DELUXE SMITHS ENGLISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION PATTERN WRISTWATCH 17J SERVICED MODEL A454 c1958 PP ENGRAVING silver Double foot balance bridge

Double foot balance bridge

quite acceptable

with the movement retained in a wide brass ring sitting firmly in the lower case and capped by the crystal and bezel

The frost finish gilded movement is a series numbered c1460

with some of the early ICI watches pre-dating that year in the inscription

DELUXE SMITHS ENGLISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION PATTERN WRISTWATCH 17J SERVICED MODEL A454 c1958 PP ENGRAVING silver Double foot balance bridgeSmiths Deluxe model a454 as used in the Fuchs Antarctic expedition of 1955,and retailed as part of the then Everest range of watches. c1958 just prior to shock proofing of these movements. Original dial and hands, Note the distinctive all red painted seconds hand on this model. 33mm case with chromed top and steel screw in back. The chromed finish, which is brushed horizontally at the sides and polished everywhere else. It Is in generally poor