SMITHS De Luxe 9K Solid Gold / British Rail 45 Years' Service

— Quiet pride, a British memory —

SMITHS was once a watchmaker in Britain.

A proud manufacture — the only one in Britain to succeed in producing its own wristwatch movements.

— Time dedicated to the railways —

This watch was presented for 45 years' service with the old British Rail.

The words struck into the caseback are evidence of a long journey.

A quiet mark of honour that accompanied one person's life.

— Bearing held in a burnt ivory dial —

The dial has been burnt by the passage of time to ivory.

The expression woven from raised Arabic indexes, blued steel hands and a small seconds is vintage poetry itself.

— The quiet of a British-made SCW case —

The exterior is 9k yellow gold.

It uses an SCW case manufactured by Smiths itself, and the pride of British watchmaking lives right down into the details.

— Speaking across the decades —

Smiths resisted the Swiss current and walked its own path in Britain.

That quiet defiance and its engineering are crystallised in this one watch.

A fine vintage piece that gives off a definite presence without saying anything.

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