DELUXE SMITHS A404 C1955 EXPEDITIONARY PATTERN WATCH EXCELLENT CONDITION CHRONOGRAPH Fitted with a cowhide hand

Fitted with a cowhide hand made 17mm strap

and with the distinctive smiths straight one piece click and click spring

concealed winding wheels

A beautifully simple dial design makes the timekeeping simple

but the old scratched crystal has been replaced

DELUXE SMITHS A404 C1955 EXPEDITIONARY PATTERN WATCH EXCELLENT CONDITION CHRONOGRAPH Fitted with a cowhide handDeluxe 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