Enigmatic Ebay Tale

[popoki nui]

Do they even make batteries for those anymore?

The mind boggles....

Nice watch!!

~Sherry.

[Der Amf]

Do they even make batteries for those anymore?

The mind boggles....

Nice watch!!

~Sherry.

Given British industry's keen eye for the wrong step in the 70s, I wouldn't be surprised it at one stage there was a version that only plugged into the mains....

[Matt]

Given British industry's keen eye for the wrong step in the 70s, I wouldn't be surprised it at one stage there was a version that only plugged into the mains....

Hey, DA, how can that be a wrong step when forty five years later Apple are pioneering a watch with basically the same characteristic?

More to the point, this little beauty is from the fifties - it's an A409, the exact production version of the watch worn on Everest and Identical but for a couple of detail changes on the dial. The 18mm lugged version is as rare as rare can be and worth quite a bit. I've got half a dozen 16mm ones but despite looking very hard indeed for a decade, this is the first 18mm one I've found that wasn't very silly money. The movement has no shock protection (pre '59) and has a C prefix followed by a fairly low serial which I'd estimate puts it at around 54 - 55. It's the British equivalent of an early seventies Speedmaster, except with precisely the same movement!

here's Hillary's - from the collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (from an image by Bridgeman):

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[gnuyork]

Matt, what is the caae diameter of your Smiths? 34mm?

[Matt]

Matt, what is the caae diameter of your Smiths? 34mm?

I'd say it's about that, possibly a smidge larger, but not 35mm. I've never taken my big micrometer to it , but that's close enough.

[iyonk]

Insane SCORE!!! wow!

[Chase]

Do they even make batteries for those anymore?

The batteries they used in those were junk. You hav to shake the darn things to make them work!

Congrats. Great score!

[geoffbot]

I now find myself on eBay searching vintage. This could be bad...

[Der Amf]

I now find myself on eBay searching vintage. This could be bad...

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[Matt]

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