1927 Tonneau

In the late 1920's many of Hamilton watches were called "geometrics" where the models were named based on their shape.  One of the models was called the Tonneau.

Introduced in 1927, the Tonneau looks like a barrel on it's side, where the top and bottom is curved and the sides are flat.  The Tonneau was produced through 1932 and came in both solid gold and gold filled, and in green and white gold initially and yellow gold in later years..

In addition, case styles came with both engraved and un-engraved.  The models are usually called Tonneau Engraved and Tonneau Plain, respectively.

The Tonneau features Hamilton's 17 jewel, 6/0 sized 987 movement.  It's a good sized watch and wears well on the wrist.

Here's a wrist shot of a green gold filled Tonneau Plain model.

and here's a white Tonneau Plain.

and here's a pair of freshly serviced and re-enameled Tonneau Engraved watches in white and yellow.

Even the Tonneau Plain model is engraved on the sides of the center case.

The Tonneau is a sharp looking watch and even though all my examples have luminous dials, black enamel dialed and applied gold numeral varieties can also be obtained.