This Smiths De Luxe was definitely saved for best – it even has the correct outer box as well as everything else.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

We have the original guarantee and the letter from British Railways authorising the purchase of the watch for a Mr. W. Boyall, both dated 26th November 1964.  Mr Boyall worked for 45 years to get this watch.  The London hallmark is also for 1964.

CONDITION

British Rail awarded a lot of people with 45 year watches, so they are not uncommon.  But in this condition they would be hard to find.  The lined dial is as good as we have ever seen.  The movement is the Smiths Calibre 400 15 jewel manual wind, which was made in Cheltenham.  Smiths cheaper range, often with the sub brand Empire, had 5 or 7 jewel pin pallet movements and were made in Wales, so always look for Made in England on the dial rather than Made in Gt Britain for the better quality watches.   The gold case has crisp hallmarks, and just light marks.  This is now considered a unisex size, so we have photographed it on both male and female wrists.  The leather strap is new, and could be swapped for a different colour if preferred.  The buckle is new but the original would not have been signed anyway.

This watch will be supplied with the original presentation boxes, papers and our Certificate of Authenticity.

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​SIZE

Width with crown  32.3 mm

Width without crown  30.8 mm

Between lugs  16 mm

Lug to lug length  38.0 mm

Case Thickness  9.7 mm

All sizes are approximate.  The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches and on a wrist of 150mm/6 inches.

Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon.  By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.

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