SMITHS EARLY PRE-HILLARY TYPE WRISTWATCH C 1951 leather strap In excellent working order and

In excellent working order and keeping good time

serial number 1145847

they were shock proofing this watch from a year later as a rule

This is because due to the complexity of the movements you can never get them running like they did when they were new this is because very few of the parts are available these days

Case numbered 86385

SMITHS EARLY PRE-HILLARY TYPE WRISTWATCH C 1951 leather strap In excellent working order andAn early Dennison Aquatite cased smiths 12 15 wristwatch. I'm not sure that these are full production, but rather an amalgam of models as a precursor to the more mass produced versions, hence the rather crude font used in the printing of the name on examples of this watch. This model features a solid dustcap, originally intended to be released after the winding stem has been unscrewed, so as not to cause unnecessary damage, but as here usually seen