SMITHS EARLY PRE-HILLARY TYPE WRISTWATCH C 1951 leather strap serial number 1145847

serial number 1145847

pre-epsilon gilded finish

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

No pendant bow

Case numbered 86385

SMITHS EARLY PRE-HILLARY TYPE WRISTWATCH C 1951 leather strap serial number 1145847An 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