Smiths for Benson, Everest pattern Current Collection with a case made by

with a case made by the famous firm of Francois Borgel

To celebrate this the watch has an embossed image of the Geneva Observatory on the case back

This example has a wonderful gilt print dial which is clean and shows only some small signs of age

so this has been restored by James Hyman

Smiths for Benson, Everest pattern Current Collection with a case made byThis is an extremely rare Smiths watch which was retailed by the famous London jeweller J W Benson. What is particularly notable about this watch is that the design matches that used on the famous Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay ascent of Everest in 1953. Edmund Hillary's original watch is part of the Worshipful Company of Clockmaker's collection and is on display in the Science Museum in London. The watch has a Dennison made Aquatite case, the body is