Smiths W10 civilian issue DA26 it has applied 9 carat

it has applied 9 carat numerals and markers and a lovely two-tone effect between the centre of the dial and the outer edge (which is rather difficult to capture on a photograph)

The letters perfectly align to form the message just once each hour

so will be dispatched in around two weeks

The case is hallmarked for 1959 and the watch was presented by Ford as a long service award to one of their employees

which features radium-based luminous compound

Smiths W10 civilian issue DA26 it has applied 9 caratThis is a Smiths W10 watch, but one that was retailed to the public rather than supplied to the British Army. In order to make this a civilian issue, Smiths have covered the military pheon on the dial (although the trace of can still be seem when viewing the dial from an angle). These are really rather rare, indeed only a tiny fraction of the number that were supplied to the military were sold to the public. The watch was part of a contract that