Pocket Watch Database
Hamilton Size 16s Model 5: Overview & Production
Hamilton Model 5 is a 16-Size 3/4-plate lever-set movement featuring a nickel finish.
Model 5 Features (Lever Set)
Movement Diagram
Example Image
Dial Plate Image
Note: Diagrams and photos displayed are intended to serve as a represenation of this model.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
| Size | 16s |
| Configuration | Openface |
| Plate | 3/4 |
| Setting | Lever |
| Finish | Nickel |
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Model 5 Features (Pendant Set)
Movement Diagram
Example Image
Note: Diagrams and photos displayed are intended to serve as a represenation of this model.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
| Size | 16s |
| Configuration | Openface |
| Plate | 3/4 |
| Setting | Pendant |
| Finish | Nickel |
| Notes | Sweep Second |
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Model 5 Production
| Total Production: | ~904,195 |
| Est. Production Years: | 1940 - 1970 |
| Earliest Serial: | 1 |
| Latest Serial: | 525,300 |
| Runs: | ~55 |
| Smallest Run: | 300 |
| Largest Run: | 160,000 |
| Distinctive Grades: | 6 |
Model 5 Production Segments
| Model 5 (All Variations): 904,195 ETP |
| Nickel: 904,195 (100.00%) |
| Openface: 904,195 (100.00%) |
| Lever: 713,701 (78.93%) | Pendant: 190,494 (21.07%) |
| 17j: 15,900 (1.76%) | 19j: 27,100 (3.00%) | 21j: 713,701 (78.93%) | 22j: 147,494 (16.31%) |