EVEREST SMITHS AUTOMATIC STAINLESS STEEL 25 JEWEL ENGLISH WRISTWATCH c 1966 WITH BOX one of the watches that

one of the watches that was advertised as having been selected for the expedition up Everest

The watch as it came had the original large rolled gold winding crown

specially refined and with extra jewelling and extra special escapement components and a Breguet overcoil hairspring

The Rootes Engraving Is Much Rarer Than The Austin One

EVEREST SMITHS AUTOMATIC STAINLESS STEEL 25 JEWEL ENGLISH WRISTWATCH c 1966 WITH BOX one of the watches thatModel designation is SW201, The famous Smiths Made In England elusive automatic wristwatch with the 25 jewel movement with nickel plated finish movement based on the 19 jewel movement. Marked with caliber 10144G, and batch 106. Designed by Richard Good and Peter Amis in London and built in Cheltenham. Copied directly from the IWC automatic mechanism of the period. Correctly signed on the movement Imperial. This is a good timekeeper. Recently serviced