SMITHS EMPIRE WRIST WATCH - BRITISH MADEOffered for sale is a Smiths, British made, mechanical Wrist Watch from the 1950s or 1960s, these watches were made at the Smiths/Ingersoll factory at Ystradgynlais near Swansea in South Wales - the factory closed in the early 1970s. The watch is in working order but in unrestored, as found condition so it would most likely benefit from a clean and service. It appears to have its original leather arm band or strap which has seen better days! The watch winds, sets, runs and keeps good time - with the benefit of a new arm band it would make a nice watch to wear every day or to add to your collection of British watches. Smiths pin pallet movement, 29.3 mm dia. (13"') in nickel plated brass with five jewels. Chrome on nickel plated base metal case, 32 mm dia., with stainless steel snap-on back and 16 mm lugs. Cream face with with gilded hands and applied gilt Arabic numerals, plastic crystal.
Mechanical watches make the ideal gift - classic appearance and no battery to fade or fail. They do, however, require cleaning and oiling from time to time by a competent watchmaker and although usually good timekeepers, a mechanical watch needs to be wound regularly and the time will occasionally need to be reset.
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