DELUXE SMITHS A404 C1955 EXPEDITIONARY PATTERN WATCH EXCELLENT CONDITION dennison One of the largest gold

One of the largest gold watches marketed by Smiths

Movement number 448203

and one of the strongest selling models

Fully overhauled and with its original red box and blank certificate

The chrome on this case is far better than any other examples I have seen and is more like the later hard shiny chromed finish Smiths used by the late 1950's

DELUXE SMITHS A404 C1955 EXPEDITIONARY PATTERN WATCH EXCELLENT CONDITION dennison One of the largest goldDeluxe Smiths A404 watch. This is the one to buy as well as its sister the A454 Antarctic model. with a chromed brass top and screw in steel case back a neat chunky timepiece, reminiscent of the Morris Minor era. The actual dial pattern that went up Everest is incorrectly assumed to be that of Hillary's watch, but Smiths later advertised this as being the model that went up to the summit, although A409 models were actually supplied to most team