Smiths W10 making £700 with 3 days to go

**swanbourne** · 21st December 2012, 12:33

I wonder if this one will crack the £1000?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1969-SMITH...item460b2d122c

Eddie

**Andy H** · 21st December 2012, 12:46

Wow, is that yours, Eddie?

**cornish** · 21st December 2012, 13:26

is it just 1 watch? or the whole box of watches? looks like that box could have had quite a few in it.

also the third pic..... with the caseback off there is an enclosed movement.... never seen anything like that before. it might hit a grand with 3 days left and the party season in full swing!

**muffle** · 21st December 2012, 13:36

Originally Posted by cornish

is it just 1 watch? or the whole box of watches? looks like that box could have had quite a few in it.

also the third pic..... with the caseback off there is an enclosed movement.... never seen anything like that before. it might hit a grand with 3 days left and the party season in full swing!

That is a way of shielding the movement from magnetic fields.

**bigbaddes** · 21st December 2012, 13:42

i am of 1969 vintage. just a thought though - if i had been in a box for 43 years and was all of a sudden wound up i'm not sure i'd run all that well.

are these watches not lubricated? would the oil not have congealed? also shouldn't the lume be dead by now?

happy to be wrong, would simply like to know - it being ebay an' all that...

nice if it's kosher, but...

**Andyg** · 21st December 2012, 13:47

Not sure about a £1K, but I think it will go higher.

I doubt you will find one in better condition thats for certain. A still cheap compared with a Rolex Mil-Sub or a BPFF Mil Spec.

Andy

**K300** · 21st December 2012, 13:52

like a time capsule, pardon the pun

**RABbit** · 21st December 2012, 20:02

Lee always gets good prices on his sales, but even so...

**cornish** · 21st December 2012, 20:08

Originally Posted by muffle

That is a way of shielding the movement from magnetic fields.

thanks for that :) you mentioned it was made of iron earlier and gave it a name, but i was too pre-occupied to reply and you had edited what you said.... just curious what it was you called it. from what you say, display backs will be impossible to anti-magnetise?

**amcneill** · 21st December 2012, 22:35

very interesting original piece.there was one exactly the same on MWR recently.could be the same one or maybe some have surfaced having been hidden for 40+ years?

**RABbit** · 22nd December 2012, 08:12

Originally Posted by cornish

thanks for that :) you mentioned it was made of iron earlier and gave it a name, but i was too pre-occupied to reply and you had edited what you said.... just curious what it was you called it. from what you say, display backs will be impossible to anti-magnetise?

It's called a Faraday cage. The iron inner case and iron dial conduct magnetism around the movement, thus hugely increasing the anti-magnetic properties of the watch.
A display back gives no anti-magnetic properties over and above that of the movement itself.

**BillyCasper** · 24th December 2012, 19:10

Made £1,100+. I liked it.

**walkerwek1958** · 24th December 2012, 22:36

A lot of money IMO.

It'll definitely need stripping and re-oiling, then it'll be like a brand-new watch.

Paul

**BillyCasper** · 24th December 2012, 22:51

Liked it but didn't buy it. I have two, but neither with the dead right crowns which niggle. I'd like a perfect one.

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