BASE as in parachuting off of Buildings, Antennas, Spans and Earth. Available in automatic and chronograph versions, we will focus on the latter as it presents an interesting twist (pun intended): the timing functions are activated by turning the bezel, not by pushing buttons. Twist the bezel counter-clockwise to start and stop, then clockwise to reset.

The BASE Jump is powered by a modified version of ETA’s 7750 movement, and we’re told that the movement is exclusive to Hamilton. The BASE Jump sports a sapphire crystal and 100 meter water resistance. The chronograph is available in titanium or black or bronze PVD with a black or bronze dial on a black rubber or brown leather strap. All models are priced at $1945. The ETA 2824-powered automatic version is available in stainless steel and black or bronze PVD and it’s priced at $1195.

Heading for the water, Hamilton’s Seaview AutoChrono joins the Seaview GMT and Seaview Automatic as the first models in a new family of timepieces. The 44mm AutoChrono’s dial features Côtes de Genève and perlage finishes. Inside there’s an ETA automatic 7753 movment. The turning bezel has embossed digits with compass-like arrow pointers at 15 minute intervals. Available in stainless steel or pink gold-plated versions with black dial on a black rubber strap ($995, pictured below) or a stainless steel bracelet ($1045).

After a day of BASE jumping and diving, Hamilton has you covered should you require something slimmer and more elegant for the evening: the Jazzmaster Slim and MoonPhase. The Slim is a classic dress watch with hours, minutes, and the date at 6, available in 40 and 43mm stainless steel or pink gold-plated cases that are 8.3mm thick. Below the black or silver dial you’ll find an ETA 2892 automatic movement. The crystal is sapphire, and 50 meter water resistance means it’s safe to take them near the water. The Jazzmaster Slim is available now, priced at $745 for the stainless steel version and $795 in pink gold plate.

For something a bit more complicated, Hamilton offers the Jazzmaster MoonPhase, which also tells you the day, date, month, and the time in a second time zone. It’s also a chronograph. The 44mm stainless steel case houses an ETA automatic caliber 7751 movement. The MoonPhase is available with silver or black dials on a black leather strap and it’s priced at $2445. Look for it in stores in October.