British Made Smiths 5 Jewel 33mm Manual Winding Watch

• A lovely 1960's watch made at The Anglo Celtic Watch Company factory at Ystradgynlais near Swansea.

• The watch is near perfect, there's a kink in the second hand, the only floor other than minor usage marks on the 32mmx43mm gilt alloy case.

• Arabic numerals, with a champagne silver dial make this watch really easy to read - New strap.

• Smiths 5 jewel watches (Often branded as Smiths Empire) are distinct, historic mechanical timepieces produced from the late 1940s through the 1970s

. Unlike the premium "Made in England" watches Smiths manufactured at their main Cheltenham facility, these 5-jewel budget models were built by the Anglo-Celtic Watch Company at the Gurnos Works in Ystradgynlais, Wales—a prominent joint venture between Smiths , Vickers, and Ingersoll. These “Workaday” watches featured simple "pin-lever" movements utilizing a jewelled balance wheel. While originally sold as affordable everyday pieces, they are now highly collectible fragments of British industrial heritage