Smiths Imperial Automatic Current Collection we are pleased to provide

we are pleased to provide the information contained in Longines' handwritten registers

most notably Pate Philippe

For whatever reason the British army decided not to proceed with the order and Smiths didn't receive a military supply contract until the late 1960s for the W10 model

This is a lovely example of their 1960s output - an 18 carat gold case housing an automatic mechanical movement with the useful addition of a date

Smiths Imperial Automatic Current Collection we are pleased to provideThis is a rare Smiths automatic from 1961 in a stainless steel case. The watch can be dated quite accurately to 1961 because Smiths rebranded the automatic line with the Everest name from 1962 onwards. The automatic movement was the apex of technical development by Smiths, indeed Smiths were the only English watchmaker to ever produce an automatic movement. It was developed in the late 1950s in keeping to the widespread adoption of automatic movements