I've just been given this by a family member after it was stuck in a drawer for years. I wound it up about 3pm and it is keeping very good time. I'll monitor it over the next couple of days and see how it goes. It came on a brown leather strap which is a bit tatty.
Lovely condition, very nice
Thanks, the colour in the image is slightly off, the dial is silver rather than white.
The case is gold and it has Made in England at the bottom of the dial.
The dial is about 31mm which means it's similar to a sports watch with a large bezel.
Eddie should do a remake! $$
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That's a nice hand set and the applied indices are good too.
That's really nice.
I've often looked at vintage Smiths dress watches. It'd need to be a 35/36mm to be wearable for me realistically though.
Checking it this morning it ran out of steam at 05:41 so only about 14/15 hours on the mainspring.
I wound it tentatively yesterday at about 3 pm until I felt resistance.
I'll check it again today.
I've just wound it and it takes about 10 winds(subjective) and then the crown starts giving resistance.
Set it to radio controlled time at 10:44 and I'll check it through the day and see how it gets on.
I'll keep it in a pocket and maybe warmth will help to loosen things up.
Case size is 33.4mm.
Last edited by K300; 11th November 2019 at 11:54.
The seconds hand is very attractive, and the dial is in amazing condition.
A wipe over with a rouge cloth would sharpen it up a bit and remove tarnish.
14 hrs power reserve is poor, it's either not being wound fully or its in need of cleaning and oiling. Given the age it's hardly surprising.
If it's got the cal. 60466E then it will be capable of great timekeeping.
If it's the mil spec version of that movement (with blued h/s and hacking) then even better.
There might be a m/y ("xx") date code on the plate
Nice watch, all made in Cheltenham!
Why have a watch from the Swiss Alps when you can one from the Cotswold Hills?
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