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Fontainebleau Chrono-matic

Produced 1969. A 1969 Hamilton Fontainebleau driven by the automatic Caliber 11 Chrono-matic, one of the era's pioneering automatic chronograph movements, cataloged as discontinued with limited further detail.

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Hamilton Fontainebleau Chrono-matic 11001-3

Reference11001-3

BrandHamilton

FamilyOther

Produced1969

StatusDiscontinued

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1969 — 8 min read1969: Three Finish Lines for the First Automatic ChronographZenith named it El Primero, a Swiss consortium put the crown on the left, and Seiko sold a 6139 in Japan while the others were still pouring coffee for journalists. Collectors have been picking a winner ever since.

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