Vintage Watches
Before Apple, America Dominated Watchmaking. Then History Forgot
For one shining moment in the 1970s, LED watches were the future
Originally published by Joe Thompson on Hodinkee.
In May of 1970, 36-year-old John Bergey, head of research and development at Hamilton Watch Co., in Lancaster, PA, was a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He was there to show Johnny not just a new watch that Hamilton had created, but a new kind of watch.