Smiths De Luxe manual wind watch. Many watch enthusiasts consider Smiths movements to be technically on par if not superior than those produced in Switzerland. In my opinion, this is certainly true in terms of serviceability. However, its a shame that majority of the Smiths are housed in a chrome plated case and are not as hard wearing than stainless steel case. As a result, we get a lot of Smiths watches with battered cases but with very good dials and well preserved movements.
We have here a Smiths De Luxe in exceptional condition throughtout.
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| Super Nice Vintage 50s Smiths De Luxe Manual Watch - Smiths 27 CS |
Movement:
Movement is the in-house Smiths 27.CS with centre seconds.
- Manual wind.
- 18000 p/h movement.
- 27.07mm - 17 Jewels
- Movement marked Made In England. Seventeen 17 Jewels. - Kif shock protection.
Case and crown
- Beautiful minimal style case with straight lugs.
- Case is heavy chrome plated.
- Stainless steel snap back.
- Case width is 35mm not including the crown, 40mm lug to lug.
- Lug size is 16mm.
- Unsigned replacement crow.
- Stainless steel back with no markings.
The dial and hands:
- Beautiful duo tone cream silver dial.
- Steel raised hourly indexes.
- The dial marked Smiths DeLuxe 17 Jewels and Made in England at 6.
- Gilder steel polished hands
- Steel second hand with red arrow head.
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| Very smart duo tone cream dial with raised hourly markers |
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| Slightly worn chrome crown in good condition |
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| One can clearly see the quality of the duo tone dial, inside dial is matt and chapter ring is in satin |
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| 3 parts case - bezel, body and back all in excellent condition |
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| The notch for case opening can be seen on the other side of the case |
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| Plain stainless steel snap back |
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| Smiths 27 CS manual movement in amazing condition - note the Kif shock protection. Also worth checking is that the case clamps and screw are all intact |
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