Smiths oversized 18 jewel (1953) Current Collection This is a rare and

This is a rare and desirable International Watch Company Mark 11 navigator’s wrist watch

the case has been ultrasonically cleaned but as with all our vintage watches is has not been polished and we’ve fitted a new old-stock Universal Geneve leather strap

The watch found a much wider audience and became a stylish accessory for the well dressed gentlemen in the years before the second world war

so for Naval issue the /|\ is called the broad arrow (or pheon) and denotes crown property

but the crown doesn’t screw down and it lacks the clear luminous hands of a genuine dive watch

Smiths oversized 18 jewel (1953) Current Collection This is a rare andThis is the largest size gold watch that Smiths made at 35mm, making it a more contemporary size than many vintage pieces. In addition to the size of the case, the movement is significant; y enhanced from the standard model there are an additional three jewels (cap jewels on the escape wheel, plus jeweling to the centre wheel on the top plate). These jewels are all designed to minimising friction within the movement and so ensuring more accurate time