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$700.00
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ALGREN 40mm Navy All Steel

Sale price$700.00

The Algren takes its name from Nelson Algren, who wrote Chicago as it actually was. It's the only cushion case we make, a square softened at the corners rather than a circle, and it comes in more dial and case combinations than anything else in the line.

Navy reads near-black indoors and turns unmistakably blue the moment you step outside. In all steel, with the brushed finish left plain.

Forty millimeters, cushion-shaped, on a Swiss Made Ronda quartz movement under a domed sapphire crystal. It ships with a 22mm Milanese mesh bracelet and an Italian leather strap, both quick-release, and the caseback is fully engravable.

Design Your Caseback

Engrave Memories

Celebrate meaningful moments with a custom caseback, to give or receive.

Warranty

5 year limited warranty which is more than twice the industry standard.

Swiss Movement

Swiss Movement with exceptional accuracy and performance.

Case Size

40mm cushion case, 10.7mm thickness, 48mm lug-to-lug and 22mm between lugs

Your Purchase Includes

Milanese steel bracelet and a leather strap presented in ready-to-gift packaging

Our Inspiration

Nelson Algren lived on the Near Northwest Side and set his best work there. The Man with the Golden Arm, about a card dealer on Division Street, won the National Book Award in 1950. Chicago: City on the Make, his prose poem about the city, came two years later.

YOUR WATCH. YOUR STORY.


Every Hampden is built to be engraved. A date, a handwritten note, a drawing your kid made, a portrait of your dog: the caseback holds whatever you decide it should.

If you know what you want, send it over. If you do not, our Design Concierge will work through it with you, draw it up, and show you a proof before anything is engraved. That service is included with every watch.

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  • RM
    Robert M.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    ALGREN 40mm Carbon All Steel
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 months ago
    Model Rocks

    I have had my Model 2 no since April commands a good amount of my wrist time (I have a lot of watches)! It is a very versatile watch coming with both a leather strap and bracelet. The bracelet and strap are quick change requiring no tools. You can adapt the watch from super casual, casual, office, night out or formal all in a matter of seconds. The large black dial with gold even Arabic numbers and index markers for the odds, date at the 3 o'clock position and a nice polished case gives it the overall do it all watch. Quartz movement is highly accurate! Buy it, wear it and love it as I do!

  • MW
    Michael W.
    Verified Reviewer
    Reviewing
    ALGREN 40mm White All Steel
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    6 months ago
    Thank you

    Dear Hampden Watch Co,

    I wanted to write and say thank you so much for the wonderful engraved watch. My Friend Ron surprised me around my son Lincoln's birthday with the Algren model; white face and back engraved with my son's silhouette and signature. This image is from one of his last photos before he unexpectedly passed away in 2024, at 19 years young. It was taken in a place overlooking the pacific ocean during sunset that is very special to both of us. The detail and emotion captured in the engraving is incredible.

    The watch itself is fantastic. The quality and craftsmanship of the timepiece, and the beautiful engraving, make this one of my favorite timepieces. I wear it all the time because it looks and wears great, and and it makes me feel closer to the memory of my son. I don't have any other watches in my collection that are so unique.

    Thank you again for working with Ron and creating something so beautiful and meaningful. Michael W

  • DW
    Dana W.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    ALGREN 40mm White All Steel
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    8 months ago
    Couldn’t be happier!!!

    To celebrate our anniversary I gave my husband the Model 2 Algren watch and I couldn’t be happier with it! He loves the watch and the engraved backing made it feel unique and an extra special way to celebrate. Since starting to wear it he has already gotten many compliments!

  • GC
    Grant C.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    ALGREN 40mm
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    9 months ago
    Happy Customer

    Great looking watch, excellent customer service

  • TD
    Taylor D.
    Verified Buyer
    Reviewing
    ALGREN 40mm
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    9 months ago
    Amazing custom watch

    The team at Hampden is the absolute best. I can’t recommend the custom watches enough

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An intimate, hands-on mechanical watchmaking experience at our Chicago HQ.

Join a select group of guests for First Hand: our immersive, six-hour watchmaking workshop at Hampden’s historic Chicago headquarters.

Guided by our CEO and master hosts, you’ll assemble a Swiss mechanical timepiece, wheel by wheel, in a workshop hailed by Hodinkee as one of the Best Watch Classes in America.

Limited seats available.