Smiths W10 civilian issue both for chronograph or calendar

both for chronograph or calendar watches and also for high precision time-only watches as is the case here

Movement: quartz - Ronda 515-24H

As with all our vintage watches the case has been ultrasonically cleaned

Band: 18mm 100% leather black with black stitch

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

Smiths W10 civilian issue both for chronograph or calendarThis 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