SMITHS EARLY PRE-HILLARY TYPE WRISTWATCH C 1951 LONGINES with the hands and indices

with the hands and indices being gold as well

The movement has the now renowned cruciform dust-cap which doubles as a case back and movement spacing ring and was intended to act as a shock absorber

This has now been removed from the visible parts

Movement batch number 614

is in very original condition

SMITHS EARLY PRE-HILLARY TYPE WRISTWATCH C 1951 LONGINES with the hands and indicesAn early Dennison Aquatite cased smiths 12 15 wristwatch. I'm not sure that these are full production, but rather an amalgam of models as a precursor to the more mass produced versions, hence the rather crude font used in the printing of the name on examples of this watch. This model features a solid dustcap, originally intended to be released after the winding stem has been unscrewed, so as not to cause unnecessary damage, but as here usually seen