Smiths W10 civilian issue Smiths switched over to civilian

Smiths switched over to civilian production with the first of their watches coming onto the market in 1947

Movement: quartz - Ronda 515-24H

Case: 316L silver stainless steel

Band: 18mm 100% leather black with black stitch

Smiths W10 civilian issue Smiths switched over to civilianThis is a Smiths W10 watch, but one that was retailed to the public rather than supplied to the British Army. In order to make this a civilian issue, Smiths have covered the military pheon on the dial (although the trace of can still be seem when viewing the dial from an angle). These are really rather rare, indeed only a tiny fraction of the number that were supplied to the military were sold to the public. The watch was part of a contract that