Smiths W10 civilian issue DA26 The watch was part of

The watch was part of a contract that Smiths won to supply the army with a General Service watch

To my mind they are the very essence of horological understatement and quality

roughly mapped to the times of day when they would naturally appear

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

indeed it is very similar in design and function

Smiths W10 civilian issue DA26 The watch was part ofThis 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