MK Personal Collection Rare 14k White Gold Hamilton Ventura Wrist Watch 1957.

MK Personal Collection The present lot is part of a larger privately held collection and is intended for exhibition purposes only. This is a very rare 14k white gold Hamilton Ventura Pat Pending Electric wrist watch, Cal 500. This is a great looking watch by Hamilton Watch Co.. This model is called the Ventura and it is in an extremely rare 14k white gold triangular two piece case with fluted lugs. It has a Hamilton Cal 500 electric movement that is in good running condition. It is topped with an original black painted dial with white gold dot indexes. The watch is signed "Hamilton Electric" and it measures 50mm x 33m including the crown Serial # S289721, The watch is in overall excellent condition. There were fewer than 300 made in white gold. Ventura watch. Pictured in René Rondeau's book "The Watch Of The Future" on pages 164-168, it was released in January 1957 with an original price of $200.00. It is signed on the dial, case, crown, movement, strap and buckle. It runs great and keeps time to well under 30 seconds variation per day and has a brand new battery just installed. The hack function works properly, and the watch starts right up each time the crown is pushed in from the setting position to the running position. The Ventura was the first of the Hamilton Electrics released, along with the conservative Van Horn. The shape reflects the "boomerang" motif which was common in that era and was designed by Richard Arbib. Even the crown symbolized the new "Electric" watch, obviously being much too small to wind. The White Gold version is very rare, and this example has an ORIGINAL FINISH BLACK DIAL, with great uniform patina. The Ventura truly symbolizes the unique character of Hamilton Electric watches.