Great comparison. I’ve been torn between these 2 for over 2 months now. The Mechanical is actually thinner by a few mm but gave it back with the awesome boxed Chrystal. I like the crown on the auto better The Automatic I think is a little ,ore casual and sporty and the Mechanical a bit more dressy and elegant. It is very close. I think at the end of the day the determining factor would be price, so for now I’m holding off till the right deal comes along on the secondary market. Then we also have the Longines heritage collection chronographs , and love the Big eye.
Hey BIG E, I just discovered your channel and it's nice. I am expecting to receive a intramatic tomorrow. Since I already have a Tudor bb reverse chrono I went with the white on this Hamilton. Also I really like the old school looks. Of the mechanical and since I rotate my pieces it makes no difference because I have to wind the autos anyway. Plus since the caseback is thinner on the mechanical it will hug the wrist better. Anyway enjoyed your style.
Oh man both of these are beautiful! Out of the two that you have in hand, I'd have to go for the automatic Panda, just based on looks alone (maybe the blue variant of the auto..). I generally prefer closed casebacks on unfinished movements as well, but I think that having a see-thru crystal caseback on the handwinder would be cool, as watching any chronograph movement in action is interesting. That new Hamilton Khaki Field Auto Chrono looks incredible (once you take it off the Bund strap, of course LOL). But if I had to have just one Hamilton Chrono, it would have to be the Khaki Aviation Converter Chronograph. That thing is serious! If you could review one or both of the two aforementioned watches from AZ FineTime, that would be awesome! Yet another fantastic review, Big E, your videos keep getting better and better!
Great video. For me Hamilton made a mistake with the thickness of the watch. A mechanical thicker than automatic is such a nonsense. Honestly I can live without the automatic complication as having a few watches and not using watch winders, I find my self winding watches more than once per week.
Why do they call the manual wind model "Intra-Matic"; That refers to the microrotor used in the Intra-Matic line. I guess because it shares a similar dial to one of the automatics.
All I can think of is SPY vs SPY. They both look nice
Great comparison. I’ve been torn between these 2 for over 2 months now. The Mechanical is actually thinner by a few mm but gave it back with the awesome boxed Chrystal. I like the crown on the auto better The Automatic I think is a little ,ore casual and sporty and the Mechanical a bit more dressy and elegant. It is very close. I think at the end of the day the determining factor would be price, so for now I’m holding off till the right deal comes along on the secondary market. Then we also have the Longines heritage collection chronographs , and love the Big eye.
Both are beautiful, I'm stuck between the reverse panda and the green dial ! 🤔❤
By far the most informative video I found! Thank you!
Thanks for watching 💯
Hey BIG E, I just discovered your channel and it's nice. I am expecting to receive a intramatic tomorrow. Since I already have a Tudor bb reverse chrono I went with the white on this Hamilton. Also I really like the old school looks. Of the mechanical and since I rotate my pieces it makes no difference because I have to wind the autos anyway. Plus since the caseback is thinner on the mechanical it will hug the wrist better. Anyway enjoyed your style.
You made a great choice 💯
This is a great comparison review thank you
Oh man both of these are beautiful! Out of the two that you have in hand, I'd have to go for the automatic Panda, just based on looks alone (maybe the blue variant of the auto..). I generally prefer closed casebacks on unfinished movements as well, but I think that having a see-thru crystal caseback on the handwinder would be cool, as watching any chronograph movement in action is interesting. That new Hamilton Khaki Field Auto Chrono looks incredible (once you take it off the Bund strap, of course LOL). But if I had to have just one Hamilton Chrono, it would have to be the Khaki Aviation Converter Chronograph. That thing is serious! If you could review one or both of the two aforementioned watches from AZ FineTime, that would be awesome! Yet another fantastic review, Big E, your videos keep getting better and better!
I appreciate you so much 👍 thank you !
I like both but I will go for the white one
Yeah they both are nice you’re right I would have to buy both
Now I need both thank you, great video.💪
awesome video buddy
Thanks for watching Guy !
Thanks for your review. I am about to get one but it’s so hard to Decide which one I will buy between these two..
just picked up a new panda mechanical on mesh for $ 1650.00 - getting more wrist time than my Black Bay 58
Both are beautiful timepieces, will probably wear white dial for daytime and black dial for nights, why not?
Great video. For me Hamilton made a mistake with the thickness of the watch. A mechanical thicker than automatic is such a nonsense. Honestly I can live without the automatic complication as having a few watches and not using watch winders, I find my self winding watches more than once per week.
Why do they call the manual wind model "Intra-Matic"; That refers to the microrotor used in the Intra-Matic line. I guess because it shares a similar dial to one of the automatics.
How long did the Lume illaminate?
All night, right? Or less than.
Less than