Hamilton GI 'NOS' GAS Line the watch is beautifully preserved

the watch is beautifully preserved and retains the thick crisp lugs and slight factory beveling that it left Geneva with

eliminating the chance of it moving while on the wrist

it is the perfect size to house the manually-wound Calibre L093

but the lume tended to fall out

unidirectional rotating bezel

Hamilton GI 'NOS' GAS Line the watch is beautifully preservedWhy We Love It True military watches exude a kind of toughness that's hard to replicate. These watches with their black dials, easy to read indices, and luminescent hands pack a punch in a deceptively compact package. No watches exemplify this toughness more than the General Issue watches manufactured from the Vietnam War to the early 1980s. The Department of Defense first ordered General Issue (GI) watches in 1964, to outfit soldiers in the years