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A460 Update
So today I had the pleasure of servicing and restoring an original Smiths Deluxe 'Antarctic Range' A460. Now my earlier blog post refers...
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Andy
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Smiths Military Watch 1949-1951. Birth of the Hillary Watch.
Several purchases recently have led me to believe that between 1949-1951 Smiths processed a military order for Sir Douglas Gracey of the...
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Andy
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
Smiths Prototype
To cap off a most interesting piece of research during the past few months, I was lucky enough to enlist the help of some past Smiths...
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Andy
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
Last of the Smiths Astral 1978
Although hard to pin it down to 1978…I suspect that is where the battered Smiths Astral I discovered on eBay came from. Usually I would...
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Andy
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Smiths Customised Dials
We all know that J W Benson, Thomas Russell & Son and Croff ‘customised’ Smiths made dials, amongst many. Todays respiration is a real...
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Andy
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
Case Restoration
Busy day today…having had several cases restored, including my BWC cased watches and an A452, I had the pleasurable job of servicing and...
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Andy
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
1952 Smiths Deluxe
Today I have a little project of my own to work on. When I bought it…I suspected it was an early transition watch dating to around 1952…a...
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Andy
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Smiths Deluxe A404 1958 End Of The Line!
An interesting Smiths Deluxe A404 in the workshop today. This one dates from 1958 and would have been one of the very last ‘Deluxe’ A404s...
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Andy
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
Famous Smiths Watch
Today, in the workshop, there was a Smiths Deluxe A365 that needed a service ready for marketing. I don’t come across too many of these....
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Andy
- May 15, 2021
- 1 min
1946 Smiths in an Omega Case?
It’s a rainy day here at the Seascale workshop so I started delving back into a few old watches we have already looked at in the...
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Andy
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Wilson and Gill Smiths Watch
In the workshop today is a little piece of history, a 9ct gold ‘Wilson and Gill’ watch made by Smiths for the celebrated Regents Street...
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Andy
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Service and Repair to a Magic Number!
its been a while since I’ve been in the workshop but good to be back this week. Had this wonderful RG1314 from 1947. What I love in...
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Andy
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
First and Last
A busy day in the workshop today. The first patient is a late 1940s Smiths ICI Sterling Silver presentation watch. Requiring a full...
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Andy
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Everest Automatic Service and Bearings tips.
Today I had the honour of servicing and repairing a Smiths Everest Automatic watch. Aside from requiring the service, the watch was...
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Andy
- Feb 7, 2021
- 1 min
Hillary Watch Variants
It’s a well known face that Smiths never actually marketed the exact design of Sir Edmund Hillary’s watch. However, the dial was used by...
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Andy
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
New Hands/Old Hands
Hands have changed over the years on many Smiths model. I would just like to share with you the changes to the hands on a pair of A409...
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Andy
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
A453 vs A454 vs A460
Having started a thread about the A454 vs A460 debate...after receiving a few further examples and cross referencing...I can now offer a...
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Andy
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
When did Smiths change the cruciform on their Aquatite watches?
So today’s question...when did smiths discontinue using the ‘solid’ cruciform of the very earliest models? Well the earliest example I...
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Andy
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
Smiths Deluxe A460 evolution
Today’s servicing....we have the fabled Smiths Deluxe A460 ’engineers’ watch. Part of the Everest Range, the term ‘engineers watch’ came...
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Andy
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
Smiths W10 6B RAF Military Watch
This is to become my own 6B...a bit of a grail watch and finally found one for a bargain price...all original but with a broken...
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