Cinema and video games, two territories in which Hamilton is playing a leading role, in the wake of consolidated technical and creative experience in describing a time in movement, never the same, contextualized, an integral part of a story, fantastic or real. In the cinema, where the brand made its debut way back in 1932, in “Shanghai Express” with a Flintridge model, the company, in addition to collaborating with important Hollywood productions, is in the front row in support of the world of celluloid with the annual “Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards”, celebrating the work carried out behind the lens, whose national extension is represented by the award given to professionals of our cinematography during the awarding of the Silver Ribbons, as Official Partner. Regarding gaming, however, Hamilton’s entry took place in 2021 with “Far Cry 6”, set in a fantasy island shaken by a revolution and very close to cinema in its narrative and scenographic rhythms: in that video game, players could wear the Khaki Field Titanium Automatic, 42 mm (series limited to 1983 copies). Then, it was the turn of “Death Stranding 2: on the beach”, last June, a game born from the visionary genius of Hideo Kojima. Also in this case, the time of the adventures of the courier Sam Porter Bridges in a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, charged with reuniting a humanity disintegrated by the Stranded Creatures coming from the afterlife, is dictated by an “in-game” watch, that is, an integral part of the action in the video game, recalling the unmistakable tonneau design of the Boulton: its narrow case represents a fusion between Art Deco and “American style”, reinterpreted on futuristic, more articulated and three-dimensional aesthetic and functional traits. Now, it’s the turn of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 7”, the last act of the famous “shooter” series (in videogame jargon, when combat takes place using firearms), launched in 2004. We are in 2035, chaos dominates the world, together with violent conflicts and psychological wars; With the help of cutting-edge technology, the Black Ops team, led by David Mason, must face an enemy who uses fear as a weapon. As in films such as “Tenet” and “Interstellar”, in which the time narrated by Hamilton has entered a spatial dimension such as to abandon the concepts of past, present and future, in the video game Hamilton accentuates the connection with the narrative even more, paying maximum attention to contextual details, making the player part of the story, creator of it and his time a prop. For “Call of Duty: Black Ops 7”, therefore, the Khaki Field Automatic 38 mm, worn by the character Axel Vermaak, tells the story in constant connection with the reality of the players. In brushed steel with a polished bezel, 10.9 mm thick, the watch has a screw-down case back personalized with Call of Duty engraving, for water resistance up to 10 atmospheres. Made in a limited series of 5.
000 pieces, it adopts a black dial with 24-hour scale and luminescent index bands (as well as the sword-shaped hands) treated in azurée. The reliable H-10 automatic caliber offers 80 hours of power reserve and the watch is completed with a khaki green NATO strap.